Sony Gives a Definite Time to Restore the PlayStation Network by the End of May, 2011

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Sony has finally made a decisive step and a definite stance regarding the return of its suspended PlayStation Network on this Tuesday; it said that it will completely bring back the PlayStation Network, to the normal working condition, in late May, 2011. The service was abruptly suspended after one of the largest security breach of this decade, having a major direct influence on the private data of even more than 100 million users.

Sony itself confessed that it has identified the compromising of personal data with 24.6 million of its user accounts, out of total, which were hacked in the attack. In elaboration, Personal data actually means everything from ones identity, name, birth, numbers, e-mail addresses, to even credit card numbers. In another statement the spokesmen of Sony, Satoshi Fukuoka, also added that there is likelihood that these details might be stolen from another 77 million PlayStation accounts. Even though he is asserting that Sony is not sure yet, or is informed from any source or reports, that this stolen data is being used illegally, however, one shall wonder, the hackers would not have stolen such large amount of data just to do nothing. Whereas, Fukuoaka also declared that the company has become intensely vigilant after the attack and has launched a full-scale inquiry and investigation regarding the incident. He, although, refused to answer any kind of questions which required the particulars or progress of this investigation taking place.

Newest Rumor Claim the New iPod Nano Will Regain Camera

The famous Taiwanese blog, Apple.pro, which is popular for its previous leaked information regarding several of apple products before their official release, has now just published another set of picture of this year’s  next generation of iPod Nano. The blog is asserting that the camera hole in the iPod Nano is on the upper left of the backside, accommodating the 1.3 megapixel camera lens. The blog analyzes that even though low-resolution camera might seem a little off standards for the iPad Nano, it is just fine considering the screen size.

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Furthermore, the website has alleged that this upcoming seventh generation of iPod Nano will keep the multi-touch screen, which was in the previous versions too, however it importantly notified that according to their sources the clip on the backside will be discontinued. It stated that the reason is obvious, due to the addition of the camera lens, the backside of this new model will not be able to accommodate the clip too, and hence it implied that the camera will actually replace the clip. Camera was actually part of Nano series back in the 5^th model released in 2009, but was discontinued after that, even though it received major criticism for this action.

Google Decides To Appeal in the Swiss Highest Court to Win the Street View Privacy Battle with the Authorities

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This Wednesday, Google has announced that it will now be taking a full-class action against the ruling which restricts the giant company of making completely sure that every person or car which is being pictured to build the Street View are absolutely unrecognizable in every regard. Google declared that it be now appeal in the highest court in Switzerland. Google was initially dragged into courts of Switzerland in November, 2009, as the official data protection watchdog of the government claimed that Google on several occasions has violated the general terms of privacy. The claim majorly alleged that this coverage of Switzerland streets being done by the company has broken privacy rules, as similar complaints were also addressed in many other countries within Europe too.

Newest Game of 'Call Of Duty' Franchise, Rumored ‘Modern Warfare 3,’ Might Release November This Year

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Activision Blizzard will be soon releasing the next version of its "Call of Duty" game series, not only for gaming consoles but also on its ambitious digital platform before the end of this year, declared the C.E.O. of Activision Publishing, Eric Hirshberg, while he was addressing a company’s conference call this Monday. He referred to the "Call of Duty" franchise, one of its two "significant investments" that Activision has made so far, which will also let expand the company's largest marketing campaign too, added the C.E.O of Activision Blizzard, Bobby Kotick, on the same call

Kotick stated that "This year's 'Call of Duty' initiatives will result in the best 'Call of Duty' experiences we have created to date," not only is the company adding plenty paid features to put together with the platform, he further claimed that "You will see a lot of new services and capabilities that will be provided free of charge to all of our customers."

NetSuite Hopes To Become an Enterprise with Its Promotion to 'NetSuite Unlimited'NetSuite Hopes To Become an Enterprise with Its Promotion to 'NetSuite Unlimited'

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NetSuite, the on-demand ERP software vendor, is most likely to make a very major announcement, probably promoting the company to the status of large enterprises scheduled this Tuesday, during its SuiteWorld user conference taking place in San Francisco. This promotion of the company dubbed as ‘NetSuite Unlimited,’ announcement will be less of a new single agreement or a product release statement, but it is more likely to be a series of partnerships, services, applications and technology improvements which will be aimed to meet the demands of the world's biggest companies.

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This step from NetSuite, simply demonstrates the transition of company from the small and medium-sized businesses (SMD) which it was considered since its formation in 1998, towards a larger status. One of these announcements scheduled, is related to the partnership of NetSuite Unlimited with services firm Accenture. C.E.O. of NetSuite, Zach Nelson, was giving an interview when he informed that Accenture has created an ERP (enterprise resource planning) practice around NetSuite's software.

Microsoft Makes the Official Announcement of Acquiring Skype, Closing the Deal at $8.5 Billion

Despite the strong rumors demonstrating the competition between Facebook and Microsoft to have been in negations regarding the acquisition of Skype, it has just been announced by Microsoft, it has acquired one of the largest VoIP giant in exchange for the amount in cash of $8.5 billion. Microsoft declared its future prospective for Skype, as it intends to embed this newly acquired service into maximum of Microsoft devices and platforms, including the famous Xbox and Kinect, Xbox Live, the Windows Phone, Lync, Outlook, and all the possible rest. Microsoft has further also stated, that it does not intends to remain exclusive in this regard, and will definitely not discontinue the support and development of Skype on its own non-Microsoft platforms too.

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The deal was lead by the C.E.O. of Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer himself along with the aid of the company’s head of corporate strategy, Charles Songhur, which completed the deal on Monday evening as repored by AllThingsD. This acquisition is definitely one of the most costly one, which Microsoft has made so far, as the statistics also indicate that it is the largest price Microsoft has paid for any acquisition since decades. Moreover considering that, at the moment, Skype is not at all profitable, the deal becomes even more questionable. Even though Skype developed the revenues summing up to $860 million last year along with the operating profits of $264 million, on the whole company lost $6.9 million, as expressed in the documents filed with the SEC. On top of that, company also hase a large amount of unpaid debts, which also add up to a total sum of $686 million.

Tumblr Launches Its New Share Buttons, Taking A Step Further To Make Its Community More Social

The renowned publishing platform, Tumblr, has taken a step further from its position and has perhaps somewhat attempted to have a more of a social networks touch to its network. Yes, it has released a new sharing button which completely resembles the ones of Twitter and Facebook. The shape and design of this new Tumblr Button, is pretty much standard and similar to the previously mentioned services, however Timblr promises that it is a much more sophisticated method of sharing the content of different publishers from anywhere on the web, and making the Tumblr community more reachable in general.

Tumblr is asserting that despite the function having almost the same appearance and overall the similar function on whole to share content, its button is different in regards that it more functional and allows more customized sharing. Even on its official blog, the post introducing the Tumblr buttons also declares that these new Tumblr Button offer “complete control over how your content appears when shared on Tumblr.” Later it went on explaining how the button has a relatively much greater functional capacity, and referred to be a more advanced stage of sharing on the internet.