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Google shows Chrome OS, makes it open-source

November 20, 2009 By Kunal Gangar Leave a Comment

Expectedly, Google gave the first glimpse of its Chrome OS at the Google HQ yesterday. Sundar Pichai gave a quick demo of the OS and it does look promising. The OS, which is nothing but a browser boots in 7 seconds and enables to do most of the things like checking e-mail, chat, edit […]

SanDisk rolls out world’s fastest 32GB SDHC card in India, will sell for 17k

November 20, 2009 By Kinjal Sangoi Leave a Comment

With the price tag it carries, SanDisk is definitely not targeting the average consumer wanting to store content. In fact, these exorbitantly priced cards come with crazy speed, which SanDisk claims is apt for DSLR users. This 32GB SDHC card gives a read/write speed of up to 30MB/s, thus allowing the DSLR users to […]

U.S. Government uses PS3 to thwart child pornographers

November 19, 2009 By Kunal Gangar Leave a Comment

Sony has another reason to touts its PS3 as the console that does everything. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Cyber Crimes Center also known as C3 uses the cheap $300 PS3s to crack passwords of computers of alleged child pornographers. A warrant allows the government officials to seize the suspect’s computer but due to […]

Office 2010 Beta available to all

November 19, 2009 By Kunal Gangar 2 Comments

Office 2010 Technical Preview was limited to bunch of people but Microsoft today has opened the gates for all who want to try the next version of its popular Office suite. At the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2009, Microsoft announced the beta version of Office 2010, allowing everyone to use and try the software […]

Google Chrome OS will be shown tomorrow?

November 19, 2009 By Kunal Gangar 1 Comment

Google’s Chrome OS was rumored to launch this week and now the word comes that it won’t be released but will be given just a sneak peek.Techcrunch claims Google will put all speculation and concerns to rest by showing the OS at a planned event at the Google HQ. The official announcement few months […]

Adobe Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2 Beta up for download, supports multi-touch

November 17, 2009 By Kinjal Sangoi Leave a Comment

Adobe has released the beta versions of Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2, which were revealed at the Adobe Max conference last month. Both the applications are available for x86 systems running Windows, Mac and Linux OSes and support multi-touch commands and gestures. The new AIR 2 now not only allows to create feature-rich […]

Windows Marketplace now available to WinMo 6 and 6.1 users

November 17, 2009 By Kunal Gangar Leave a Comment

Microsoft fulfilled its promise by bringing Windows Marketplace to devices running Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1 OS. Windows Marketplace is similar to Apple’s App Store that tries to be a one-stop solution for all the Windows Mobile software needs. Users with devices running on aforementioned OSes can go to the links specified below to […]

Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2 Review

November 16, 2009 By Kinjal Sangoi Leave a Comment

Adobe had introduced the Technical Communication Suite long back to fill the void gap and provide a complete suite for people who are into Technical Communication, Training Professionals, Help Authors and Instructional Designers. This latest release of Adobe Technical Communication Suite includes the following components: Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe FrameMaker 9, Adobe RoboHelp 8, […]

Qualcomm FLO TV now shipping in US

November 13, 2009 By Kunal Gangar Leave a Comment

Frankly, I’m not a big fan of having dedicated devices but if you like them doing a single thing best, you can soon add Qualcomm’s FLO TV device to the list. It incorporates a large 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen display and is only able to show live or time-shifted content, for a monthly rent. Although […]

Google Chrome OS launching by next week?

November 13, 2009 By Kunal Gangar 2 Comments

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 […]