Microsoft to Acquire Perceptive Pixel

Perceptive Pixel

Microsoft Corp. plans to acquire large-scale multi-touch display producer Perceptive Pixel Inc. as the software company seeks to use the displays in its Windows 8-based PCs.

As Microsoft getting prepared for it’s announcement for the new Windows 8, they are also planning to acquire Perceptive Pixel Inc., a large-scale multi-touch display producer. According to some sources, they are going to use this for their new OS, or produce their own tablets and take on with other tablet manufacturers in the market.

There were no details about the deal yet.

Founded in 2006, . . . → Read More: Microsoft to Acquire Perceptive Pixel

AT&T Service Outage Now Restored

AT&T Service Outage

The outage of AT&T service on Saturday and Sunday triggered angers and various reactions from the customers but service has been restored though not totally but most of the AT&T wireless customers in Southern California.

Around 3pm on Saturday throughout the evening, customers reported difficulties receiving or making calls within the AT&T’s network. However, since the outage only affected the voice service, customers were still able to send and receive text messages and data.

According to Meredith Red, AT&T spokeswoman, the wireless issues was because of a hardware equipment problem but later confirmed that . . . → Read More: AT&T Service Outage Now Restored

Mark Zuckerberg’s Sis Leaves Facebook To Build Own Company

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The marketing director of Facebook, Randi Zuckerberg and sister of Founder Mark, verified that she will be leaving the social-networking site to build her own company.

Zuckerberg said on Twitter, “It is with mixed emotions that I announced my departure from Facebook today to launch my own initiative. More info soon.”

The departure of Randi Zuckerberg was first reported by All Things D, which got her resignation letter.  She wrote, “We have made incredible progress, but there is still much to be done and other ways I can affect change. Now is the perfect . . . → Read More: Mark Zuckerberg’s Sis Leaves Facebook To Build Own Company

Google Applies Badge System to Its News Site

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Putting latest features on Google News, Google has just made reading news interesting by turning it into a game.  Readers are rewarded with news badges based on their reading habits.

Google News engineer Natasha Mohanty wrote on The Official Google Blog, “On Google News, the average reader of political news has read 20 articles about politics in the last six months.  Where do you stand?”

By signing into Google and clicking on news articles on news.google.com, Google will monitor everything you will read.

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US Troops Killed in Afghanistan Bomb Attacks

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Five US troops were killed in southern Afghanistan on Saturday. According to reports, the cause of death was due to “improvised explosive device attacks.” Other details were not disclosed by the military.

NATO’s International Security Assistance Force said that the four service members were killed in one attack and one was killed in another attack.

As reported by a CNN count of military figures, 60 Americans were killed out of the 102 international troops who were slain in the war. It is aforementioned that the death rate of the international troops was in high . . . → Read More: US Troops Killed in Afghanistan Bomb Attacks