Tech Week in Review 12-10-2010
Military Bans Removable Media In an interesting twist in the WikiLeaks saga, the U.S. military has banned the use of all CDs, DVDs, thumb drives and every other form of removable media. The punishment isn’t death, but transferring files via Sneakernet may risk a court martial. Maj. Gen. Richard Webber, commander of Air Force Network [...]
Read MoreGoogle CR-48 Netbook Featuring Chrome OS is Here
It looks like Google is making good on their promise to send out free CR-48 netbooks in order to get the public using Google Chrome OS. The generic, not-so-shiny netbooks have already been reviewed by a number of sites. First impressions are positive. It’s important to remember that the goal here isn’t for Google to [...]
Read MoreGoogle Chrome OS is Official, Web Store Open for Business
At a live event in San Francisco today, Google officially launched Chrome OS, a lightweight and fast operating system based on the similarly speedy Chrome web browser. The event kicked off with a little background on Chrome and an update on just how fast it has become. When Chrome was first announced two years ago, [...]
Read MoreToshiba Tablet Trio and Chrome OS for Netbooks Coming Sooner Than You Think
Digitimes reports that Toshiba is developing a set of 3 tablets which will debut at CES 2011 in about a month. Each of the three tablets will run one of Android, Google Chrome OS, or Windows 7. The three new tablet PCs are expected to adopt different operating systems: Microsoft’s Windows 7 and Google’s Android [...]
Read MoreGoogle Chrome OS – A Lesson in World Domination
Early this morning, Google posted information on their official blog about their upcoming Google Chrome OS. Needless to say, many in the tech world lost it. Ever since Google’s “evil” plans for world domination were first set into motion so many years ago, many have wondered when they were going to drop the bomb and [...]
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