Archive for November, 2008

Twitter denies takeover proposal from Facebook

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Facebook, the well known social networking site, offered 500 million dollars in stock shares for the acquisition of the popular Twitter. The offer included 100 from the 500 million in cash and the remaining amount in stock shares. Twitter refused the offer for several reasons. Firstly, according to the actual Facebook estimated price and its [...]

USB 3.0 will replace Firewire IEEE 1394

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

USB 3.0 Specifications are finalized by the USB promoter group. The new interface gives ten times higher speeds than its predecessor USB 2.0 and is expected to be incorporated into future computer peripherals and consumer devices. Of course, even if the hardware manufacturers immediately adopt the new technology, we do not expect new products to [...]