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1. Google rolls out Chrome OS source code

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   Eliminates all "unnecessary" processes Google has released the source code of its long-awaited Chrome OS. According to the Mountain View-based company, the alternative operating system is optimized for ...

2. The world waits for Google's Chrome OS

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   Conference call today Google will hold a conference call today outlining its plans for the operating system. It has invited journalists to a webcast that starts at 10:00AM and goes on to 11:00PM Pacific. ...

3. TechCrunch crucified over Google phone rumor

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   Logical and illogical leaps A number of journalists have harshly criticized TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington for publishing a wildly speculative article about a rumored Android-based Google phone. ...

4. Chrome OS: Lame Copy or Amazing new OS?

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   Depends on How Smart YOU Are Sometimes I wonder about new companies.   Apple and Google both have this way of bewitching people so that, no matter what they come out with, folks drool and say that’s wonderful.  ...

5. ARM accelerates Android mobile development

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   ...  Midnight shoppers queue for Droid Smartphone market: Android and iPhone continue to grow Sony Ericsson Android lumbers into view Motorola and Verizon trundle out Droid smartphone Google intros Android ...

6. Switzerland to sue Google over Street View privacy

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   Don't look now The Swiss government has lost patience with Google over what it sees as Street View's failure to ensure privacy. The country's federal data protection commissioner, Hanspeter Thur, is now ...

7. Google preps Mac Chrome beta for holiday launch

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   Cross-platform parity Google is reportedly preparing to launch a beta version of its Mac Chrome browser in time for the upcoming holiday season. "The extensions team has been working hard to get BrowserActions ...

8. Google slashes price on Picasa storage

   (Networking/Networking Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   Picture this Google said it's dramatically reduced the price of Picasa storage - that's where your cherished family pictures are all in a cloud. In a blog posting, Google said that it's "dramatically" ...

9. Apple's small-minded strategy

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Wednesday, 04 November 2009

   ... from other sources, such as Amazon or (maybe?) Google. And they will gladly chuck their iPhones for the next cool thingamajig. So, why is Apple, full of many smart people, being so strategically small ...

10. Why Apple should license Windows 7

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... Office and it currently is the most at risk of competitive displacement from Google Apps. The server business, for much of the last decade, has been Microsoft's strongest unit and it is built on their ...

11. 10 reasons why analog is better than digital

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    ... than cold fish. Humanoids are better than Androids. Giggles are better than Googles. That's an analog judgement. So there.    ...

12. My 10 favorite Windows apps

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    ... An exception to my old software rule. But this software is really fab. It does so much and gives so much that I really wouldn't be without it. 7. Google Earth. Such a spooky application. I can zoom into ...

13. TG Daily: A readers' Guide

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    ... Microsoft one and that the headline is merely playing to the crowd and hoping for a big hit on Google News. Dissing HP is, of course, less newsworthy than dissing Microsoft, even if it isn't Microsoft's ...

14. Geeks Are Losers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 23 October 2009

    Opinion: Whether it's a book fantasizing about a world in which Google executives run the United States or another tome that suggests geeks are on the road to controlling the globe, there's a hopeful ...

15. Chrome for Mac finally arrives in beta, sort of

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 23 October 2009

    Google has announced availability of an official Chrome for Mac browser preview, based on version 4 -already available for Windows but not for Linux or OSX, but is advising people not to try it. Google ...

16. Windows 7 launches in London hospital

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    ... answer to Google Maps although the company also offers Bing Maps. Some of the features of 7 which Microsoft trumpets were bizarre. Location printing is one. This apparently prevents you printing a document ...

17. The Delusions of IT Startups

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... which ranks the buzz around some of the hot new firms, largely in the IT market. It uses some sort of Google-like algorithm to create its list of noteworthy companies. It also lets those companies post ...

18. Internet behemoths fight hard for net neutrality

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... have written to the FCC in a bid to influence the body on the vexed subject of net neutrality. The founders of Twitter, Facebook, Digg and CEOs including Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Google's Eric Schmidt ...

19. Kindle is no answer to reading books digitally

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Sunday, 18 October 2009

    ... The industry has to work out a way of us being able to do the same with an electronic book without making it free for just about everyone. Google and the internet have lulled many into believing that ...

20. AT&T slates Google Voice: nun today, nun tomorrow

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    Giant telephone company AT&T sent a lengthy letter to the Federal Communications Commission yesterday attacking Google by accusing it of double standards for openness.Giant telephone company AT&T ...

21. Barnes and Noble leaks e-reader details

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ... access to all books scanned by the Google Books project; probably books that are out of print." The upcoming Barnes and Noble e-reader will likely find itself competing against Apple's rumored tablet ...

22. Windows 7 Starter Edition: The best version of Windows yet

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    ... the features you missed.     I can imagine a future OS, similar to Google Chrome, where you’d only have an operating system kernel and a browser when you bought a new system and then would ...

23. FCC scrutinizes Google Voice restrictions

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 09 October 2009

    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched an official inquiry into Google's policy of restricting outbound Voice calls to certain rural areas. The probe comes just days after a bipartisan ...

24. Congress demands FCC probe of Google Voice

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 08 October 2009

    A bipartisan Congressional group has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate Google's alleged policy of blocking high-cost calls to rural areas. According to Reuters, the legislators ...

25. Windows 6.5: Living in a Post iPhone World is a Bitch

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    ... We aren’t a one size fits all world (look at what we drive and wear).   To win this market Microsoft and Google have to create a product that is consistent enough so that buyers ask for it by name ...

26. Google leaks Apple's October Mac lineup: Mighty Mouse!

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    Google Ad Sense has inadvertently leaked Apple's new Mac lineup. The Netherlands-based ads - which were displayed on Google.nl over the weekend - reportedly directed eager shoppers to non-existent Apple ...

27. High tech won't save the economy this time

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    ... capitalists I talk to are in despair. Yes, yes, there are a few big bright spots - Apple, Cisco, and Google come to mind. But these few giants can't spur the overall economy. There is no longer a core ...

28. Google: AT&T attempting to "undermine" Web-based competition

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    Google has responded to AT&T's allegations that its Voice application "systematically" blocks telephone calls to certain rural areas with high connection costs. According to Google legal counsel ...

29. Apple totally rejected Google Voice app over duplication fears

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 18 September 2009

    The FCC has published an uncensored letter from Google in which the Mountain-View based company claimed that Apple rejected its Voice application. Apple had previously refuted the allegations and insisted ...

30. Google bolsters OCR capabilities with reCAPTCHA acquisition

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 16 September 2009

    Google has bolstered its optical character recognition (OCR) capabilities with the acquistion of reCAPTCHA. The company - which was originally spun-off from a Carnegie Mellon University research project ...

31. Google: Ah, Mr Bond. I've been expecting you…

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 25 August 2009

    Opinion - Once upon a time, writers made phone calls, talked to people and wrote news. Google has stopped all that nonsense. Opinion - Once upon a time, writers made phone calls, talked to people and ...

32. War declared: Apple’s Cult Takes on Google’s Borg

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 11 August 2009

    ... while past conflicts, like Microsoft kicking IBM into the PC weeds a generation ago and Google more recently knocking Microsoft down a peg or two, typically involved relative newcomers picking off established, ...

33. Etre reaches a 20 year milestone

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 05 August 2009

    ... the story of AMD's Jerry Sanders III and the yacht he and his friends resorted to just off the South of France.This year speakers at Etre will be SAP's Leo Apotheker, Eric Benhamou, Google's Wesley Chan, ...

34. Khronos Group details cross-platform WebGL initiative

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 04 August 2009

    ... joined the WebGL working group, including AMD, Ericsson, Google, Mozilla, Nvidia and Opera. Participants are currently working to define a JavaScript binding to OpenGL ES 2.0 that will enable rich 3D graphics ...

35. Apple’s iPad: Like Apple TV or like iPod?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 30 July 2009

    ... Ironically, this is likely the one device Palm should have understood how to do right first. In many ways, this would be Apple’s spin on Google’s Chrome OS idea (showcasing Apple’s hardware roots) and ...

36. Chrome to get hardware accelerated 3D graphics

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 22 July 2009

    Google has begun building its O3D plug-in for hardware-accelerated 3D graphics into its Chrome browser. Google has begun building its O3D plug-in for hardware-accelerated 3D graphics into its Chrome ...

37. Google goes postal down-under

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 20 July 2009

    Search outfit Google has managed to score a big win for its cloud-based operations in New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand - Search outfit Google has managed to score a big win for its cloud-based operations ...

38. Google releases Moon in Earth on 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing

    (Space/Space Features)

    Monday, 20 July 2009

    ... has been integrated in Google’s Earth application. There is a new Moon section in Earth, which lets users explore the moon in a similar way as Earth. Chicago (IL) – On July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong ...

39. Google Chrome OS: Gcrap reveals the next Netscape

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 20 July 2009

    ... starting with DEC and running all the way to Sun. Google’s new Chrome OS looks to be another example of people more interested in pretending to be doing something, rather than actually doing it well. ...

40. Apple's iPhone has yet to meet its Microsoft

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Tuesday, 14 July 2009

    ... seems more concerned with maintaining the status quo than he is with getting down and dirty with an opponent. Google has shown little inclination to appear aggressive, and although the company is dominant ...

41. 3G netbook market growing at rapid pace, iSuppli says

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 13 July 2009

    ... news for Google and its Chrome OS, cloud applications and its investment in WiMax company Clearwire? El Segundo (CA) – Market researchers continue to believe that the netbook category will be posting ...

42. Google Chrome OS: Is Google finally jumping the shark?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 09 July 2009

      Analyst Opinion - Every company reaches a point in its history where the bloom falls off the rose. I worry that Google has just hit that wall. Analyst Opinion - Every company reaches a point in ...

43. Google's a threat to you, not Microsoft

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 08 July 2009

    Opinion Google's upcoming Chrome operating system may be many things to many people, but one thing it certainly ain't is an operating system. Neither is it a threat to Microsoft. And it couldn't play ...

44. Google takes aim at Microsoft with new OS

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 07 July 2009

    It was only a matter of time before Google took on Microsoft at the operating system level and now it has confirmed it has plans to create the Chrome OS.It was only a matter of time before Google took ...

45. Get in line: Netscape founder has $300 million to spend

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 06 July 2009

    ... Andreesen announced the founding of a $300 million VC firm, ready to give out somewhere between $50,000 and $50 million to the next great idea. If you have a convincing idea for the next Google or Facebook, ...

46. Update: Firefox 3.5 is fast, but still behind Chrome and Safari

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 30 June 2009

    ... from earlier this month, Safari beats the performance leader Chrome in the Peacekeeper, Celtic Kane and Slick Speed benchmark suites, while being a close second in Google’s own V8 and the WebKit SunSpider ...

47. Dell to make Android device using ARM chip

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 29 June 2009

      Hardware giant Dell has advanced plans to make an Internet capable handheld device which uses the Google Android operating system. Hardware giant Dell has advanced plans to make an Internet capable ...

48. TG Daily’s Dads and Grads Product Giveaway: Play along and win!

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 19 June 2009

    ... Google Chat. The driverless installation makes the Eyeball easy-to-use by simply connecting the USB cable to either a PC or Mac.  Using a custom-designed monitor adapter, Eyeball is easy to position ...

49. Bing to define Microsoft’s capability to innovate

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 19 June 2009

    ... with the “market leader”, Ballmer’s term for Google. “We’ve got our mojo now going,” he said. Ballmer sees Microsoft’s opportunity in the fact that “the market leader” cannot “experiment as much” as ...