Microsoft has shut down Bing Cashback, according to a blog post. Bing Cashback, which is a program that allows users to save money when they purchase items found using Bing search, will be shut down on July 30, 2010. Bing team tweeeted just now (25min ago at the time of writing this post) - http://twitter.com/bing/status/15431895368 The blog post says that Cashback is being shut down due to lack of adoption. Cashback offers will still be available until the end of July and users will have a year to redeem any money they’ve earned through the program....

Google said Wednesday it is planning to release its Chrome operating system, seen as a rival to Microsoft’s Windows system, for free in the autumn. “We are working on bringing the device later this fall,” said Google vice president of product management Sundar Pichai at CompuTex Taipei, Asia’s biggest IT trade show. “It’s something which we are very excited by … We expect it to reach millions of users on day one,” he said....

Google is currently phasing out Windows-based PCs, and switching over to Mac and Linux operating systems, according to the Financial Times. Since the Google China attacks back in January, shortly after Google said it would end censorship in China, Google is removing Windows from its computers. Google is no longer offering new hires the option to run Windows-based PCs, without the approval of a CIO, and instead offering employees Mac computers or PCs running Linux operating system....

NVIDIA 3D Vision Now Supports High-Definition 3D Internet Video COMPUTEX 2010—TAIPEI—May 31, 2010—NVIDIA today demonstrated 3D video streamed live over the Internet using an NVIDIA® 3D VisionTM PC, Microsoft Silverlight and IIS Smooth Streaming technology. The demonstration, which streamed the music video “We Are the World” 3D, at a press conference at Computex, comes at a time when consumer interest in seeing 3D movies is at its highest level ever....

Consumers will likely see 3D LCD TVs that don’t require people to wear polarised glasses out on global markets by 2015, according to a Taiwanese research group that showed off an early version of such a device this week. Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) displayed a 42-inch glasses-free 3D LCD TV this week, and the company can currently make them with screens as large as 65 inches, according to Stephen Jeng, director of ITRI’s 3D System & Application Division....

According to sources, the next version of iPhone OS, which is set to release this June will have Bing as its default search engine in Mobile Safari. Microsoft and Apple have reportedly been in talks over a possible search deal since January of this year, but since then there has been no real news on this. After all the recent conflicts over Android, the removal of Google Search from iPhone shouldn’t come as a surprise....

After innovating projects like Surface, Natal from Microsoft and some other giants – something from Cisco now.

Are you aware of Google Gravity? It is an experiment created by Hi-ReS! wherein the objects from the Google frontpage will all fall down once you load the site. The only downside of this feature is that it the expected results are only visible using Google Chrome. Don’t try to do this using other browsers or you’d end up disappointed. It never works in IE, but somewhat works in Firefox though....

On stage today at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York City, Facebook’s vice president of product Chris Cox announced that starting tomorrow, Facebook will be rolling out “drastically simplified” and improved privacy controls. He didn’t give any details, but did suggest that they should alleviate some of the recent privacy problems Facebook has faced. Ever since the recent wave of privacy backlash began following Facebook’s f8 conference, Facebook has been saying they were listening to feedback and would respond....

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