Chrome OS dev code only just went public , but Phoronix has already thrown it on a Samsung NC10 netbook to test its performance and battery-life against Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10, Moblin 2.1, Fedora 12, and openSUSE 11.2. Interesting results ahead. Ultimately, Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 did the best, and openSUSE 11.2 also did well. But Chrome OS performance was far from spectacular. That shouldn't...
If you'd like to see a favicon next to each Google Reader subscription, you can now add this feature: go to the settings page and check "Show favicons for subscriptions". Another way to enable the feature is to click on the arrow next to "Subcriptions" and select "use favicons". The feature is disabled by default. "We realize that not everyone wants their subscription...
Many Gmail interfaces lack a basic feature: adding attachments. You can't add attachments if you use Gmail's mobile app, the mobile version of Gmail, iGoogle's Gmail gadget or if you used the offline version of Gmail until today. "Starting today, attachments work just the way you would expect them to whether you are online or offline (with the exception that when you're offline you won't be able...
Google operating system will feature many of the same security features as the Chrome browser, including "sandboxing" of applications, auto updating, and antiphishing.
Google didn't do a good job at explaining the intended use of Chrome OS and many people wondered if Google's operating system is an alternative to Windows. The goal is to build "an operating system that provides a fast, simple, and more secure computing experience for people who spend most of their time on the web". Here are the initial use cases for Chrome OS: * Computing on the couch *...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10401524-265.html What do we know about Googles new OS? - Well, you'll only be able to get it on new netbooks- its a cloud based os that only supports SSD Storage, it's Linux based, comes with a bunch of gooogle apps and is intended to be a very thin client for net applications. More on the OS from Google themselves HERE Bookmark us and visit often. Technology, Gadgets,...
When Google made their announcement yesterday [Thursday November 20, 2009], included in their release statement was the fact that their new operating system would be open source. Some of you may not know what open source is. Basically the term means that creative works are shared by anyone and everyone, including modification of the code by any user. But in the case of the Google operating system,...
Now that the source code of Chrome OS is in the open the project has entered the second stage of the development phase. I suggest to visit the announcement about Chrome OS that was posted yesterday and take a look at the video posted if you have not followed the news about Google’s operating system [...]
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YouTube added a feature that generates video captions . "We've combined Google's automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology with the YouTube caption system to offer automatic captions, or auto-caps for short. Auto-caps use the same voice recognition algorithms in Google Voice to automatically generate captions for video." The feature only works for English and it's been enabled for a small...
Google's operating system race with Microsoft and Apple is on. Today, the company showed off an update of Chrome OS at its headquarters. Google execs stressed that Chrome OS is not a replacement but an "alternative" to operating systems available. Notes on the new Google Chrome OS: Google envisions just netbook-like devices running Chrome OS. For now. Production begins next year. Google...
Google will announce more information about Chrome OS at a press event that starts at 10:00am PST. Google will offer "an update on Google Chrome OS and provide at the work that has been done thus far, an overview of the technology, and launch plans for next year. Speakers will include Sundar Pichai, Vice President of Product Management and Matthew Papakipos, Engineering Director for Google Chrome...
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