GigaOM:
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 to fail miserably — or achieve a degree of success far below what was expected. Google Doc (Read More)
Scobleizer:
Today InfoWorld’s Randall Kennedy says that Google’s Chrome OS will fail.What he is missing is he’s looking at the wrong field.Google is playing a different game. Google Chrome OS is NOT about killing Microsoft or Apple.What is it about? Developers, developers, developers, developers, developers.See, what happens if the wor (Read More)
Submitted by Lemasney
from Google Reader:
“Chrome OS moves the playing field to the cloud,” said Ray Valdes, an analyst at Gartner. “But Microsoft is a multifaceted company. They have a systematic effort to put a lot of their technology portfolio in the cloud as well.”. (Read More)
: “Chrome OS moves the playing field to the cloud,” said Ray Valdes, an analyst at Gartner. “But Microsoft is a multifaceted company. They have a systematic effort to put a lot of their technology portfolio in the cloud as well.”
Submitted by Sarahintampa
from Google Reader:
Google unveiled Chrome OS in an event yesterday where they demonstrated the upcoming cloud-based OS for the first time in public. Source code of Chrome OS was also released which folks over at gdgt have compiled in a ready-to-install .vmdk file. All you need now is a system running Windows, Linux or OS X with any of the vir (Read More)
mashable:
We’ve been matching up popular web services, applications and mobile apps against each other in heated one-on-one battles here in our weekly Faceoff Series. Last week Microsoft Office bested Google Docs in a head to head race for the title of office suite champion.This week we turned our attention to a rather timely battle (Read More)
Engadget:
Itching for some Chrome OS? Well, we all are, but you might be a bit disappointed at the fact that while Google has opened sourced its progress on the OS so far, the version that is currently available for download seem eons behind what Google showed just showed off at its event yesterday. Still, if you just have to see it (Read More)
Engadget:
Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he'll explore where our industry is and where it's going -- on both micro and macro levels -- with the uni (Read More)
Daring Fireball (Articles):
One thing that strikes me about Chrome OS and Litl is that neither bother trying to do everything Windows or Mac OS X can do. Not even close. I don’t think either even bothers trying to serve as one’s primary computer.The idea that they’re designed to serve as secondary computers is a big part of the opportunity I see for n (Read More)
CNET News.com:
From Azure to Windows 7 to Firefox, operating systems and browsers grabbed headlines this week as Google proved, with its unveiling of Chrome OS, how interrelated they are. (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup - our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week - we report on President Obama's (non)-use of Twitter, take a look at the past decade in the media industry, review the latest statistics about blogging, question if Oxford Dictionary should've chosen "unfriend" as its word of the (Read More)
Submitted by Prmac:
After being in the Apple App store for just over a month, ITGO - Interval Trainer GO has earned itself a place among the Apple Staff Favorites section in several stores and has submitted a version 1.3 update which extends ITGO's functionality. ITGO - Interval Trainer GO, is a dedicated interval signaling application specifi (Read More)
Submitted by Prmac:
Syndicated Puzzles today announced Puzzle Dice, a unique competitive game for iPhone and iPod Touch. This challenging sequential thriller has built in light bulbs automatically informing players when they are solving the puzzle correctly. If the puzzle doesn't start to light up like a Christmas tree, players need to rethink (Read More)
iFones.com - Apple iPhone App Reviews:
DealCatcher today announce TGI Black Friday for iPhone and iPod touch. Consumers now have a new mobile tool to save time and money while holiday shopping this Black Friday. The app allows users to browse over 8,000 deals from all the major retail store's Black Friday ads. Users can create a personal shopping list within the (Read More)
Health/Sci-The Times of India:
New Google Inc software will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on, the search company said as it showed off its Chrome operating system designed for PCs that do their work on the Web. (Read More)