Archive for July, 2007

Three Billion Songs Downloaded From ITunes

Three Billion Songs Downloaded From ITunes

1 / July 31, 2007 1:11 pm

Delhi (dBTechno) – Apple Inc today announced that more than three billion songs have been downloaded from the iTunes store since 2003. iTunes is the world’s largest “legal” online catalogue of music, movies and TV shows. iTunes recently surpassed Amazon [...]

Naughty Movies Make Their Way To Blu-Ray

Naughty Movies Make Their Way To Blu-Ray

0 / July 31, 2007 11:27 am

Los Angeles (dBTechno) – Sony appears to be giving into demand asking for pornograpny content to be released on blu-ray. Previously, the company has said that no porn will be released on the new discs. The Adult Treasure Expo 2007 [...]

Rockstar Developing “Secret” PS3 Game

Rockstar Developing “Secret” PS3 Game

0 / July 31, 2007 9:31 am

Boston (dBTechno) – Video game developer Rockstar Games is working on an exclusive franchise for the Sony Playstation 3 console, according to Sony America’s director of third party relations Michael Shorrock. The new project was revealed on Sony’s official US [...]

Wikia Inc. Buys Grub

Wikia Inc. Buys Grub

0 / July 31, 2007 7:32 am

London (dBTechno) – Wikia Inc, is one step closer to offering a competitive search engine to Google and Yahoo. Jimmy Wales, the founder of the hugely popular online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, has outlined his plans for his new start up company [...]

Verizon Reports Increase In Q2 Profits

Verizon Reports Increase In Q2 Profits

0 / July 30, 2007 10:30 am

New York (dBTechno) – Verizon Communications Inc, the second largest US telecoms firm behind AT&T Inc, reported a 4.5-per-cent rise in second quarter profits on Monday, while its wireless unit announced the acquisition of Rural Cellular Corp. Net income climbed [...]

Google To Add Copyright Technology To YouTube

Google To Add Copyright Technology To YouTube

0 / July 30, 2007 9:39 am

London (dBTechno) – Google has announced plans to implement a digital video fingerprint screening technology to prevent pirated clips being posted on YouTube, according to a company spokesperson Monday. Copyright status will reportedly be determined in minutes, reported TechShout.Com. “We [...]

Bill Gates Sets Exit Strategy

Bill Gates Sets Exit Strategy

0 / July 30, 2007 9:12 am

Seattle (dBTechno) – Microsoft is facing competition from all sides and will soon have another problem as its leader Bill Gates works on his exit plan to leave the company next year as planned, according to a company spokesperson. 32 [...]

Giuliani and Romney To Skip CNN YouTube Debate

Giuliani and Romney To Skip CNN YouTube Debate

0 / July 30, 2007 8:37 am

Boston (dBTechno) – Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney have both announced that they will not be taking part in the CNN YouTube debate for the Republian presidential hopefuls which is set for September 17th in St. Petersburg. Romney formally dropped [...]

Lightroom 1.1 with expanded RAW support

Lightroom 1.1 with expanded RAW support

2 / July 29, 2007 1:32 pm

Munich (dBTechno) – Adobe is now offering an upgrade for its Photoshop Lightroom software. Lightroom 1.1 is ready for use with Windows Vista, the manufacturer reports. It also supports the import and processing of RAW data from 13 additional digital [...]

Could FaceBook Be Shut Down?

Could FaceBook Be Shut Down?

0 / July 29, 2007 10:37 am

Boston (dBTechno) – The owner of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg is being accused of stealing the idea for his $1 billion website. US District Judge Douglas Woodlock told Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss and Divya Narendra they must produce evidence that they [...]