All about Microsoft:
I'm not one of those ready to write Windows an RIP certificate now that Google has finally taken (some of) the wraps off its Chrome OS. In fact, after reading through industry watchers' questions and Google's answers about it, I'm thinking that Chrome OS may not look quite so appealing by the time it rolls out in late 2010. (Read More)
PreCentral.net:
The Google Mobile team has announced a completely new Google News offering for the webOS, Android, and iPhone platforms that matches the experience that has been available to Blackbery, Windows Mobile and S60 users for some time now. The new version "displays more stories, sources, and images while keeping a familiar look (Read More)
AppScout:
Google today announced that it has remade the mobile version of its News page for owners of iPhone, Android, and Palm webOS handsets. The new page joins existing versions for Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, and Symbian handsets. The update page "provides the same richness and personalization on your phone as Google News provid (Read More)
AppScout:
Google has an important ally in its newly revealed Chrome OS. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu--one of the more user-friendly versions of Linux around--has agreed to contribute engineering to the project, under contract. In a post on the company's blog, Canonical's VP of OEM services assured that, while there are certa (Read More)
Submitted by Badgergravling
from Google Reader:
It’s an accepted fact that we love an underdog in this country. Overdogs don’t even get a look in. From “Eddie” The Eagle Edwards to his conjoined grandsons Jedward, we have a soft spot for the tryers, doomed to failure. We celebrate the unlikely hero, the well-intentioned but hapless. Given this predilection, it’s a wonde (Read More)
Submitted by Jgmize
from Google Reader:
When I look over the PyCon 2010 talk list, I'd like to be at about half of them (a physical impossibility, until I master self-multiplexing). Still, these are the ones that I'll move heaven and earth to be at. What about you - what are your favorites?Extending Java Applications with Jython I'm hopeful that this can really (Read More)
Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace:
As we’ve mentioned a number of times previously, Bioshock 2 will feature multiplayer. A new video of that mode has been released unto the internet today, and we’ve posted it below for your delectation. As you might expect, it demonstrates a number of the in-game powers, the barks of your freakish gene-splicing characters, t (Read More)
Submitted by Pink Lisa
from Google Reader:
Brad Pitt was continuing his own personal celebration of National Beard Month as he arrived back at LAX last night. He arrived in Nice on Wednesday, but quickly turned back around and headed back to California. While Brad was jet-setting, there was some new movie news for him - he's producing and starring in the big screen (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Tony Hawk Ride comes with a skateboard controller. You know what that means: dogs playing video games. What's amazing about this video is just how good this dog is. Impressive! [YouTube]
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Submitted by Morgan
from Google Reader:
The Disney Channel traditionally has avoided exposing its target audience of young viewers to the wiles and ways of those crafty advertisers looking to hook the novice viewers with advertising messages designed by marketing teams at big-name agencies, choosing instead to promote its own programming or allow brands generic “ (Read More)
TechSheep:
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:Brizzly Opens To All. And Snatches Someone From Facebook. — Brizzly was first unveiled in private beta at our first CrunchUp event in July, so it's only appropriate that today, the day of our next CrunchUp, it's being opened to the public. Now, to be clear, the product is still technically in be (Read More)
AppScout:
If you can make friends with a local cheese maker or find a spice shop in your neighborhood, I recommend doing so. But if specialty shops that suit your champagne tastes aren't available, you might like Gourmet Library. .The site is a new social network plus Web service that brings people who love food together with the foo (Read More)
Submitted by Ivorkellock
from Google Reader:
Rather than demo another new technology, Tom Wujec reaches back to one of our earliest but most ingenious devices -- the astrolabe. With thousands of uses, from telling time to mapping the night sky, this old tech reminds us that the ancient can be as brilliant as the brand-new. (Read More)