Citing the difficulty inherent in finding web-based applications, Google has announced its own web store, fittingly called the Chrome Web Store. It’ll feature one-click purchases tied to your Google account, and purchased browser-based applications will appear right on your Chrome start page.
During the keynote at its 2010 …
Silly though that headline may sound, manufacturers who wish to sell netbooks with screens larger than 10 inches have had to swap out the made-for-netbooks Atom N-series processors with either Z-series chips, made for mobile internet devices and smaller tablets, or even cram a D-series desktop Atom processor into a netbook, as ASUS has …
Better late than never.
Sprint announced today that they would begin rolling out Android 2.1 aka Éclair for HTC Hero owners. The update brings goodies like Google Maps Navigation, enhanced corporate email support, a beefed up Sense UI and a variety of minor bug fixes.
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HP’s CEO Mark Hurd mentioned that webOS would be implemented into devices other than smart phones including printers. Tell me again why I would I want a full-fledged operating system like webOS on a printer?
(More on Techland: HP To Acquire Palm For $1.2 Billion)
I knew they’d find a way to screw this up.
Vietnam sure is becoming a hotbed for leaked Apple products.
From the fine folks at Tinhte, we have a clear view of an unreleased 64GB (unless 64G means something else) iPod Touch with a 2-megapixel camera. Everything appears to be up to snuff, but until Apple officially unveils it things could always change. The parts list …
Where were you when AT&T first promised that tethering would be available on the iPhone? It seems like eons ago now. Take heart, though, because a tethering option has been spotted in the beta version of the new iPhone operating system that’s set to reach consumers sometime next month.
Now before you get too excited, a similar …
Today, Microsoft unveiled its big Hotmail upgrade, followed by a resounding, “About time.” Among its new features, the revamped Hotmail will use cloud-based data storage, enable you to edit Microsoft docs directly within the email and will filter messages into four different “buckets:” mail from your contacts, mail from social networks, …
Every year or two, when Microsoft launches the latest version of its Office suite, three things happen. First, the software giant proudly trumpets a laundry list of widgets, buttons and whiz-bang new menu items. Then the devoted band of techies who follow such things respond, either with horrified disdain at the continued prominence of …
The “several sources” quoted by VentureBeat that said an Acer netbook running Google’s in-the-cloud Chrome operating system would be unveiled in a couple weeks have apparently been misinformed, according to Acer.
DigiTimes reports that the company “has no short-term plans for such a product” but that it will be following …
Apple has updated its $999 MacBook laptop to include a new 10-hour battery that can be recharged up to 1,000 times–about five years before needing to be replaced, according to Apple.
There’s also a new NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics system that’s “up to 1.8x faster than [the] previous-generation MacBook,” which Apple’s …
Over the last couple of weekends Microsoft has thrown secret concerts in San Francisco and New York City to promote the recently launched KIN devices. On Saturday I had the opportunity to sit down with one of the three bands playing secret shows throughout NYC (a boat load of pictures are available here). I’d never really listened to …
Though this video from The Onion is a tongue-in-cheek look at Google’s advertising platform, it may not be too far off from what’s coming in the future.
The idea is simple. Google gives away handsets and service for free and in return, it uses voice recognition software to detect what you’re talking about and whispers …
