Google’s Android platform seems likely to remain the most popular choice among smart phone users. When Connected Intelligence, a New York-based analytic group that studies the consumer handheld market, asked smart phone users which OS they were likely to chose […]
Google’s Chrome operating system gets a much needed update
Summary: Google Chrome OS has been greatly improved, but for most users it’s still not good enough. Here’s what’s new and improved and where it still falls short. I quite like Google’s Chrome operating system (OS)–a Linux variant that use […]
Chrome 13 Stable as Google Pays 17K for Bug Fixes
Google’s Chrome browser version 13 is stable, featuring Instant Pages predictive search technology, print preview for Windows and Linux machines, as well as a better omnibox. Also featuring: 30 bug fixes. Best Microsoft MCTS Training – Microsoft MCITP Training […]
An Oracle win over Google may mean a licensing fee for Android
Oracle is reportedly already asking handset makers to pay as much as $20 per Android phone, a move that could stifle the platform Will handset makers maintain their dedication to Android if they have to pay to license it? That’s […]
Google Gives Authors Greater Recognition in Search Results
In an attempt to improve the quality of Google’s Search results, the company is rolling out a new feature that will prominently display the authors of certain articles within search results. Best Microsoft MCTS Training, Microsoft MCITP Training at […]
Google and MOVL Interpret Social TV as Games
Google and technology start-up MOVL are drawing on games to develop a new kind of social TV experience with two new apps called WeDraw.tv and PokerFun.tv. Users play the apps using their iOS or Android smartphones or tablets, but use […]
Want to stop cybercrime? Follow the money
It’s easy to spam and phish because of the existence of large botnets full of infected computers. This has effectively created a platform economy in which the botnets are the platform, Savage said. While he didn’t make this specific comparison, […]
IRS crosses 1 billion e-filed tax return mark
The IRS today said it crossed the 1 billion mark for individual tax returns processed via its e-file system. The Internal Revenue Service’s electronic filing program started as a pilot project in 1986 and became available nationally in 1990. Prior […]
The 7 worst tech merger ideas ever
McAfee-Rovio Mobile Let’s face it – fighting viruses on your own computer gets really old after a while. You perform an hour-long scan of your hard drive, you quarantine suspicious files, you scrutinize them and then delete them one-by-one. To […]
Stupid user tricks 5: IT’s weakest link
We pieced it together: Smoke was coming out of one of the executive’s offices, and he had pulled the alarm. The fire department arrived and headed in. The exec talked to the firemen, all the while pointing over at us. […]