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- Google tablet: Pondering the designs, interface
- Google has floated some user interface and design mockups for its own tablet that will run on the Chrome OS. According to a post by Glen Murphy, a user interface UI designer for Google's Chrome browser, the tablet designs for Google are "subject to change." Murphy was...
- Tags: Google Inc., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2010-02-02
- Google Chrome steals usage share from IE/Firefox, Win 7 breaks 10%
- Net Applications' data for January is out, and there are some interesting trends displayed. First, the data shows that Google's Chrome browser has managed to snatch usage share from Internet Explorer and Firefox. Here's the data: Chrome: 5.20% (up from 4.64% in Dec...
- Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Usage, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Digital Equipment Corp., iPhone OS Platform, Microsoft Windows 7, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2010-02-01
- Qualcomm talks smartbooks and other wireless devices
- Qualcomm isn't known as a consumer electronics company, a fact that CEO Dr. Paul Jacobs acknowledged in his first CES keynote. "Qualcomm is not exactly a household name," he told the audience. "How many think we run a stadium?" But with smartphones turning into computers, and gadgets of all types...
- Tags: Wireless Device, Smart Phone, Qualcomm Inc., Wireless, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2010-01-09
- Possible Google Chrome OS netbook spec leaked
- I'm getting credible (albeit off-the-record) confirmation that the rumored Google Chrome OS netbook spec as reported earlier this week by IBTimes is pretty close to the mark. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Google Inc., Operating System, Google Chrome, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-12-29
- Chrome OS to be targeted by hackers, says McAfee
- Based on a report by McAfee, Google Chrome OS will be targeted by hackers in 2010 -- mainly due to the rise in popularity of HTML 5. With the technological advances brought on by HTML 5, the web will undergo a dramatic upgrade that will change the...
- Tags: McAfee Inc., Google Inc., Web, HTML, Web Application, Google Chrome, Hacker, Hacking, Security, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2009-12-28
- Google Chrome OS netbook details leaked
- Leaked details on the Google Chrome OS-based netbook have hit the web, and a lot of tech writers like what they are seeing. by Rachel King
- Tags: Google Inc., Operating System, Google Chrome, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-12-28
- 5 Microsoft and Google battlegrounds in 2009
- The tension between these two software giants got a bit thicker this year, and it's certain that it will again in 2010. Here's a look at who is winning on each front in 2009. 1) IE8 vs. Google Chrome Each version of Internet Explorer released...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Windows Mobile 6.5 Microsoft, Google Apps Standard Edition, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2009-12-26
- My top 10 Crunchies 2010 picks
- TechCrunch hosts the "web Grammys" every January, and I think I know who will win this year. I like this award show because it highlights new and emerging startups that people need to learn about. It's exciting to see the...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Category, Mobile, Android, Groupon, Dropbox, Brizzly, Gowalla, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-12-24
- Placing odds on a Google netbook, smartbooks at CES
- It remains to be seen whether Google will sell a branded smartphone though it seems increasingly likely, but after a day or two of all Nexus One, all the time, the world has moved on to rumors of yet another Google-branded device. TechCrunch reported that Google will release its own...
- Tags: Google Inc., Laptop Computer, Netbook, Chip, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-12-17
- Google releases Chrome for Mac
- Google released its Chrome Web browser for Mac OS earlier today by Jason D. O'Grady
- Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-12-08
- Frugal Friday: RIP Crunchpad, Apple/Psystar Settlement, Comcast/NBC, Chrome OS, Google DNS, Microsoft Forefront TMG and UAG
- Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss the untimely death of the CrunchPad, the Apple vs. Psystar Settlement, Comcast's new controlling interest in NBC, recent advancements in Chrome OS, Google's new public DNS service and talk with Bill Jensen, Senior Product Manager in Microsoft's Identity and...
- Tags: Google Inc., NBC Universal Inc., DNS, Comcast Corp., Settlement, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- Will Chrome netbooks really be competitive?
- Acer, which last quarter overtook Dell to become the world's second-largest PC manufacturer, is known as an aggressive company. So it's little surprise that the company's chairman, J.T. Wang, vowed this week that Acer would be first to release a netbook using Google's Chrome OS sometime in the middle of...
- Tags: Google Inc., Acer Inc., Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-12-03
- Google Backup is what I want for Christmas
- Google's Lenoir, North Carolina Data Center, seen during construction, could be one of several sites that could provide business continuity and peace of mind for netizens everywhere. I've heard this story too many times. "I got back from vacation and...
- Tags: Google Inc., Carbonite, Storage, Google Backup, Backups, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-12-03
- Acer announces first Google Chrome OS netbook
- Acer has nabbed the bragging rights to being the first to produce a Google Chrome OS-powered netbook, to be released some time next year. by Rachel King
- Tags: Google Inc., Operating System, Acer Inc., Google Chrome, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-12-02
- CrunchPad illusion after all
- Mike Arrington has announced his CrunchPad web tablet, covered here, is "dead", blaming his manufacturing partner for cutting him out of the deal. In the frothy market that is media tablets, just as in other frothy markets Arrington has stirred up, this is a story suspiciously full of holes that...
- Tags: Project, Manufacturer, CrunchPad, Mike Arrington, Tablets, Keyboards, Manufacturing, Venture Capital, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Peripherals, Finance, Financing Startups, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2009-11-30
- Can Chrome OS save us from racket ware?
- I'm not just talking here about viruses. I'm also talking about ad-ware and the messes legitimate programs make in registries and on hard drives, all the software dust bunnies Windows lets developers toss into systems. The developers of Chrome OS talk a good game about fixing this. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Developer, Operating System, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-11-30
- Does Chrome OS mean anything for schools?
- Readers who don't share my infatuation with all things GOOG will probably expect me to predict that netbooks running Chrome OS will dominate the educational space in a year and save schools and students countless dollars. Believe it or not, though, I don't think this is the case. At...
- Tags: School, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-11-27
- Chrome OS will rise or fall on the safety dance
- It's not just about what Google's programmers do in terms of security that will drive Chrome OS. Google needs application developers to accept its security development framework as well. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Google Inc., Development Tools, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-11-24
- Sergey Brin: Google Android, Chrome OS likely to converge
- Google's two operating systems, mobile Android and desktop Chrome OS will likely converge as a single OS in the future, said Google co-founder Sergey Brin. by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Android, Sergey Brin, Mobile Operating Systems, Operating Systems, Smart Phones, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Chrome OS: More questions than answers?
- Chrome OS, while a brilliant idea, could be horrendously flawed. There seem to be more questions than answers at this stage. Why? by Zack Whittaker
- Tags: Question, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
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