News tagged with web operations

HTML5 OS is set to disrupt platform lock-in

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Canada-based startup founded in November 2010 arrived at TechCrunch Disrupt last week to debut its "HTML5 operating system" called Carbyn. To get this system, there is nothing to install; ...

Technology / Software

created Sep 18, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 13 | with audio podcast weblog

Google's Chrome OS to be ready for 2010 holidays (Update)

(AP) -- Consumers will have to wait until next year's holiday shopping season to find out if Google Inc.'s new operating system can deliver on its promise to make low-cost computers run faster.

Technology / Software

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Logitech pulls plug on Google TV set-top boxes

Logitech has pulled the plug on Google TV set-top boxes, saying consumers just aren't ready for the device which merges television and the Internet.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Mozilla's pdf.js project reaches its first milestone

(PhysOrg.com) -- You may recall our earlier reporting on the Mozilla's pdf.js project, in which the folks over at Mozilla are trying to get their browser to display PDF files in your Firefox web browser with ...

Technology / Software

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Google-powered laptops to go on sale June 15 (Update)

The first laptops running on a Google-designed software system will go on sale in the U.S. and six other countries next month.

Technology / Software

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Malicious programmers focus on smartphones, tablets

Malicious programmers are always looking for new targets. While smartphones and tablets replace PCs as the gadgets we use for messaging, Web surfing and even doing business, some shady characters are starting to target these ...

Technology / Software

created May 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google still polishing Chrome OS, postpones debut (Update)

(AP) -- It's taking longer than Google Inc. anticipated to deliver a new operating system designed to make computers run faster.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 8

EU: 100 million Microsoft users to choose browser

(AP) -- The European Union said Tuesday that some 100 million Europeans using Microsoft Corp. software will be asked to choose among rival Web browsers by mid-May under a deal it struck with the company to ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 19

New browsers for Android coming soon

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mozilla Firefox is planning to make its mobile phone browser available for Google’s Android platform later this year, and Opera and NetFront (made by ACCESS) are also vying for a piece of ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 18, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Microsoft to let Europeans pick browser in EU deal

(AP) -- More than 100 million Europeans will get to pick a Web browser after Microsoft agreed to offer Internet users a choice to avoid fresh fines - a move that could represent a real thawing of long-standing ...

Technology / Software

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

TeliaSonera launches first commercial 4G/LTE network

Nordic telecom operator TeliaSonera announced Monday the launch in Stockholm and Oslo of the world's first commercial 4G/LTE mobile network, up to 10 times faster than current networks.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Tech blog, Singapore startup feud over tablet PC

(AP) -- About 18 months ago, a technology blogger got fed up with the industry and forged an alliance with a startup to make his dream computer. It almost worked.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

NIST improves tool for hardening software against cyber attack

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have dramatically enlarged a database designed to improve applications that help programmers find weaknesses in software. This ...

Technology / Software

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook in no rush to IPO, enter China

Facebook is in no hurry to go public or to get into China, where it is officially blocked, according to Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of the social networking giant.

Technology / Business

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tapjoy calms mobile 'app' storm

Startup Tapjoy on Thursday set out to woo smartphone and tablet computer lovers with a marketplace that makes it easy to find and use applications suited to their tastes.

Technology / Software

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1