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Microsoft's Gazelle browser: A layperson's explanation

Microsoft's Gazelle browser: A layperson's explanationGoogle Chrome already has done this.http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/med_00.htmlRE: Microsoft's Gazelle browser: A layperson's explanationI think all the talk about Kernel, Principal and operating system just confused everybody. After watching the video a while ago it was obvious that these terms are being used as an analogy....

Tags: Web browsers, Gazelle, Web browser, Gazelle browser, layperson, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

Gazelle is another place to get rid of your old gadgets

Still trying to figure out what to do with your old phone if you opt to buy a new iPhone 3G S or a Palm Pre? A few days back, I pointed to NextWorth as a place that might buy your old mobile or smart phone. You...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Gazelle, Smart Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-23

Users already honing their IE 9 wish lists

Users already honing their IE 9 wish listsPodcast Support for IE9 and Windows Media PlayerI find it odd that people are asking for "better RSS support." The simple truth is that Windows has the most capable RSS platform in existence. It offers an integrated feed store that can...

Tags: Web browsers, Podcasts, Digital media, Digital music, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE 9, Gazelle

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

Microsoft's MashupOS leaps like a Gazelle

Tracking Microsoft Research projects is a tricky business. Take "Gazelle," for example. Gazelle, according to a new Microsoft technical report, is a "secure web browser constructed as a multi-principal OS." by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Gazelle, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Internet, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-02-23

Another way to ditch your gadgets the green way and earn some money in the process

For about a year now, a Web site that started life as Second Rotation has been buying back electronic gadgets including cell phones, MP3 players, digital cameras, laptops, GPS devices, gaming consoles, camcorders, satellite radios and portable hard drives. No matter how old. During that time, the...

Tags: Site, Gazelle, TechForward, GPS, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Satellite Radio, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Additional Resources

WSJ wrongly blames AT&T for Google Voice iPhone app rejection

ActuallyAT&T's formal statement about Google Voice was ambiguous! A proper blog would have quoted it and discussed this fact. Because if you interpret their statement literally, you realize AT&T didn't say anything you probably didn't already believe: that AT&T doesn't do the actual flipping of the switch that puts iPhone...

Tags: Smart phones, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Google Inc., Apple iPhone, App Store

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

Report: Acer back-tracking on Android in August

In response to reports that it had delayed its Android netbook, Acer told News.com that it wasn't discussing the timing of a dual-boot netbook. That sounds very different from what the company said last month, when it announced plans to release an Android-based Aspire One this quarter and predicted that...

Tags: Acer Inc., Netbook, Android, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-07-28

Chrome OS: good for you; bad for Microsoft

Chrome OS: good for you; bad for MicrosoftWhat happens?How will it work if the internet is down, or you do not have connectivety for some reason?How is it fair for this OS to have the browser embedded so deeply in it, but Google argues against Microsoft doing that to the...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Google Chrome OS, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., operating system, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

Google ChromeOS: have people given leave of their senses?

Google ChromeOS: have people given leave of their senses?Thankyou...This is the first well reasoned and thought out post I have read on ZDNet in a long time. I have just read Adrians post and he has decided it is a game changer already even after saying there is little...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Google Inc., Google ChromeOS, Linux, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

News to know: Best hardware; Malware; Netbooks; Social CRM

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Paul Greenberg: Time to Put A Stake in The Ground on Social CRM Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Malware, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Photograph, Netbook, CRM, Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Microsoft's Gazelle browser: A layperson's explanation

Microsoft Research has published a new article that explains in more layperson-like terms exactly what its "Gazelle" Web browser is and why the company's researchers believe it's needed. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Microsoft Research, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-07-02

News to know: Intel-Nokia; Netbooks; Security Essentials; Oracle; Win7

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dana Blankenhorn: Intel-Nokia deal boosts open source Jason Hiner: A Nokia, Intel partnership makes sense, but they...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-06-24

The Multi-Principal OS Construction of the Gazelle Web Browser

Web browsers originated as applications that people used to view static web sites sequentially. As web sites evolved into dynamic web applications composing content from various web sites, browsers have become multi-principal operating environments with resources shared among mutually distrusting web site principals. Nevertheless, no existing browsers, including new architectures...

Tags: Web, Operating System, Web Site, Web Browser, Gazelle Web Browser, Web Site Principal, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing

White papers 2009-02-28

News to know: Microsoft's reversal, Obama's policies, MySpace, Apple netbook

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft lets laid-off employees keep overpayments Sam Diaz: Microsoft backpedals on severance payback ...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Citrix Systems Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Netbook, MySpace, HL7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-02-24

Microsoft

MicrosoftDefinition of multi-principal as I understand itToday when you use a browser, all code that runs in your browser's process runs as "you" -- your user account in Windows or whatever OS you're running. (In Protected Mode IE, it is a restricted token, but it is still fundamentally "you".)Multi-Principal...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-23

Tech trade-ins: Two new options for extending the life of your mobile phone

Amid the iPhone 2.0 launch fervor of a few months back, I blogged about recycling options for your old cell phone. Fact is, even though the turnover on this particular piece of tech is pretty high AND there are plenty of charitable options for getting rid of your "old" handset,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Mobile, Cell Phone, Gazelle.com, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-16

Microsoft withrawls bid for Yahoo, Google wins

Microsoft withrawls bid for Yahoo, Google winsEven more embarassing than thatis that it should be "withdraws".A withdrawal is what a drug user experiences when he has no more of his addictive drug. Or is that what you meant ;-)Withrawls???Somebody please fix the headline for this article! It's embarrassing!THE INTERNET AND...

Tags: INTERNET, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., withdrawal

Discussion threads 2008-05-04

Heat in a cold climate

If you want to build a better home heating system, it would make sense to look to folks who've dealt with real winters. Global warming does NOT promise to do away entirely with sub-freezing temperatures on this planet. So a company in a cold climate is...

Tags: Cold Calling, Sales Tools, Strategy, Sales, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-11-25

Zoo Tycoon Trial Version 1 (Windows)

Lions, Tigers, and Giraffes, Zoo Tycoon trial version let you try your hand at making and managing your very own zoo. Included in the trial are four popular animals (Thomson's Gazelle, Giraffe, African Lion, and Bengal Tiger), all 1. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Tycoon, Trial Version, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-08-22

What I learned in Washington

What I learned in WashingtonDidn't you ask for business plans..... that would show how open source could make money? The answer for proprietary companies is easy.If you were to forget ideology and think about the best way to create the largest possible profits for the software industry which approach...

Tags: open source, YES IT WORKS, ideology

Discussion threads 2006-04-05