I'll take Windows and a good browser over Chrome OS
Local processing and storage are cheap and powerful; why give them up? What is a Chromebook? To tell the truth, it is defined not by what it can do nevertheless by what it does not do; there's nothing that a Chromebook can do that a Windows notebook running Chrome browser cannot. More...
Commission consults public on cloud computing
The European Commission has initiated a public consultation in advance of the creation of a European cloud computing strategy. . More...
Radioplayer's Meaning-Based Search Box Goes Live
CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Autonomy Corporation plc, a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that Radioplayer, the online console offering hundreds of UK radio stations in one place, is using Autonomy's meaning-based search innovation. More...
Chrome OS is only a failure to people living in the past
Point-Counterpont. In the second of two posts about Google's cloud-connected operating system and Chromebook, Joe Wilcox argues that PC defenders are an unimaginative lot living in the past. More...
ICT drives 'the urban century'
Information and communication and innovation will enable a more sustainable approach to designing, building and operating cities to overcome the challenge of population growth and accelerating urbanisation, according to the global consultancy Ovum. More...
Bill Gates Encouraged Skype Takeover Deal
Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates told BBC's Hardball that he had a hand in the company's crazy $8. 5 billion acquisition of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service Skype by urging other board members to support the move. More...
SAP Forecasts $7 Billion Revenue From New Businesses by 2015
SAP AG, the largest maker of businessmanagement software, predicts mobile products, services andreal-time analytics research will generate about a quarter ofits projected 20 billion-euro in sales by 2015. More...
Microsoft regearing .Net for easy concurrency
Async is now available in a CTP that can run on the newest edition of Visual Studio. The download replaces the standard compiler with one that supports the new keywords. More...
Tech Dominates Top 10 'Thriving' Industries
While wired telecom carriers topped the list of dying industries, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) topped the thriving industries list. Newspapers, record stores and video-rental companies made the dying list, during e-commerce and Internet publishing showcased the move from one research to another. More...
Gillard, Conroy pack Armidale bags
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Communications Minister Stephen Conroy are expected to front the press at the launch flanked by the area's local Member of Parliament, independent Tony Windsor, in an event which will celebrate the formal connection of the first premises in Armidale's first release site. More...