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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»

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Apple Files Patent for Swiveling, Touchscreen iMac

As with all patent filings, we shouldn't be tempted into thinking this touchscreen iMac is necessarily real. But man, is it tempting.READ»

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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»

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Why Google's Chrome OS Is Not in Your Future

Google caused a flurry of excitement last night when it revealed it would convert its Chrome browser into an operating system meant for netbooks. A chorus of OMG's burst from the tech blog network. This is a "clear shot in Microsoft's ...READ»

SAFARI   |  Comment

Internet Explorer 8: Microsoft's Biggest Loser

At a security conference yesterday in Vancouver, a hacker exploited a security hole in Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 8 in under two hours, taking control of a Sony laptop running an internal build of Windows 7. IE8 was launched ...READ»

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Developers Getting Windows 7

Moving at what seems like warp speed compared to their usual software timeline, Microsoft [MSFT] has announced that it will seed developers with an alpha version of Windows 7 at its Professional Developers Conference, which takes ...READ»