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Warning of half-billion-dollar settlement tops off tough week for Google

Posted May 13, 2011 - 9:20 am

The same week it tried to supplant Microsoft with an alternative to Windows, Google suffered PR attacks, security scares and impending financial punishment for choosing bad ad partners.
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Google Chromebook is more a phone you can type on than the anti-PC

Posted May 12, 2011 - 12:32 pm

With its radical net-centrist design, Google expects Chromebook to introduce more cloud-focused computing model; actually it just expands BYOT to include netbooks as well as phones.
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One thing to remember about Google's netbook: forget it

Posted February 3, 2011 - 6:46 pm

Not a phone, not a laptop, not a tablet. ChromeOS is decent, Google, but put it in a different wrapper.
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Intense tablet frenzy may force you to buy even if you don't want one

Posted January 4, 2011 - 5:03 pm

Predictions about the success of tablets is so aggressive analysts may resort to force to get people to buy enough tabs to match the numbers.
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Chrome OS gets strong rebukes for privacy, pointlessness

Posted December 15, 2010 - 12:10 pm

Google's Chrome OS hasn't gotten much glowing press coverage. Now, Richard Stallman, father of the GNU public license, and Paul Buchheit, creator of Google's GMail and founder of FriendFeed, offer additional criticism when it comes to privacy and whether Chrome OS has a point in today's tablet-oriented world.
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Google's ChromeOS Laptop is not yet a disaster

Posted December 8, 2010 - 3:18 pm

The reference model Google released for the ChromeOS PC makes it look a lot like a cheap netbook, and maybe compute like one, too. And it won't be here until summer. Wake me when it shows up. Or don't.
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Has Google missed the boat with Chrome OS?

Posted December 7, 2010 - 10:00 pm

Google's Chrome OS was full of revolutionary ideas when it was announced, but the mobile market has been forever changed by the iPad and other tablets. With a six month delay, will anyone really want a Chrome OS notebook when they ship next year?
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Can Google's Chrome save the netbook market?

Posted November 4, 2010 - 1:50 pm

A year ago, the idea of netbooks with Google's Chrome OS was big news, but that was before the iPad changed the mobile computing landscape. As Google nears the first shipments, their success (and that of the netbook market as a whole) is a lot less assured than when they were first announced.
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Bringing your own technology to the office - what you need to know

Posted October 28, 2010 - 7:11 pm

A few years ago, all your work technology was provided by your company. Today, many companies are encouraging employees to bring their own smartphones, iPads, and even computers to the office. This can be a win-win, but only if you approach in the right way.
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Sunday Marks Release of Ubuntu 10.10, No Towels Required

Posted October 7, 2010 - 12:01 am

No improbability about it: October 10 marks a big day for geeks everywhere, when Ubuntu 10.10 will see the light of day.
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Google Chrome OS is for Netbooks, Android for Smartphones & Tablets

Posted September 9, 2010 - 1:25 pm

Puzzled by what Google has planned for its two operating systems? Here's what's what.
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Business, Not Just Play, Key to ChromeOS Cloud Success

Posted April 21, 2010 - 11:13 am

Recent news about Google's ChromeOS reveals a platform that's being geared for personal and office use. And that's probably the best plan Google could make.
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Brace for Another Skirmish in the Browser Wars

Posted February 22, 2010 - 11:30 am

A recent little speed bump on the information superhighway reminded me that more than ever, we are placing a lot of faith in our browsers. What happens when web developers and hardware vendors can't agree on Web standards?
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HP Netbook Impressed at CES

Posted January 17, 2010 - 11:12 pm

Before this month's CES, I wrote that the netbook doesn't have to die. It seems a little strange, but there were those who said that this netbook was a doomed class of product, destined to get larger and more expensive until it merged with the laptop.
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CES Mobility Trends

Posted January 8, 2010 - 4:08 am

I'm sitting down at the end of the first day of the Computer Electronics Show with a head that's close to spinning with all the products I've seen aimed at mobile enterprise users (and, to be fair, all those that are aimed at other markets entirely).
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Netbooks Don't Have to Die

Posted January 4, 2010 - 8:51 am

So here we are in the new year and the questions keep coming: Is the netbook over and out? The Times seems to think that it is, the victim of user demand for more features and the resulting price tag on those features--"death from above," if you will.
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Take advantage of holiday prices

Posted December 18, 2009 - 9:02 am

Don't buy in January what you can get at a discount today.
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enTourage eDGe: an e-reader and netbook rolled into one

Posted December 4, 2009 - 9:30 am

Yet another company is launching a dual screen e-reader, but enTourage is taking the concept way beyond what the Barnes & Noble Nook and Spring Designs Alex offer. Two generous screens try to provide both an e-reader and a full netbook experience in a single device.
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Are you ready for a Windows 7 cell phone?

Posted November 13, 2009 - 5:47 pm

The xpPhone uses the Burger King, have-it-your-way model of build-to-order. Will the idea catch on? Will buying a cell phone become like buying a PC on Dell's web site?
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Apple doesn't owe you anything

Posted November 4, 2009 - 7:25 pm

Doesn't this relationship seems like it only goes one way?
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Will the 'Smart Netbook' become a trend?

Posted October 15, 2009 - 5:16 pm

Acer announced this week its Acer Aspire One AOD250, which dual-boots into either Windows or Android. Nice! But what is it?
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Chrome Netbook Operating System By Christmas?

Posted September 22, 2009 - 12:34 pm

One of the tidbits author Jerri Ledford told me during my interview to get information for the Daily Tip entry Chrome Tips and Tricks for Better Browsing was that she felt Google's Chrome operating system would be on netbooks by Christmas. Yes, that's Chrome the OS supporting Chrome the browser. A bit confusing, but if Chrome the OS is as good as Chrome the browser, we'll be happy.
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Nokia Booklet 3G Far Too Expensive at $820

Posted September 3, 2009 - 11:23 am

Give Nokia props for designing a good looking netbook, the new Booklet 3G. It's sleek, it runs on batteries a long time, and it has slightly higher video resolution than other netbooks. Too bad Nokia executives went brain dead when setting the price.
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Neither Netbooks Nor Desktops Are “The Answer”

Posted September 1, 2009 - 2:31 pm

Why do some IT people get so upset about netbooks? Story after story from “real IT” people accuse netbooks of trying to take over the world by fraud or trickery or magic. What IT pundits, like the writer of Forget Netbooks, Desktops Rule, forget is that "normal” people don't care about ideology when they buy a netbook, they care about price, portability, and getting their work done. If a netbook does that for them, why does that upset the IT people?
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Netbook Upgrade Article Interesting But Misguided

Posted August 27, 2009 - 11:55 am

PCWorld just released Ten Ways to Upgrade Your Netbook. While I applaud the research and effort that went into the article, the entire concept misses the point of netbook use for the majority of users. Three of the ten ways make sense for netbooks, but the rest are ways to hack your netbook into becoming more like a laptop. They aren't laptops, they're netbooks. And the article skips the best way to improve your netbook: install Google's Chrome as a browser, because it processes Javascript faster than other browsers.
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