News to know: Google Chrome; WinMobile's future; WiFi's big success; VMware
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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look at Google Chrome
One day after Google inadvertently discloses the impending release of Chrome, we get to see the browser first-hand. See my gallery tour (right) of the installation and interface. · It's faster than Firefox 3.0 · See for yourself: Download Chrome now
- Ryan Naraine: Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw
- Adam O'Donnell: Security-wise, Google Chrome is (potentially very) Good
- Larry Dignan: Google Chrome bats 1-for-3 for me
- It's all about ads and cookies, stupid!
- Google's shiny new Chrome: The enterprise playbook
- Jason Perlow: What's Chrome for? Ain't it obvious?
- Google’s Tim Armstrong on YouTube; IE 8 and Microsoft Cashback
- Walt Mossberg: First Test of Google's New Browser
- Dana Blankenhorn: Can Google not do evil?
- Ed Burnette: Google Chrome: Steal this browser
- Ryan Stewart: Google Chrome: A browser for RIAs and a Firefox Killer
- Jason O'Grady: Google's new Chrome browser based on WebKit (updated 3x)
- Paula Rooney: Could Google's Chrome be death blow to Firefox?
- Matthew Miller: Will Google Chrome be the Android's mobile browser?
- Techmeme
- Video: Will Chrome need more polish?
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's WinMobile team: Big on futures, slow on deliverables
Sean Portnoy: Buffalo LinkStation Mini adds iTunes streaming for iPhones
Jennifer Leggio: Enterprise buyers: Spare us the Web celebrities
Dana Blankenhorn: Where WiFi succeeds
Joe Brockmeier: Community managers and corporate structure
Heather Clancy: Recycled ink cartridges in your garden? Harry Fuller: What's hot, what's not, in energy land
Dan Kusnetzky: Dell repair adventure, day 3
Paul Murphy: Parts of a system: beyond the e-voting case
Giga Om: NebuAd Loses CEO, Won't Admit Defeat
Joe McKendrick: Another view: do we spend too much time trying to sell SOA to the business?
News.com: Revamped Google Picasa site identifies photo faces
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Attention Shoppers: Apple Worth More Than Google
Dana Gardner: Interview: HP's virtualization services honcho John Bennett on 'rethinking virtualization'
Ryan Naraine: Microsoft downplays BitLocker password leakage
Michael Krigsman: FAA outage due to 'fix-on-fail' policy
Matthew Miller: Samsung OMNIA first impressions show that Windows Mobile can beat the iPhone. Gallery (right).
Roland Piquepaille: A robotic tuna for the Navy
Dignan: Infosys: Moving up the consulting food chain
Kingsley-Hughes: Report: AMD to challenge Nvidia's $60 graphics
IT Facts: 2.4 bln Bluetooth-enabled devices to ship worldwide by 2013
- Worldwide semiconductor sales up 7.6% in July 2008
- Portable console sales for Q2 2008: Nintendo DS - 6.94 mln, Sony PSP - 3.72 mln
Dana Gardner: HP experts portray IT transformation vision, explain new wave of virtualization products and services
Video: Second Life competing with Cisco Telepresence?
Andrew Mager: Find interesting Twitterers with Twintro
Richard Koman: Hacker wants promise he'll be returned to UK
Video: Looking deeper into Comcast's new cap
Andrew Nusca: Is Cuil killing the Internet?
Enterprise Desktop: IE 8 consumes more RAM than Windows XP
Jason O'Grady: Apple: "Let's Rock" on September 9
- 8 million iPhones sold; 10m by end of September
- Mac Soda: Is Steve Jobs Dying? And Is Fake Steve Resurrecting?
Richard Koman: NASA confirms infection, 'not the first time'
Sean Portnoy: New SOHO networking blogger intro: The Network Effect
Ars Technica: Google white space petition: 13,000 signatures and counting