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Asus launches Asus EAH4890 series graphics cards

Asus EAH4890 series graphics cardThe well-known manufacturer of graphic cards in Taiwan – ASUS (ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated) has set out Asus EAH4890 series graphics cards using Voltage Tweak technology. The Taipei based ASUS has rolled out its two new Radeon HD 4890 GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) – EAH4890 TOP and EAH4890 standard edition, based on ATI Radeon HD 4890 graphics.

Web chatter over Google and Twitter

Google and TwitterSan Francisco  - The internet was buzzing with chatter Friday following a report on an influential technology blog that Google was in talks to purchase cellphone blogging site Twitter.

The report on Techcruch. om said that the internet search giant was in late stage of negotiations to buy Twitter for a cash and stock deal which could be the company's biggest acquisition since it snapped up YouTube for 1.65 billion dollars three years ago.

Chip sales slump, but decline slows

George Scalise, SIA presidentSan Francisco  - Global sales of computer chips plunged 30 per cent in February compared to 2008, but there are signs that the worst of the slump might be over, the Semiconductor Industry Association said Friday.

The industry trade group said sales fell to 14.2 billion dollars in February from 20.3 billion dollars a year ago. Sales were down some 7.6 per cent compared to January
2009.

Two Indians from Silicon Valley roll out Kosmix search engine

Two Indians from Silicon Valley roll out Kosmix search engine There’s a new search engine out there to compete with Google and Yahoo search services. Kosmix.com, which has been hyped as a Google challenger by the media, is the new search engine that has been recently rolled out in the search engine market, and the people behind it are two Indians from Silicon Valley, Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan.

Google in late stage talks to buy social networking Twitter?

Google in late stage talks to buy social networking Twitter?The reports/rumors, saying that the search giant Google is in advanced stage talks to buy social networking and micro-blogging service Twitter, are hot and around! These reports/rumors have recently appeared on TechCrunch.

According to TechCrunch, two unnamed sources have reported that Google is in late stage take over negotiations with Twitter and the asking price of the Twitter acquisition deal is more than the $250m (£170m), but another anonymous source has revealed that Google is only in the early stage dialogue with Twitter.   

Google introduces ‘Search Autocomplete’ feature to Gmail

Google introduces ‘Search Autocomplete’ feature to GmailJust a few days after introducing Indic Language transliteration feature, supporting five Indian languages, to Gmail, Google has announced that it has released new add-on feature, “Search Autocomplete” for Gmail.

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