http://www.takeaplunge.com Ventures, Start Ups, Businesses Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:27:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.takeaplunge.com/some-other-companies-facebook-can-sue-or-bully/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/some-other-companies-facebook-can-sue-or-bully/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:08:56 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=4117 Facebook is going after the anybody and everybody whoever is using the word “Face” or  “book” in their site or product names. I was reading about the recent lawsuit filed by Facebook and it seems they are really mad about someone using these words. Facebook has decided to sue a fledgling startup called Teachbook over the word [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/some-other-companies-facebook-can-sue-or-bully/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/database-can-crack-missing-person-cases-if-used/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/database-can-crack-missing-person-cases-if-used/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:19:19 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=3110 A new online database will help to solve US’s 100,000 missing persons cases and provide answers to desperate families. The name of the website that is offering this database service is NamUs (Name Us). There are about 40,000 sets of unidentified remains that languish at any given time with medical examiners across the country and NamUs offers a [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/database-can-crack-missing-person-cases-if-used/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/donations-to-haiti-via-text-message-surge-past-5-million/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/donations-to-haiti-via-text-message-surge-past-5-million/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:24:20 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=2863 Now you can donate for the people affected in Haiti earthquake using your mobile phone. It is so simple now. If you are in the US you can easily donate $10 to the Red Cross to help with the disastrous situation in Haiti after the major earthquake recently.  All the major U.S. carriers are allowing [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/donations-to-haiti-via-text-message-surge-past-5-million/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/google-authors-asked-to-submit-deal-changes-by-november-9/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/google-authors-asked-to-submit-deal-changes-by-november-9/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:16:37 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=2316 The judge has asked for the changes to be presented in the court by November 9, in the settlement that would allow Google Inc to put million of books online. Google’s plan has received both praises and criticism for creating the digital library of old and rare books. The criticism mainly came on antitrust, copyright and [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/google-authors-asked-to-submit-deal-changes-by-november-9/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/us-urges-court-to-reject-google-book-deal/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/us-urges-court-to-reject-google-book-deal/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:11:09 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=2176 There is a new blow to the Google Book Deal. The U.S. Justice Department urged a New York court to reject Google’s controversial deal with authors and publishers. This happened on Friday. This deal would allow Google to create a massive online digital library. The Justice Department said in a filing that the court “should reject [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/us-urges-court-to-reject-google-book-deal/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/google-hopes-readers-will-flip-over-new-format/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/google-hopes-readers-will-flip-over-new-format/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:09:30 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=2141 Now, reading online stories can be as easy as flipping through a magazine – courtesy Google. The Internet giant is testing a new format which will make reading easier along with generating more advertising sales to revenue-starved publishers. The experiment is called “Fast Flip,” which was unveiled Monday at a conference hosted by TechCrunch. The new service [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/google-hopes-readers-will-flip-over-new-format/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/ms-exec-apple-complained-about-laptop-hunters-ads/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/ms-exec-apple-complained-about-laptop-hunters-ads/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:00:17 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=1569 Microsoft’s 2009 Worldwide Partner Conference on Wednesday saw few interesting things. Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner, in his presentation,  claimed that Apple actually Microsoft to complain about the Laptop Hunters ad campaign. , Find the pertinent excerpt (via Gizmodo) “And you know why I know they’re working? Because two weeks ago we got a call [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/ms-exec-apple-complained-about-laptop-hunters-ads/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/special-alloy-sleeves-urged-to-block-hackers/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/special-alloy-sleeves-urged-to-block-hackers/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:33:14 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=1531 To protect people against skimming and eavesdropping attacks, federal and state officials has some recommendations- Keep their e-passports tightly shut Store your RFID-tagged passport cards Keep enhanced driver’s licenses in “radio-opaque” sleeves In the past, experiments have shown that even half inch opened e-passports transmit data and others can read from chipped passport cards and EDLs. The cover of the [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/special-alloy-sleeves-urged-to-block-hackers/feed/ 1 http://www.takeaplunge.com/michael-jackson-dies-in-la-hospital/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/michael-jackson-dies-in-la-hospital/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:38:41 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=1431 Michael Jackson, the sensation, the “King of Pop” and one of the biggest celebrities died Thursday. The report came from a person with knowledge of the situation. He was 50. According to the report Jackson died in a Los Angeles hospital. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics found him at home not breathing when they responded to [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/michael-jackson-dies-in-la-hospital/feed/ 1 http://www.takeaplunge.com/govt-posts-sensitive-list-of-us-nuclear-sites/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/govt-posts-sensitive-list-of-us-nuclear-sites/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:17:23 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=1305 The US government accidentally posted a list of government and civilian nuclear facilities and their activities in the United States on the Internet. But according to a U.S. official the posting did not include information that compromised national security. It was a 266-page document which was published on May 6. It was supposed to be a [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/govt-posts-sensitive-list-of-us-nuclear-sites/feed/ 0