News@5: Facebook Allows Data Downloads, Logitech Revue & Windows Phone 7

Analysts have slammed Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows Phone 7 mobile phone OS, claiming that they are confident that the platform will be a failure. Market experts and analysts at Gartner have stated that the Windows Phone 7 mobile platform will not have any positive impact upon Microsoft’s share in the smartphone operating system market.New research has revealed that people who spend vast amounts of time on Facebook are most likely to get 'de-friended' by fellow social networking users. Researchers have found that people who frequently post boring and useless comments and status updates, including potentially controversial and extreme topics like politics and religion, are more prone to lose friends on Facebook,

Logitech has unveiled its new set top box designed to bring Google TV to homes. The Logitech Revue consists of a set top box and a mini key board, which will allow users to type the name of the show, select service provider and surf the web on their internet enabled TV sets.Cisco has unveiled its Cisco Umi home telepresence system, designed to allow consumers to conduct video conferences from their living room. With the launch of the home telepresence product, Cisco aims to take on VoIP service provider Skype, which, until now, has enjoyed exclusive access to this emerging consumer market.Facebook has added a new feature which allows users to download all the items they upload on the website. The social networking giant has launched a new tool to add for its users benefit as the website now enables registered users to download everything they have ever posted on Facebook, including pictures, wall posts and other stored content.