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Not content with dominating search, email, maps and online video, this week Google announced that, for its American customers at least, it will also be attempting to usurp the telephone. Within days of rolling out the option to call Google contacts’ phones from within its Gmail service, the search giant revealed that more than a million people had already used the service, which it is expecting to be driven in large part by bargain rates for international calls. But for consumers, it’s another step along the road to the idea of one number that can reach you wherever you are, rather than separate ones for mobile, home and work. The move puts Google in direct competition with Skype, whose forthcoming IPO may now be looking somewhat less attractive, but it also marks a new evolution in the connectivity of services; the web browser, on a phone or a computer, is becoming the window via which consumers can view everyone they know. In due course it’s likely, too, that the idea of dialling a n...

According to Gadgetsnreview   a dual SIM adapter case for iPhone4 with it allowing users to flip between two SIM cards with the handset. There is also not required to trim the usual SIMs to make them work with the iPhone4 using this dual SIM adapter case of  USBfever  with latter offering it for $28.99. Apparently, the iPhone works with other GSM networks only if jaibroken using  ultrasn0w  along with it running over iOS 4.0.0/4.0.1/4.0.2.  Meanwhile, it is important to note that this dual SIM adapter does not allow two SIMs to remail active simulatenously rather lets users to flip them between without going through the hassle of rebooting the device for.

The number of internet protocol (IP) addresses globally, about 4.2 billion, are close to their exhaustion date of January 2012. To eradicate this problem, India has directed all internet service providers (ISP) to direct their web traffic via the new protocol (version six) from December next year.   The new method of routing traffic is being adopted to incorporate the growing need of more internet addresses in the world as internet connects to more electronic devices. Called as IPv6, the new protocol will replace the existing internet protocol version 4 (IPv4). World over, all internet traffic is expected to migrate to IPv6 in next 2-3 years.   Devices like mobile phones, cars, tablet PCs, televisions , refrigerators, cameras and other electronic devices are increasingly being connected to the internet, and have to be allotted an address. According to a directive by the ministry of IT & communications, all central and state government ministries will have to start using IP...

The built-in Safari web browser of your iPad (and iPhone and iPod Touch) is pretty nice but it still lacks a few essentials features that are now part of every modern browser. What’s Missing in Safari Mobile Browser iPad’s Safari browser doesn’t support tabs so it takes more time to switch between open web pages. There’s no private browsing mode so if there’s anything in your iPad’s web history that you don’t want other family members to see, you’ll have to clear the entire browser history. You cannot disable images from downloading, a feature that otherwise come very handy when you are on metered Wi-Fi connection where you have to pay per byte. Safari ships pre-configured with Google, Yahoo and Bing but you just can’t add Wikipedia or any of the search engines to that list. Alternative Web Browsers for your iPad Opera Mini , which is now among the most popular alternative mobile browser for iPhone and iPod Touch, is not iPad-friendly yet but there are some other good browser apps tha...

Microsoft has made available for download a new development milestone of the next generation of its home server. Although the latest release of  Windows Home Server code name "Vail" marks a new stage in the development process, the Redmond company has steered clear of labeling the Build either a Beta or a Release Candidate (RC). In all fairness, considering the fact that  the first Beta  for Windows Home Server code name "Vail" was released earlier this year, the latest Build should be either Beta 2 or RC. However, Microsoft only noted that “Windows Home Server code name "Vail" Public Preview has been refreshed!” “Since releasing our first Vail beta we have received lots of great suggestions for "Vail" and quite a few interesting bugs. Thanks to all of you who are beta testing! We love having you part of our extended team and appreciate your help,” revealed  Jonas Svensson , Community Program Manager. “This new build has plenty of enhancement...

The phone will have a dedicated games “hub”, showcasing some of the best new mobile gaming titles available, and will feature free demos and multiplayer gaming, as well as pulling in a user’s console-based Xbox Live profile, complete with avatar and achievements. Major publishers and developers, including Gameloft, PopCap and Konami, have thrown their weight behind Microsoft’s mobile gaming platform. Matt Booty, general manager of mobile gaming at Microsoft Game Studio, said the launch of Windows Phone 7 was also the launch of a “major mobile gaming platform” for Microsoft. “Just like we’ve done with the Xbox 360, our charter is to push the envelope and deliver definitive games that maximize the platform,” he said. Microsoft’s new mobile operating system will be available on a number of handsets later this year, including touch-screen devices from the likes of HTC and LG. Microsoft has been keen to emphasise the tight integration between the Windows Phone 7 platform and o...

The Ubuntu 10.10 will get multitouch interface abilities, catching the Linux operating system up to Windows and Mac OS X in at least one domain. "Every single major PC manufacturer has been asking for a touch story on Linux. This has been one of the major missing points for Linux in the PC ecosystem," said Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the company called Canonical that develops and supports Ubuntu. But multitouch support will arrive in the next version of Ubuntu, 10.10, aka Maverick Meerkat. Adding multitouch isn't easy, particularly in the open-source world of Linux where many independent organizations and programmers are involved. Canonical programmers assembled multitouch work from different layers of Linux software, wrote gesture recognition support tools, and added an interface to make it easier for programmers to add multitouch support. Some applications and actions shouldn't need any changes at all, Shuttleworth said. Those using GNOME's GTK and KDE's ...