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- Frugal Friday: RIP Crunchpad, Apple/Psystar Settlement, Comcast/NBC, Chrome OS, Google DNS, Microsoft Forefront TMG and UAG
- Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss the untimely death of the CrunchPad, the Apple vs. Psystar Settlement, Comcast's new controlling interest in NBC, recent advancements in Chrome OS, Google's new public DNS service and talk with Bill Jensen, Senior Product Manager in Microsoft's Identity and...
- Tags: Google Inc., NBC Universal Inc., DNS, Comcast Corp., Settlement, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- Verizon confirms Android 2.0 upgrade with Google Maps Navigation for Droid Eris
- HTC previously stated they are working on an upgrade from Android 1.5 to Android 2.0 for the HTC Hero devices while they are skipping Android 1.6. Verizon has announced they will be bringing Android 2.0 with Google Maps Navigation to the HTC Droid Eris in the first quarter of 2010....
- Tags: Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Google Maps, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- Google acquires EtherPad maker for Google Wave team
- Google acquires AppJet, maker of the EtherPad real-time collaboration tool by Sam Diaz
- Tags: Google Inc., Team, Collaboration, Groupware, Team Management, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- Goodbye, Dictionary.com...Hello, Google Dictionary
- And in the more-cool-resources-from-Google department, Google has formalized its dictionary offering. Although google.com/dictionary used to provide aggregated definitions for words from various dictionary resources online, it's now a full-blown dictionary tool that leverages Google's translation technology and provides concise definitions and synonyms. Although Google's attempt to...
- Tags: Google Inc., Dictionary, Productivity, Wiki, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- Google derangement syndrome
- Many people insist that the biggest contributor to, and user of, open source software is evil, or has evil up its sleeve, evil intents, or evil ambitions. Where is the evidence against Google? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Google Inc., Open Source, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- Google Gmail keyboard - the Gboard
- Google debuts the Gboard, a specialized mini-keyboard loaded with shortcuts for Google's Gmail service. It has an asking price of $19.99. Gmail has long had keyboard shortcuts, though learning them can be difficult. Enter the Gboard, a specialized mini-keyboard for Google's e-mail service. It debuts this Friday at an...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Gboard, Keyboards, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Peripherals, Internet, Google, Gmail, Josh Lowenstein CNET News
- News items 2009-12-04
- News to know: Comcast-NBCU; Chrome netbooks; Google Public DNS; Psystar; Accenture
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alertand RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage: Larry Dignan: Meet the new Comcast-NBCU: Content meets conduit everywhere; Will it work? John Morris: Will Chrome netbooks really be...
- Tags: Google Inc., DNS, Accenture Ltd., Microsoft Office, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Sam Diaz, Global Warming, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Security, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- Google Translation Bar 1.1 (Windows)
- This exctesions adds a translation bar to the browser. Get translations with a single click by adding one of the buttons below to your browser's toolbar. Then whenever you want to translate a webpage you're viewing, just click the button.
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows, Web Browser, Translation, Prunc, Web Browsers, Internet
- Software downloads 2009-12-04
- GV Connect 1.8.2 (Mac)
- Are you looking for an easy way to call or send SMS messages to your contacts using your Google Voice number right from your fingertips? GV Connect is your answer: Call or send SMS messages to anyone from your computer's Address Book database or your Google Contacts (or by...
- Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Phone, SMS, Andreas Amann, GV Connect, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking
- Software downloads 2009-12-04
- Google Chrome dev 4.0.249.25 (Windows)
- Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the Web faster, safer, and easier. Use one box for everything--type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and Web pages. Thumbnails of your top sites let you access your favorite pages...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows, Google Chrome, Channel Management, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-12-04
- Google Chrome dev 4.0.249.27 (Mac)
- Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the Web faster, safer, and easier. Use one box for everything--type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and Web pages. Thumbnails of your top sites let you access your favorite pages...
- Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Google Chrome, Channel Management, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-12-04
- Powered by Google: The Public DNS
- So, I'm currently using Google's newest service called "Public DNS". This experimental service was created with the intention of making the internet faster -- and you know what? Unless it's psychological, my internet seems to be a bit zippier. DNS is what makes using domain...
- Tags: Google Inc., DNS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2009-12-03
- Muddling through privacy and the social Web
- Privacy is disappearingThe digital age permits all kinds of participants on the internet to accumulate or search for private information. For the moment, we should be most concerned about the biggest accumulators of data. This starts with Google who continue to provide applications and services which enable them...
- Tags: Google Inc., social Web
- Discussion threads 2009-12-03
- Will Chrome netbooks really be competitive?
- Too crippledBoth Windows and Linux netbooks offer much more functionality and flexibility than the Google Dumb Terminal.No thanks...Google is going to have to start heavily marketing thisfor this to even have a chance. And that marketing strategy had better convince a distrusting public why they should trust both the cloud...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Linux, Operating systems, Chrome OS, netbook, Chrome, operating system, Google Inc., Win 7
- Discussion threads 2009-12-03
- Will Chrome netbooks really be competitive?
- Acer, which last quarter overtook Dell to become the world's second-largest PC manufacturer, is known as an aggressive company. So it's little surprise that the company's chairman, J.T. Wang, vowed this week that Acer would be first to release a netbook using Google's Chrome OS sometime in the middle of...
- Tags: Google Inc., Acer Inc., Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-12-03
- Google Backup is what I want for Christmas
- Its not that people wouldn't trust Internet backupsits that more and more they're not trusting [i]Google[/i]years ago when they started growing, they could do no wrong, and everything they did was golden.Now read the posts, they seem to be pretty well split between not trusting Google's use of the data,...
- Tags: Data centers, Backups, Google Backup, backup, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-12-03
- Google Backup is what I want for Christmas
- Google's Lenoir, North Carolina Data Center, seen during construction, could be one of several sites that could provide business continuity and peace of mind for netizens everywhere. I've heard this story too many times. "I got back from vacation and...
- Tags: Google Inc., Carbonite, Storage, Google Backup, Backups, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-12-03
- Google Public DNS offers nothing to home end user
- No speed boost either.Google will really profile you with this. Also Zack your download speeds are faster than up load speeds.Google Bashing pure and simpleWhat exactly does DNS have to do with masking identity and creating an "untraceable" data stream across the web? That would be a proxy and...
- Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, DNS, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-12-03
- Google Public DNS offers nothing to home end user
- Most home users would prefer a DNS server which masks their identity or leaves an "untraceable" data stream across the web, as opposed to one that will work "all of the time". by Zack Whittaker
- Tags: Google Inc., DNS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-12-03
- Google promises faster Web with launch of Public DNS
- Google DNS? LMAO!So Google wants yet another way to track users to sell that information to advertisers and whomever they call "partners" which includes the groups that purchase ad space and flood their ad network with malware links? No thanks. After witnessing OpenDNS's tracking information being sold...
- Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, Advertising & Promotion, Web, Section 11, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-12-03
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