Category: Tech News

Google continues to buy up tiny start-ups, building its software arsenal and adding to its engineering ranks. They have just snapped-up Sketch Up, a tiny six-year old start-up that makes some sort of 3D software. SketchUp is a deceptively simple, amazingly powerful tool for creating, viewing, and modifying 3D ideas quickly and easily. SketchUp was… Continue reading Google Buys SketchUp

Thanks to Petter Nilsson, a candidate of the Swedish TV show Toppkandidaterna (Top candidates), the Piratebay just won over 6000$. Petter Nilsson said earlier that he would donate over 6000$ (20% of the total prize money) to The Pirate Bay if he won. The contestants of the show had to pretend they were a politician… Continue reading The Piratebay wins 6000$ thanks to TV-Show contestant

Online auction giant eBay is facing a rather serious patent dispute over one of its more popular functions. The so called ‘buy it now’ feature often seen on auctions allows users to end the auction early at a pre-determined price. The problem is the action is detailed in a patent filed by MercExchange, who’ve taken… Continue reading eBay Faces ‘Buy It Now’ Patent Threat

Due to a botched update, some McAfee Anti-virus users have been informed that Microsoft Excel, a very popular spreadsheet program, is in-fact a virus. For a while on Friday 10th March, Excel was marked as being the W95/CTX virus. The ‘false-positive’, as the problem is technically known, was due to an error in the definitions… Continue reading McAfee To Users : Excel Is A Virus

Apple has added several refurbished iPod minis to the special deals section of its online store. Apple is currently offering first-generation 4GB minis in silver, blue, pink and green for $149. The company also has a stock of second-generation 4GB models in silver, blue and green for $159. The second-generation mini offers 18 hours of… Continue reading Apple offers refurbished iPod Minis