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Google to spend $773 million on Dutch Data Center

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

Google has announced plans to build a new data center in Europe (Location is in Eemshaven, a seaport in the Netherlands). Google says it has put aside $773 million to build the new data center, and will be its fourth

PayPal Partners with Bitcoin Firms BitPay, Coinbase, GoCoin

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

Atlanta-based BitPay is teaming up with Paypal Inc. to expand the adoption of crypto-currency bitcoin. BitPay is a payment service provider that specializes in Bitcoin digital currency. The company develops software tools that allow online merchants to collect payments over

CentOS 7 missing ifconfig

Posted on September 24, 2014 by admin

On CentOS 7 minimal installation on a OpenVZ VPS, ifconfig was missing. You can install ifconfig with yum To see which package provide “ifconfig” command, run

Dota 2 Hit With Substantial Changes in Latest Update

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Mini Soji

Valve has announced a host of changes to hit with the latest patch for Dota 2. Named the Rekindling Soul update, patch 6.82 introduces a host changes that alter the game’s map, introduces a new rune, and alters most heroes

InnoDB gets disabled

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Annie

InnoDB is a MySQL engine which stores all of the data for it’s tables within the ibdata files located at /var/lib/mysql on the server. Unfortunately, data can be corrupted within these files and recovery methods must be taken to restore

Sony’s $99 PlayStation TV to launch on October 14

Posted on September 24, 2014 by sherly

Sony said PlayStation TV set-top box, which allows users to access movies and TV episodes from the PlayStation store, will hit stores in the United States and Canada on October 14. The price for a standalone PlayStation TV (PS TV)

Skype brings new features for Apple’s iOS 8

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Microsoft has released a new version of Skype, the latest version is designed to bring a range of new features that will work with Apple’s iOS 8. The latest version of Skype for iOS is compatible with iOS 7.0 and

More than 10 million new iPhones sold in first 3 days

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Apple Inc said it sold more than 10 million iPhones in the first weekend after its new models went on sale on Friday, underscoring strong demand for phones with larger displays. Chief Executive Tim Cook said the company could have

8-Year-Old Makes $1.3 Million from YouTube

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Evan is the kid behind EvanTubeHD, which is a family-friendly YouTube channel where Evan (and occasionally his sister or mom) reviews toys and video games. And Evan rakes in $1.3 million a year from posting his toy reviews to YouTube.

Samsung NX Mini Digital Camera

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Mini Soji

Technical Specifications Image Sensor: 20.5 effective megapixel BSI CMOS sensor Screen Size: 3.0-inch, HVGA(320×480) 460.8k dots, Flip up and Touch LCD Screen Flash: Built-in Flash- Guide Number 4.9 (at ISO160, 24mm), Guide Number 4 (at ISO100, 24mm), [Optional] External Flash