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Acer plans Apps store, e-book reader and Chrome netbook

 
Two things that almost every consumer electronics manufacturer is doing these days is to develop their iteration of an App Store and an e-book reader. Acer’s not different too as Jim Wong President of IT Products division has confirmed that they’re indeed planning to launch it in middle of this year.
Acer’s App Store (or applications [...]

Google Chrome OS netbook specs leaked

 
We heard a mention of Google preparing hardware for its Chrome OS but the rumor didn’t say anything its specs. Now an article from IBTimes claims the full specs, which, if it has an ounce of truth, could be the next powerful netbook (or smartbook).
IBTimes confirms our loose speculation about ARM processor – Google’s [...]

Google Chrome OS launching by next week?

 
Exciting thing when Google announced Chrome OS was that the OS booted right in the browser, making it apt for heavy net surfers. But since then, there’s very little (or nothing) they’ve shown to convince anyone. Now, Techcrunch has heard from a reliable source that Google is about let loose the OS. It will be [...]

Google announces Chrome OS partners; first screenshots leaked

Google announces Chrome OS partners; first screenshots leaked

 
UPDATE: The screens are fake.
Google’s announcement of Chrome OS was shrouded in mystery with a lot of questions left to be answered. Good thing is that they have stepped forward by answering few questions but I reckon these are still not enough so as what to expect from the OS. The early adopters that are [...]

Google announces Chrome OS

Google announces Chrome OS

 
Interesting news to start the day. Google today introduced its own operating system dubbed as Chrome OS. It’s not a full fledged OS to give Windows or Mac a run for its money but for computers that only know to do one thing – surf internet. Though Google is targeting netbooks for its new OS, [...]

Google Chrome 2 now available

 
Google’s Chrome 2 is now available for public consumption after serving as a Beta for the last two months. The second stable version irons out over 300 bugs and updated the WebKit and JavaScript’s V8 engine. On the visible features front, it now has a form autofill option, full screen mode and the option to [...]

Sony: PS3 browser faster than IE7

Sony: PS3 browser faster than IE7

 
It hurts. It really hurts. Consider a full-time employee taunted by some part-time kid with the words “You suck at your job. I do it better than you.” Now substitute the full-time employee with Microsoft’s IE7 while the part-time with PS3’s browser.
Sony claims that the new v2.5 firmware update to PS3 not only brings [...]

Google wants the browser market, announces Chrome

Google wants the browser market, announces Chrome

 
UPDATE: Google Chrome now available for download.
Today, Google will be releasing their first Open Source browser, Chrome for Windows. Google has slyly put a new free product in the market just to channelize all its other offerings like Search, Videos, Mail, Docs etc. We will not comment on it further because nevertheless, the features of [...]