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Google Chrome vs. Microsoft Windows: Browser Battle Escalates to OS War

Google unveiled its new Chrome browser and OS yesterday. Its ultimate aim? To make Microsoft's market share monopoly sleep with the fishes.READ»

ASSANGE   |  Comment

iFive: Amazon Loves Lovefilm, RIAA Hacked, Linux Loophole, Google Security Bump, Napster Completes the Circle

Welcome to another week of work folks! Here's today's early news digested for your groggy post-weekend head:READ»

TABLET   |  Comment

India Reveals Linux-Based $35 Tablet, We Reveal Why It's Likely Fake

The happy man you see above is not the nine gazillionth owner of an iPad, but the Indian minister for HR Development, Kapil Sibal. What he's holding in his hand is, he claims, a $35 tablet that will give the OLPC a run for its money. ...READ»

NOKIA   |  Comment

A Stagnant Nokia Launches Search for New CEO

Though it's the top seller of cellphones worldwide, Nokia is losing ground fast. Sources now report the Finnish company has launched a search for a new CEO to take the company in a new direction.READ»

LEGALESE   |  Comment

Microsoft and Amazon Sign Deal Granting Access to Each Other's Patent Porfolios

Microsoft and Amazon have inked a cross-license agreement in which both companies have access to the other's patent portfolio. The terms of the deal are frustratingly vague, although we do know that despite the symbiotic way the ...READ»

MEEGO   |  Comment

Can Nokia and Intel Conquer the Embedded Devices World With MeeGo OS?

Intel and Nokia have announced what seems to be an extremely odd partnership: They're melding Intel's Moblin mobile device OS with Nokia's Maemo into a new Linux affair called MeeGo. Odd? Yes. But it might just work. The companies' ...READ»

APPLE   |  Comment

Bi-curious? Going Mac for the Holidays

My elusive quest for an operating system ended with AppleREAD»

Why Charging Just a Little Can Be Smarter Than Charging Nothing at All

The strategy of giving everything away often creates as many hassles as it solves. Why charging just a little can be smarter than charging nothing at all.READ»

BEOS   |  Comment

BeOS Lives Again

Almost twenty years ago, a little company called Be created the BeOS, a robust little system that was light-years ahead of Windows and the MacOS. But the BeOS never had a future--until now. To understand its resurrection, you ...READ»

APPLE   |  Comment

Don't Wait for Steve; Build Your Own Apple TV

Yesterday we discussed the prospect of a new Apple TV. But why watch TV on Apple's schedule when you can build your own, and have twice as many features? If you're a Mac die-hard, follow MacWorld's DIY Mac Mini media center project. ...READ»

APPLE   |  Comment

How to Hackintosh, or Not to Hackintosh

Theoretically, Apple's Mac OS X can be installed on nearly any machine running an Intel processor, and even AMD-based machines--including netbooks, laptops and desktops. But the process of installing OS X on these devices gets ...READ»

MOVIES   |  Comment

"Brokeback Platform" and 8 Other Movies We're Afraid to See

With Hollywood prepping big-budget versions of Monopoly, Bazooka Joe, and Stretch Armstrong, what's next? Here's another blockbuster that RooftopComedy came up with.READ»

Nokia Enters the Smartbook Race, Reveals the N900

It's really Nokia's week for new gizmos--first the news of its first netbook, and now it's pulled the veil from the N900, a high-end Linux-powered touchscreen device. It's basically a smartbook--the device that could supersede the ...READ»

Summer Movies We're Afraid to See: Walt Disney's Air Linux

With Hollywood prepping big-budget versions of Monopoly, Bazooka Joe, and Stretch Armstrong, what's next? Here's another blockbuster that Rooftop Comedy came up with.READ»

I Ditched Windows...and, So Can You

I've suffered slow computer performance, system crashes, and inexplicable Internet outages for 10 long years. I officially ditched Windows two weeks ago...and, so can you. Long story short, I decided to find another operating ...READ»

GOOGLE OS   |  Comment

Google Drops a Bomb: Its Own Operating System

Google announces the Chrome OS, an open source operating system designed for the web.READ»

LINUX   |  Comment

Segmenting Inside

The embedded Linux market is a tough one to segment, as show by how two of the top contenders try.READ»

CRUNCHPAD   |  Comment

The CrunchPad Web Tablet Leaks, Promises Whole New Class of Narcissistic Computers

Tech guru Michael Arrington made a booboo last night, accidentally leaking details of a nearly ready-for-production CrunchPad--a large, tablet PC designed for browsing his website, TechCrunch (and other Web sites, if they exist). ...READ»

SCHOOLS   |  Comment

Brazil Greens-up Educational PC Project by Virtualizing

Brazil's government is about to create the world's largest desktop virtualization project, in schools across the entire country. And it's not just a move to advance educational computing for the country's kids while saving cash--it's ...READ»

HI-TECH   |  Comment

The Once and Never King

The Linux desktop market is about eight years behind scheduleREAD»