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Five Reasons why Google’s Linux Chromebook is a Windows killer

When Google first started talking about Chrome OS, I thought it might be turn into a Windows killer. Well, now we know that the first commercial Chromebooks will be available in mid-June and there’s no question: Google is aiming right at the Windows business desktop market. Can Google do what the Mac was never able [...]

How to Enable Unity Quicklists in Google Chrome and Firefox

A few weeks ago, we did an in-depth review of Ubuntu 11.04 when compared with Fedora 15. One of the interesting little features we missed was Quicklists in Unity. Quicklists allow users to access common menus, or perform common tasks within a program by right-clicking the launcher icon. The feature is very much similar to [...]

2011 GSoC KDE Projects and Season of KDE

“The KDE Community is grateful to Google for sponsoring the Summer of Code, now in its 7th year, and for giving both students and mentors the opportunity to improve the software we use every day”, said KDE developer Aaron Reichman. According to Reichman, students who participate in GSoC will work on every level of the [...]

Intel Working on x86 Port of Android 3.0 Honeycomb

It’s that time of the month…for earnings calls. Luckily the big wig types that typically speak at these sorts of things aren’t averse to letting a few tasty details slip out while regaling us with numbers and data points. Somewhere in the midst of their report, Paul S. Otellini of Intel gave us an update [...]

Google’s Honeycomb blunder

Computerworld – I don’t say this very often, but some days Google is stupid. Until recently, Google’s biggest blunder was Google Wave. But now Google has announced that it won’t release Android 3.0, the tablet version of its mobile operating system, until it has made it “better.” In a statement, Andy Rubin, head of Google’s [...]

Future Samsung Devices not to Have Locked Bootloaders!

Today is a good day for ROM flashers who intend to buy a new Samsung device. Supercurio’s source says that the future Samsung devices will not use a locked bootloader, unless if Google would require it specifically — which is a small chance. The same source says about the bootloader on tablets: Tablets projects are [...]

Intel Based Honeycomb Tablets Are On The Way

Ever since I’ve watched Android make its evolutionary jump from smartphones onto the tablet scene, I’ve oft wondered where Intel was during this tablet craze. The semiconductor giant had remained strangely quiet on the subject — until now. Digitimes is reporting that after a year and a half of negotiations with Google, the strategy formally [...]

HTC Developer center posts GR140 Nexus One Gingerbread update

Those who have been waiting for the Gingerbread updates to come to the Google Nexus One device won’t need to wait anymore, as HTC Developer Center posted the Nexus One Gingerbread system image code for download from their portal. Developers will no doubt grab this image and get right into customization, cause really, that’s the best thing [...]

Google Maps updates to 5.3.1, What are the changes?

Google Maps was updated to 5.3.1, but a change log wasn’t posted. We all assumed that it was probably some minor bug fixes because if something big was added, I am sure they would have posted it. For those that are still wondering, we found the info on the Google forums: Update! We’ve pushed out [...]

Android still growing, but some developers frustrated

Google’s Android platform has been growing steadily since its release in 2008. Now, one out of every three U.S. smartphone owners is using an Android-based device, according to a recent report.So why aren’t developers more excited about the platform? Read More Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up [...]