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Google's Chrome OS to be ready for 2010 holidays (Update)

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created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- Consumers will have to wait until next year's holiday shopping season to find out if Google Inc.'s new operating system can deliver on its promise to make low-cost computers run faster.


Google Go

Google Go gets going (w/ Video)

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created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google has introduced its new experimental programming language Go, which aims to combine speedy application development through simplified coding with high-speed program execution.


Google Chrome

Chrome 4.0 beta web browser launched

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created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google has released its latest beta version of its Chrome browser for Windows, which promises faster browsing, bookmark synchronization and more.


Ubuntu

Ubuntu 9.10 just released

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created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (24) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Canonical is releasing Ubuntu 9.10, the Karmic Koala, the latest version of its open-source operating system, and it aims to attract business and enterprise users to join the growing numbers ...


Trust Linux!

Trust Linux!

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created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers has implemented support for 'trusted computing' in a commercially available version of the open source operating system Linux, breaking new ground in the global drive ...


Microsoft's cloud computing system is growing up

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (9) | comments 2

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. leads its industry in part because a vast army of outside computer programmers design software that only runs on its Windows operating system. Now, the company is fighting to keep those programmers ...


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IBM makes Big Blue cloud

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (8) | comments 8

IBM on Monday announced it has created the world's largest business computing "cloud" capable of holding an amount of digital data on a par with 250 billion iTunes songs.


'Call of Duty' sells $310M in N Amer, UK in 24 hrs (AP)

'Call of Duty' sells $310M in N Amer, UK in 24 hrs

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- First-day sales of Activision Blizzard Inc.'s "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" broke records, raking in an estimated $310 million in North America and the United Kingdom alone.


Palm Pre

Palm's webOS hasn't gotten the attention it deserves

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created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Lost in the recent deluge of smart-phone news -- Apple's iPhone store hitting 100,000 applications, and the launches of the new Droid phone and the BlackBerry Storm, among other things -- have been the efforts ...


 eStadium application brings multimedia sports features to smartphones

eStadium application brings multimedia sports features to smartphones

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The intimate and spirited quarters of a stadium offer perhaps the most ideal venues to experience an athletic event. Or do they?


Worms infesting computers worldwide: Microsoft

Worms infesting computers worldwide: Microsoft

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (15) | comments 0

A Microsoft security report released Monday warns that cyber crooks are digging into computers for weak spots to penetrate with worms -- malicious software that steals control or data.


IBM Makes It Easier To Browse Web Sites On Mobile Devices (w/ Video)

The visual editor: IBM Makes It Easier To Browse Web Sites On Mobile Devices (w/ Video)

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

IBM researchers have created technology, initially developed for visually-impaired users, that makes it simpler for Webmasters to make their Web sites more readable on the small screens of mobile devices, ...


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Amazon to release free Kindle software for PC

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is trying to get more people to buy the electronic books that are compatible with its Kindle gadget by offering free software for people to read them on a computer.


Windows 7

Microsoft launches Windows 7 (Update)

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (13) | comments 2

Microsoft's much-heralded Windows 7 went on sale around the world Thursday as the US software giant seeks to reboot after the disappointment of its previous generation operating system Vista.


Cisco has released a Web security app for iPhone

Cisco releases Web security app for iPhone

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created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cisco on Friday announced the release of a free iPhone application for anyone who wants to stay on top of the latest trojans, worms, or other threats marauding on the Internet.