HTC is quickly becoming the leading manufacturer of Android devices, as it unveiled Wednesday its third with the Linux-based operating system. The HTC Hero has a 3.2-inch capacitive touch screen, but it won't have the same Android user interface that comes ...Read More
Earlier this week, Google gave the world a first look at the Chrome OS. The press event confirmed what was suspected when Google announced it was working on a netbook operating system four months ago -- it would emphasize speed ...Read More
Google promises that users of its new Chrome OS won't "have to deal with viruses, malware, and security updates." It's way too soon to evaluate the accuracy of those claims; the final release of the operating system is at least ...Read More
Mr Pickering, 47, saw Workington’s Northside Bridge “pitch and buck” in the minutes before it collapsed into the River Derwent, sweeping PC Barker to his death.
He immediately dialled 999 and then stopped the drivers of a car and two articulated ...Read More
FRANKFURT, Nov 21 (Reuters) - German mobile operator O2plans to end its roaming agreement with Deutsche Telekom(DTEGn.DE) unit T-mobile at year end, O2's German head told aGerman newspaper. "We now have a very strong network and will terminate thenational roaming agreement ...Read More
Unless you live in a cave, don't care at all about technology or have been distracted by Sarah Palin's publicity tour, you've probably heard that Google showed its Linux-based Chrome operating system to the world yesterday. Google, a company born and ...Read More
(WIRED) -- Google today unveiled more details of Chrome OS, a lightweight, browser-based operating system for netbooks.
With a strong focus on speed, the Chrome OS promises nearly instant boot times of about 7 seconds for users to login to their ...Read More
You've gotta hand it to Google: The company is never shy about throwing the proverbial spaghetti against the wall to see if it will stick. Over the years, it's introduced countless projects that have gone through long beta cycles only ...Read More
Sometimes you have to take a step down to step up. That's what Google should've done with its open-source PC operating system Chrome OS, which the corporation demonstrated Thursday.
Instead, Google is positioning Google Chrome OS against Microsoft with a lightweight ...Read More
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Google's dual-pronged operating-system strategy will likely produce a single OS down the road, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
Many Google observers were puzzled when the company announced plans for Chrome OS in July, coming amid growing acceptance of ...Read More
The open source version of Google Chrome OS was released on Thursday, and tech wizards didn't waste any time turning the code into a workable test version of the new operating system. If you don't want to wait until next ...Read More
But it's missing the point to compare the Chrome OS with Microsoft's operating systems. The Chrome OS isn't an operating system at all. It's an advertising medium.
View Slideshow See all (8) slides More And although its evolution may take ...Read More
Four months ago, Google announced it was working on an operating system for netbooks called Chrome OS. Today, at a press event at the Googleplex which I attended, the company demonstrated it in public for the first time and provided ...Read More
Google gave its first public demonstration today of Chrome OS, the operating system it's developing for PCs (primarily cheaper netbooks). It presented the demo via webcast from its headquarters in Mountain View, and it looked pretty solid.
Although there's been some ...Read More
Google Inc.'s new Chrome operating system, which is designed to bypass computer hard drives and work totally by way of an Internet connection, got its first public preview Thursday. The system, due out about a year from now, could eventually pose ...Read More
Microsoft Corp. has sold twice as many copies of Windows 7 in its first few weeks than any previous version of the operating system, Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said. Mr. Ballmer, speaking Thursday at Microsoft's annual shareholder meeting, described the ...Read More
Google Inc. said the first devices running its new Chrome operating system will be available by the end of 2010, as the company gave the first public peek of software that Google hopes will drive usage of Internet applications that ...Read More
Yes, Google has open-sourced Chrome OS, its much-discussed browser-based operating system. But as usual, the open sourcing only says so much about its openness.
After all, this isn't something you can load on any PC. And it's not much of an ...Read More
Before today, Google's Chrome Operating System was an exciting idea that offered far more questions than answers. That changed today. We now know much more about what the company is working on and have even seen it in action. For those ...Read More
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--There's still an awful lot about Google's Chrome OS project that remains up in the air, but Thursday's demonstration did reveal a bit about how Google thinks the Netbook should evolve.
At an event here Thursday,Google showed off the ...Read More
* CEO says Windows 7 sales double previous versions* No actual sales figures releasedLOS ANGELES, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O)Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday sales of Windows7 were running at twice the level of any previous ...Read More
