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 MoreNicki Minaj is 4th Fastest-Rising Query of 2010
It’s that time of year again and, based on “the aggregation of billions of search queries people typed into Google this year,” Google shows Nicki Minaj as the 4th fastest-rising search query of 2010. She comes in right behind Justin Beiber in 3rd. Google says that “Zeitgeist captures the spirit of 2010.” If you’re like [...]
Read MoreThe Nexus S Takes Android to the Next Level
The Nexus Two…uh…Nexus S officially launched yesterday and those who have had a chance to use the device have some nice things to say. The quality Samsung hardware combined with the latest Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system make for a very snappy and pleasing experience. As Slashgear points out, the Nexus S brings a “glossy [...]
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 eBooks Launches with 3 million eBooks, Nexus S Launches with Gingerbread
Google has officially launched their Google eBooks service, which we previously referred to as Google Editions. According to Google, the service offers 3 million eBooks from your choice of book sellers and devices. Today is the first page in a new chapter of our mission to improve access to the cultural and educational treasures we [...]
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