http://www.itworld.com/software 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/operating-systems/85598/mac-os-x-1062-hack-gets-atom-support-back Early last week, Apple released the 10.6.2 update to Snow Leopard loaded mostly with welcome, but unsurprising bug fixes, including a patch for the uncommon but extremely harmful user account deletion bug. However, hidden in the kernel update was dropped support for the hackintosh-friendly Intel Atom processor. The Atom is Intel's smallest chip and has the distinction of being the processor of choice for people building cheap OS X netbooks with limited hackery required. When early builds of 10.6.2 removed Atom support, speculation and http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/85598/mac-os-x-1062-hack-gets-atom-support-back#comments Hardware Operating systems Software News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:40:04 -0500 ITworld staff 85598 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/software/85600/microsoft-launches-beta-tests-free-office-2010-streaming-delivery Microsoft has launched new betas for its free Office suite and for the "streaming" technology it will use to deliver some paid versions of Office 2010 next year. http://www.itworld.com/software/85600/microsoft-launches-beta-tests-free-office-2010-streaming-delivery#comments Internet Operating systems Software Windows News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:40:04 -0500 ITworld staff 85600 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/85587/googles-chrome-os-hits-bittorrent Chrome OS, the operating system that Google released to open source yesterday, has been compiled and posted for download on several file-sharing sites, Internet searches showed. http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/85587/googles-chrome-os-hits-bittorrent#comments Development Internet Operating systems Software News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:10:15 -0500 ITworld staff 85587 at http://www.itworld.com