Google Unveils Chrome OS; Tech World Yawns

Categories: Most Viewed, SciTech| Nov 21, 2009

Google Unveils Chrome OS; Tech World Yawns 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

Security in Google's Chrome OS

Categories: SciTech| Nov 21, 2009

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

Week in Apple: Developers leaving iPhone, Psystar screwed

Categories: SciTech| Nov 21, 2009

Week in Apple: Developers leaving iPhone, Psystar screwed Respected developers are ditching the App Store over frustrations with Apple, a court has smacked down Mac cloner Psystar, Apple is working on Mac OS X 10.5.7 (*gasp*), Google Earth 2.0 is out for iPhone, and more. Catch up with ...Read More

Google Chrome OS: Everything You Need to Know

Categories: Most Viewed, SciTech| Nov 21, 2009

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

Mysterious New 2K Games Shooter Teased By Spike [UPDATE] [Clips]

Categories: SciTech| Nov 21, 2009

Mysterious New 2K Games Shooter Teased By Spike [UPDATE] [Clips] The Spike TV Video Game Awards will once again double as as an autumnal E3 as new games are revealed, new trailers unveiled. Halo: Reach is coming. As is whatever this game is, teased first on Kotaku in video below. Thoughts? ...Read More

Chrome OS: Move Along, Nothing to See Here (Yet)

Categories: Most Viewed, SciTech| Nov 21, 2009

Chrome OS: Move Along, Nothing to See Here (Yet) So I took the plunge and installed Chrome OS on a virtual machine on my Windows 7 laptop. I used Sun's free VirtualBox virtualization software and the downloadable version of Chrome OS hosted by Gdgt. Actually, when I used the ...Read More

Google OS: the end of the hard drive?

Categories: SciTech| Nov 20, 2009

Google OS: the end of the hard drive? (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

4 Big Gambles Google Is Taking With Chrome OS

Categories: SciTech, Top Stories| Nov 20, 2009

4 Big Gambles Google Is Taking With Chrome OS 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

Gameloft to cut back on Android development

Categories: SciTech| Nov 20, 2009

Gameloft to cut back on Android development Though you may think us to be iPhone fans all the time, we really do want to root for the underdog. Whether it's Google's Android or Palm's webOS, the smartphone industry could really use a David to the iPhone's Goliath ...Read More

Why Google Should Cool It With Chrome OS

Categories: Most Viewed, SciTech| Nov 20, 2009

Why Google Should Cool It With Chrome OS 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