News tagged with os
New Acer Ultrabook is no MacBook Air, but it's not bad
I'm a big fan of Apple's MacBook Air computer. Revamped by Apple last year, the notebook is a thin, ultralight, speedy computer. Instead of a high-powered processor, a traditional hard drive and a DVD slot, ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 11, 2011 |
3.7 / 5 (3) |
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Time zone database has new home after lawsuit
The organization in charge of the Internet's address system is taking over a database widely used by computers and websites to keep track of time zones around the world.
Oct 16, 2011 |
5 / 5 (3) |
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Samsung Series 5 Chromebook irons out kinks
Consumers shopping for a PC have a new choice: laptops running Google's Chrome OS operating system.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 22, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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Review: Google all the time on the Chromebook
(AP) -- New laptops running Google's Chrome operating system offer a new approach in portable computing: Games, productivity tools and anything else you might need are handled by distant computers connected ...
Jul 13, 2011 |
5 / 5 (3) |
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Google-powered laptops to go on sale June 15 (Update)
The first laptops running on a Google-designed software system will go on sale in the U.S. and six other countries next month.
May 11, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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Mozilla unleashes sleek new Firefox Web browser
A fast, sleek new version of Firefox was released on Wednesday to vie Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) and Google Chrome in the fiercely competitive market for Web browsing software.
Mar 22, 2011 |
3.8 / 5 (4) |
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Google's ahead in the cloud
There is perhaps no company more entrenched in the cloud than Google.
Feb 03, 2011 |
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Review: Chrome OS gives a peek at computing future
What if nearly everything you usually keep on your computer - photos, documents, music and software - was stored online? Your machine would be speedier and perhaps less vital because you could simply use another ...
Dec 22, 2010 |
2.8 / 5 (10) |
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Google still polishing Chrome OS, postpones debut (Update)
(AP) -- It's taking longer than Google Inc. anticipated to deliver a new operating system designed to make computers run faster.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 07, 2010 |
3.8 / 5 (4) |
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Will Google resurrect the smartbook?
(PhysOrg.com) -- The idea of a smartbook has been tantalizing, but first generation attempts have fallen prey to their own immaturity. Now, though, there is a chance that Google could resurrect the smartbook ...
Nov 03, 2010 |
4.1 / 5 (8) |
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Review: Ping a handy iTunes add-on with promise
(AP) -- Apple Inc.'s new music-discovery feature, Ping, is a potentially useful addition to iTunes. With it, you can see what songs your friends are buying and recommend some of your favorites to them.
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Review: $550 Tablet Doesn't Make Windows Look Good
(AP) -- Apple brings out its iPad tablet computer in late March, but other companies are already preparing a new batch of tablets running Windows. Judging by a model that's already out, the $550 Archos 9, ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 10, 2010 |
3.3 / 5 (11) |
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Microsoft to patch 17-year-old bug
(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft's February security update will include a patch for a bug that dates back to Windows NT 3.1, which was released in July 1993. The vulnerability has been present but undetected in ...
Feb 08, 2010 |
3.4 / 5 (8) |
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Google releases Chrome browser for Macintosh computers
Google on Tuesday released a version of its Chrome Web browser for Macintosh computers in a challenge to Safari software Apple offers users of its machines.
Dec 08, 2009 |
4.3 / 5 (3) |
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Intel Launches Three New Quad-core Processors
(PhysOrg.com) -- Intel has launched three new quad-core processors utilizing Intel's new Nehalem architecture. These processors, formerly codenamed Lynnfield, are aimed at desktop computers, as well as the ...
Sep 08, 2009 |
3.6 / 5 (13) |
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