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The IPL's 2010 season will be broadcast live on YouTube, following an arrangement between the league and Google, owners of the internet channel. The deal - under which all 60 games will be shown live or on a short delay on a dedicated YouTube channel - will apply across the world, except in the USA, which will have re-broadcast options. The agreement gives Google exclusive online rights for IPL content for two years, with both parties sharing revenues from sponsorships and advertising. The press release does not specify whether the service will be on a subscription basis - content on YouTube is largely free to watch - but Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, indicated in a media interview that it would be free. The most significant aspect of the deal is the amount of control it gives the viewers, who will be able to customise their viewing experience by choosing between different camera angles. Additionally they will be able to freeze, fast-forward and rewind the feed, as well as ...

The last time Mozilla released a new incarnation of its open-source Firefox browser, the main concern was the JavaScript engine. This time around, the open-sourcers have far more on the brain. Due as early as next week, Firefox 3.6 hardly ignores JavaScript performance. Mozilla claims a full 20 per cent boost on the SunSpider benchmark. But the new Firefox also seeks to juice performance beyond JavaScript and - perhaps more importantly - expand the arsenal of tools packed into the browser proper. "This is really a different type of release for us," Mike Beltzner, Mozilla's director of Firefox development, tells The Reg. "Firefox 3.6 is going back to that idea of trying to get a bunch of new web technology into the hands of users so that web developers can take advantage of it sooner." According to Beltzner, this was the original intention when Mozilla began work on Firefox 3.1 - the project that would eventually morph into Firefox 3.5 before making its official ...

This is a surprise. Mozilla has slammed Chrome Frame, the Google plugin that fixes Internet Explorer by providing the Chrome browser engine within the IE interface. Google decided that it was easier to create an IE plugin than make their new HTML5 applications backward-compatible with IE6, IE7 and IE8. Mitchell Baker, chairman of the Mozilla Foundation and former Mozilla CEO questioned the decision for the plugin: " The overall effects of Chrome Frame are undesirable. I predict positive results will not be enduring and — and to the extent it is adopted — Chrome Frame will end in growing fragmentation and loss of control for most of us, including Web developers. But Chrome Frame’s biggest problem is that it cedes control to the site, not the person surfing. And that will just confuse users. Once your browser has fragmented into multiple rendering engines, it’s very hard to manage information across Web sites. Some information will be manageable from the browser you use a...

WASHINGTON: Observing that China needs to explain about internet freedom, the Obama Administration today said it would serve a formal demarche to the Chinese Government over the spat with Google. The internet search engine has alleged Chinese attempts to "limit free speech on the Web", and threatened to stop cooperating with Chinese internet censorship and consider shutting down its operations in China. "We need to hear now from the Chinese," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said. "We are anxious to hear from them. I think Google will keep us apprised on their next steps as it relates to China as well," he said. "We will be issuing a formal demarche to the Chinese Government in Beijing on this issue in the coming days, probably early next week," the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, P J Crowley, said. "It will express our concern for this incident and request information from China as to an explanation of how it happen...

Now the planing of next version of Ubuntu is going on, developers of Ubuntu taken a hard decision to remove the popular GIMP from the default Ubuntu installation. Very strong replies comes from the users of Ubuntu about this decision. What is GIMP(GNU Image Manipulation Program ) : GIMP is most important application software of Ubuntu and one of the most profound achievements of the Linux desktop ecosystem. It is a powerful, graph-based image editing framework. GIMP is one of the strong open source graphics editor that is available for Linux, Windows, and OS X. It provides capabilities like Photoshop and offers a broad feature set that has made it popular with amateur artists and open source fans. The Main reasons for removing the GIMP from Ubuntu 10.04 The GIMP have great strengths that are precisely what make it unsuitable as a default component of a mainstream operating system. The main reasons are given below: 1)It have expansive assortment of rich features necessitate a compl...

A new tablet computer from Apple. 4G wireless networks. Windows Mobile 7. The Google Nexus One phone. All sorts of tech blogs — like Engadget — are awash with news and speculation about a Google Nexus One phone. The new year has barely begun, and already the tech community is all aquiver with anticipation of new tech tools and upgrades expected to drop in 2010. First and foremost, speculation about a new phone from Google is reaching a crescendo, with rumors circulating that this new phone will be unveiled tomorrow (Tuesday) during a press conference. While Google hasn’t confirmed many of the rumors, although it has confirmed that a phone is being tested out by its employees. But the blogosphere is rife with rumors of the so-called “iPhone killer” — and tech blog Engadget claims to have gotten hold of one of the Nexus One phones itself. While we can’t confirm ourselves what will be revealed at tomorrow’s press conference, here’s what some of the blogs have been saying: — Apparent photo...

The developers of Microsoft come with brand new Windows Internet Explorer 8 with some very new and exciting feature. These features Internet Explorer 8 faster, easier, and safer than ever. Some of important features of IE 8 are explained below: Accelerators: This feature of IE 8 will let you map direction, help in translating words, as well as you can send email to your friends by making few click of you mouse. InPrivate Browsing: This IE 8 feature provide privacy to your web search, now your search will not save into history of web browser. In the your are sharing your computer with your family member then this feature will help you lot since it will allow to search anything on net that will not save in the history of your browser. Web Slices: this is the most importance feature which is added in the IE 8. Now you don't need visit every web for their updates Add a W...