It has been learnt that soon, TradeMe property and travel shoppers, the New Zealand internet giant, has canned its earlier mapping software, Smaps and replaced it with Google Maps, thus making the paper street maps a thing of yesterday.
This change actually enable the users of TradeMe Property and its travel accommodation site Travelbug, make the most of Google's new Street View programme, launched in New Zealand today.
The users would be able to view photos of streets and surrounding areas over the internet via Street View.
The top end ‘N-Series’ range of Nokia handsets has now strengthened further to include a new multimedia device known as the ‘Nokia N97’, which will hit the European markets during the first half of the coming year (2009).
The computer mouse, which was invented back in 1968 by Doug Engelbart and his team at the Stanford Research Institute in California, is facing extinction since the new technology might replace it. The computer mouse, which is now 40 years old, was developed after the team realized that there was a need for a simpler way of controlling computers than the standard light pen which had been used since the Second World War.
Asus recently released the latest addition to its ever-expanding Netbook line, the Eee PC 1002HA. This latest Netbook comes wrapped in a gray, brushed-aluminum chassis. Otherwise it has the usual standard 10-inch Netbook--Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, and Windows XP.
On Monday, Microsoft extended its apology to the online shoppers who were looking to clinch Balck Friday deals, but were frustrated to the core due to the glitches on its Live Search Cashback site.
Renowned Kazakh film maker Sergei Dvortsevoy’s film “Tulpan” won the Golden Peacock award and a cash prize of Rs 4 million on the closing day of the 39th International Film Festival of India in Panaji. 
