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After yesterday's Google Chrome OS announcement I've had a little time to think about Google's vision for the OS and how it fits in with Windows, Mac and Linux.
OS
Chrome
Linux
Image editing tool GIMP is to be dropped from the default installation of Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx.
OS
Ubuntu
Linux
It hasn't been announced it yet, heck, there's not even any official confirmation of its existence yet, but that doesn't stop rampant speculation that the Apple's tablet PC has been delayed until the second half of 2010.
Other
Apple
Thought that ATI's Radeon HD 5870 is a killer graphics card? Well you ain't seen nothing yet - until you've seen the Radeon HD 5970.
Video Cards
Radeon HD 5970
Revenue Management Solutions:From technology to services, NEC delivers a one-stop shop for virtualization deployment. Outline Background NEC systems for a premium supplier of econometrics Revenue Management Solutions (RMS) is an econometrics services company that does quantitative modeling and ...
Displays
NEC
Interesting research by SquareTrade which looked at the failure rate of 30,000 notebooks and netbooks covered by SquareTrade Laptop Warranty plans.
Other
You can get a lot of power for under $100 when it comes to GPUs nowadays, but NVIDIA have just launched the GeForce GT 240 - decent performance, low power consumption and a decent price.
Video Cards
DirectX 10.1
DirectX 11
The owner of an Pavilion Elite desktop PC is suing HP claiming the system he bought is "inherently defective," and regularly locks up within 20 minutes of use.
Other
Employees at Microsoft's Mission Viejo store shake their booty ...
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NEC
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OS
Microsoft
NEC
Interesting news that Apple is pursuing a patent application for "forced advertising" - but does this move heralding free devices, or free content?
Other
Apple
Chip giant AMD has announced that the Flash Player 10.1 beta released by Adobe today is to offer support for platforms powered by Vision Technology from AMD to deliver high-quality, high definition (HD) on Flash platform -based video and other rich Web based content and applications.
Motherboards and Memory
AMD
After months of waiting, the highly anticipated Nokia E72 has been released, and it comes packed with new features.
Other
Nokia
It seems to be no secret that Dell is slowly taking on Apple. First we saw the Adamo XPS, Dell's take on the MacBook Air, and now we see a Mac mini clone - The Inspiron Zino HD.
Displays
Dell
Apple
Mac Mini
The Apple vs Psystar case has ended rather predictably, with Apple basically nuking the Mac clone maker out of existence.
OS
Apple
Psystar
Mac OS
I talk a lot about trends here, and it's always a bone of contention because it seems that everyone has their own take on which trends to keep an eye on which to ignore, what they mean and what they don't.
Other
Yesterday there appeared an interview with a Microsoft group manager who claimed that Microsoft copied the "Mac look and feel in terms of graphics" in Windows 7. This was later denied by Microsoft's communications manager. So, which is it?
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Microsoft
Mac OS
Windows 7
Apple
Last week Microsoft released firmware 4.3 for the Zune HD which not only bought with it a raft of minor bug fixes and improvements but also support for "upcoming" 3D game ... well, those games are now available, and they're free.
