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Google finally outlines what to expect from Chrome OS

by Shawn Ingram on Nov 19, 2009 at 07:13 PM

After a few months of speculation, Google today finally decided to show us just what Chrome OS is going to be.  Contrary to what some were hoping, there is no real beta to be had as of now, and Google doesn’t expect to have one for another year.  What we… Continue Reading »

Ubuntu unleashes Karmic Koala, adds in MobileMe-like service for syncing

by Shawn Ingram on Oct 29, 2009 at 06:22 PM

Only one week removed from the release of Windows 7 we have yet another new operating system.  Canonical today released the newest version of its popular Linux distribution, Ubuntu 9.10 “Karmic Koala.”  The new version doesn’t pack in as many changes as an X.04 update does, but it does have… Continue Reading »

Slim USB data cards released from Kempler & Strauss

by Heather Wood on Oct 12, 2009 at 12:03 PM

The Slim Data USB card from Kempler & Strauss is a super thin storage drive that can have anywhere from 1 GB to 32 GB capacity.  It is a plug and play card and has the same size and thickness as a credit card.  This feature makes it easy to… Continue Reading »

Missed the big tech news?  Get caught up with InterrupTech for September 28, 2009

by Iyaz Akhtar on Sep 28, 2009 at 06:29 AM

Welcome back to InterrupTech.  Catch up on the week’s most important tech stories in a hurry.  We cover Microsoft’s leaked Courier tablet PC and Pink phones; Netflix’s plans to be on the Wii, PS3, and everywhere else; and the Intel Developer Forum. Continue Reading »

Moblin shown off at Intel Developer Conference

by Shawn Ingram on Sep 23, 2009 at 02:48 PM

Today, at the Intel Developer Forum, Dell announced the new Dell Mini 10v as the first netbook to use Intel’s Moblin operating system.  Moblin is Intel’s idea of what a netbook OS should be and with the coming version 2.1, Moblin is designed for smartphones and Mobile Internet Devices as… Continue Reading »

Opera 10 “with Turbo” now available for download

by Robert Nelson on Sep 1, 2009 at 06:19 AM

As expected, Opera 10 is available for download as of today, and while it may not be as popular as other browsers such as Firefox, or have the hype that tends to surround Chrome, it is worth checking out. A version is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux… Continue Reading »

Gadgetell Experiment: Testing Jolicloud OS for netbooks

by Merlyn Akhtar on Aug 28, 2009 at 06:13 PM

For the past few months, I have been running the Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 on my netbook, an Asus Eee PC 1000HE.  While Windows 7 was great at first, as time progressed, it became sluggish.  So, thanks to our friends at Jolicloud, I got a chance to check out… Continue Reading »

Nokia officially announces its first Maemo phone

by Shawn Ingram on Aug 27, 2009 at 09:48 AM

Nokia, the world’s largest cell phone manufacturer has finally decided to announce a new smartphone that doesn’t use Symbian S69 for the OS.  Today Nokia announced the N900, which will run Nokia’s Linux platform, Maemo.  This marks the first phone from Nokia that will run Linux, though it has been… Continue Reading »

Baidu, Yahoo, and Yandex bring search to Splashtop Instant On OS

by Iyaz Akhtar on Jul 23, 2009 at 10:08 AM

The Splashtop OS by DeviceVM is bringing “Instant Search” to its desktop.  They have partnered up with Baidu, Yahoo, and Yandex to bring a search bar to their desktop.  The search bar will be available even if a web browser is not launched.  The different search engines will be used… Continue Reading »

Microsoft Office comes to Linux - MS begrudgingly bends

by JG Mason on Jul 14, 2009 at 08:00 AM

Your cheap little Linux netbook just got a boost in credibility, or will get a boost when Microsoft drops the web app version of Office 2010 next year.  To date, Linux netbooks or anything else running the OS had to rely on non-Microsoft programs to read, edit and save in… Continue Reading »

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