Sitemeter bug brings down Tons of Sites for Internet Explorer users

Tons of website currently running Sitemeter as their analytics service have gone down.Sitemeter is a popular free analytics service used by many sites.The bug currently affects only users of IE 5.5,IE 6 and IE 7.Whereas the websites are shown correctly in firefox , opera and safari.Even the Sitemeter site which uses its own stats have gone down.

 

Sitemeter Internet Explorer Bug

 

                                      In Internet Explorer the site is loaded first ,wasting a lot of user time and then a error message appears and you have only one option i.e to click Ok.If you click ok ,then the whole site goes away.

 

                                      If your site has been affected then it is recommended to remove the sitemeter code temporarily.Also keep updated with the Sitemeter’s blog at weblog.sitemeter.com for futher updates.

 

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Del.icio.us 2.0 launched

Del.icio.us the famous bookmarking site,bought by Yahoo has got a new face life.The new look is now faster and more reliable. 

 

 

                                              Delicious has retooled its search engine to make it faster and smarter, with new features like searching across your social network. Delicious search gives you access to the shared memory of the Web — those sites with the most interesting or relevant content, based on human criteria. Instead of millions of links, only those are returned that real people say are the most valuable.

 

Digg goes Mobile!

The famous social networking site Digg has got a new interface for mobile phone at m.digg.com  .The new version is perfect for phones that support the full web browsing experience, such as a Treo, Blackberry or that new iPhone you just waited in line all morning to get.

 

Digg Mobile

 

  •  Multiple views of the most recently popular stories. Just as on Digg, you can tab between the filters to see stories popular in the last 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days and 365 days.
  •  Increased visibility to distinguish between media types. If the story is tagged as ‘YouTube’, you can click to play the video directly on your iPhone.
  •  The ability to favorite stories when logged in.
  •  Improved usability when surfing between various stories.
  •  The ability to load more comments on each story.
  •  Snappier page loads due to less javascript used on the site.

 In case your phone doesn’t support a robust browsing experience, you can continue with a basic mobile site at diggriver.com.

Google Acquires Omnisio

After failed attempts to setup an online video editor ,particularly for Youtube (Youtube remixer) Google has bought Omnisio team.Ominiso will work to create better videos.Ominiso also allows to add comments at particular time stamp.

 

Omnisio

 

Here’s what the official statement on this acqisiton:-

We are thrilled to announce that we’ve been acquired by Google and will soon be joining the YouTube team, aligning us with the market leaders in online video. Together we’ll apply what we’ve learned about the space, and we’ll work to develop innovative products and features for the YouTube community. We believe we’ve only scratched the surface in terms of what’s possible with online video, and we are really looking forward to taking the video viewing — and creating — experience to the next level.

Since launching publicly in March, we at Omnisio have been thrilled to engage with our early community and build innovative applications that push the envelope of online video. We’ve been continually surprised by the creative and interesting stuff our users have built on the Omnisio platform – from hilarious video compilations, to witty (and yes sometimes over the top) in-video comments, to informative presentations with slides synced with video. The enthusiastic adoption of our tools has exceeded our wildest expectations.

Visit Omnisio 

Microsoft v. Primax: Patent Infringement Action with the ITC

MicrosoftMicrosoft Corp. late today filed a patent infringement action with the International Trade Commission (ITC), after making repeated attempts during the past several years to engage Primax Electronics, Ltd in a licensing agreement, and issued the following statement from Horacio Gutierrez, vice president and deputy general counsel of Intellectual Property and Licensing:

 

                                                               “Microsoft has filed an action today with the ITC after making repeated attempts during the past several years to engage in meaningful licensing discussions with Primax. Microsoft has an open intellectual property licensing policy, but in situations such as this, in which a reasonable licensing agreement cannot be reached despite our best efforts, we have no choice but to pursue legal action to protect our innovations. 

 

                                                               To date, more than 20 companies have licensed the U2, Tilt Wheel and Magnifier technologies from Microsoft as part of our successful hardware licensing program. Primax’s practice of using our innovations without taking a patent license is unfair to the many companies that have already licensed our technology, so we are taking action to protect both our partners and our innovations.” 

 

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