http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech xx http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/85605/chrome-shines-gore-opines-staffs-decline Google's Chrome OS captured a lot of headlines and hype this week after the company invited the media in to have a look-see, setting off a whole lot of opinions about whether it will be any good. Microsoft, predictably, doesn't think so. Otherwise, Al Gore offered his opinion on the role supercomputers can play to quell climate change, and for the first time we can recollect there were not one, but two, cat-related IT stories that caught our attention. http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/85605/chrome-shines-gore-opines-staffs-decline#comments Business Government Green IT Legal Mobile & wireless Operating systems Personal tech Security Software Windows Opinion Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:40:14 -0500 ITworld staff 85605 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/85599/two-approaches-nfc-battle-french-hearts-and-mobiles Two competing approaches to equipping mobile phones with contactless communications capabilities vied for supporters at the Cartes exhibition in Paris this week. Either approach could turn phones into self-service electronic tour guides, travel tickets or secure payment terminals. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/85599/two-approaches-nfc-battle-french-hearts-and-mobiles#comments Business Development Mobile & wireless Networking Personal tech Security Software News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:40:04 -0500 ITworld staff 85599 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/85571/torture-tests-stylus-tough-8000-camera-and-xp3-quest-phone The Olympus Stylus Tough 8000 point-and-shoot camera and the Sonim XP3 Quest rugged phone are supposed to be tough. How tough? We decided to find out. http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/85571/torture-tests-stylus-tough-8000-camera-and-xp3-quest-phone#comments Personal tech News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:40:30 -0500 ITworld staff 85571 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/85563/welcome-golden-age-vaporware I've been in this business for 357 years, but I can't recall a time when we've had more written about products that do not actually exist. We are truly living in the golden age of vaporware. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/85563/welcome-golden-age-vaporware#comments Hardware Personal tech Opinion Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:40:25 -0500 ITworld staff 85563 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/85560/some-nook-e-readers-wont-make-it-holidays-either Just two days after Sony said that its wireless e-reader, the Daily Edition, might not make it to buyers before the end of the year, Barnes & Noble said its Nook e-reader is sold out. http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/85560/some-nook-e-readers-wont-make-it-holidays-either#comments Personal tech News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:39:56 -0500 ITworld staff 85560 at http://www.itworld.com