Archive for the ‘Google’ Category

Chrome: Another Browser From Google

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Google released beta of Chrome, their own browser. Google said in its announcement: "To most people, it isn't the browser that matters. It's only a tool to run the important stuff -- the pages, sites and applications that make up the web. Like the classic Google homepage, Google Chrome is clean ...

Nokia Acquires Symbian, Plans To Open Platform

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Nokia announced it will acquire the remaining shares of mobile software licensing company Symbian Limited--moreover, the handset giant will team with Sony Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DoCoMo to unite the Symbian OS, S60, UIQ and MOAP technologies and forge a single open mobile software platform. The firms will also collaborate ...

Linux Kernel Development And Stats

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Linux Kernel: Who is developing it, how they are doing it, and why you should care. The Linux kernel is the lowest level of software running on a Linux system. It is charged with managing the hardware, running user programs, and maintaining the overall security and integrity of the whole system. ...

Google Shows Off Android

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Google Inc. showed off its nearly completed mobile software system Android, to about 3,000 computer programmers Wednesday, during its annual developer conference in San Francisco, touting the platform's mobile web services, mobile gaming prowess and map features by means of an iPhone-like touchscreen device, including touch-screen and accelerometer ...

Another Feature From Google: Search Within Search

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

The most popular search engine Google added one more feature to its search, where you can search within a search. If you type in popular company/website key words, like 'amazon', 'wikipedia', 'intel', 'microsoft' on Google, it brings up the relevant result at the top and immediately underneath is a second ...

Dell Developing Google Android Handset?

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

The rumor mill is abuzz with speculation that Google is partnering with computing firm Dell to launch a mobile phone based on the web services giant's fledgling Android OS. According to MarketingWeek, senior industry sources claim the two companies will reveal their collaboration at February's Mobile World Congress (MWC) event ...