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A radical new day has dawned for the operating system. Today Google finally aired its long awaited Chrome Operating System.  The operating system was detailed at a press conference starting at 1 p.m. EST, and the open source code was posted online just before the start of the presentation.  The new operating system brings a dramatically different look and perspective to ...

Nov. 18 - Twelve years after a change in rules allowed drug companies to bombard our televisions with prescription drug ads, I still get angry every time one of these noxious commercials appears. No matter what the drug industry claims about their educational value, these spots are nothing more than the handiwork of snake oil salesmen pitching their potions to ...

BEIJING - Google Inc. said Friday that it was working to block pornography reaching users of its Chinese service after a mainland watchdog found the search engine turned up large numbers of links to obscene and vulgar sites. Google said in a statement that company officials had met government representatives "to discuss problems with the Google.cn service and its serving ...

SEATTLE - Dell Inc. is officially jumping into the "smart" phone market this month in a deal with China's biggest wireless carrier, China Mobile Ltd. The Dell Mini 3, a keyboardless touch-screen phone that runs Google Inc.'s Android operating system, will also be available in Brazil later this year. The computer maker, based in Round Rock, Texas, would not say ...

It may only be early November but the holiday-themed ads are already on TV and the more excitable retailers are dusting off their decorations. Likewise, it may seem a little early to be making predictions for the coming year, but a lot of what is likely to happen can already be seen. It's a bit like the unlit Christmas lights that ...

When it comes to programming, many of the languages that are commonly used have been around for a long time. Languages like C++ and JAVA have been used for numerous types of software. Google feels that while computers have become much faster over the years, developing software has not. To help remedy this shortcoming Google has unveiled a new programming language ...

We already know a lot about the collaboration service coming from Google called Wave. The new Wave platform has so far been seen only by developers and press at events designed to showcase the platform's capability. Since Wave was first introduced, Google has been signing people up as beta testers for Wave in exchange for the users reporting bugs in the ...

WASHINGTON - Google Inc. has scrapped its Internet advertising partnership with struggling rival Yahoo Inc., abandoning attempts to overcome the objections of antitrust regulators and customers who believed the alliance would give Google too much power over online commerce. The retreat announced Wednesday represented another setback for Yahoo, which had been counting on the Google deal to boost its annual revenue ...

NEW YORK - Verizon Wireless will start selling its answer to the iPhone - the Droid - for $200 this week as the company taps into the growing appetite for smart phones that go far beyond making calls. The Droid could help Verizon retain its status as the nation's largest wireless carrier and contribute to a turnaround of its manufacturer, ...

Last year about this time, Google launched a new program called 10 to the 100 seeking ideas from everyday people that could help others around the globe. Google reports that it received over 150,000 ideas and has chosen the best as part of a handful of finalists for the public to vote on. Out of the 150,000, ideas that were submitted ...

Google has been successful with its new smartphone OS, Android. The OS got a slow start and had to fight through some growing pains, but has proven to be popular with smartphone users and phone manufacturers alike. To get Android into the hands of even more users, Google and Verizon have announced a new agreement that will leverage the 3G network ...

Mozilla's Firefox is the world's second most popular browser behind Internet Explorer but it leaders are always looking to improve it, with user interface, engine, and new features. Now it's turning to a surprising source for inspiration - Microsoft.  Mozilla wrote in their developers wiki, "Starting with Vista, and continuing with Windows 7, the menubar has now been systematically removed from ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Google hits a key milestone Wednesday for a product that the search giant hopes will transform how people communicate and collaborate online, and perhaps hook more users on Google's menu of Web-based services. Google Wave, which combines elements of e-mail, instant messaging and social networking to allow groups of people to collaborate on a task in real ...

Funny how a pair of smartphones from the same handset maker come across so differently. The Hero from Sprint is generally a pleasure to use and a credible new rival against BlackBerrys and iPhones. AT&T's Pure, on the other hand, reminds me of cranky child. The two phones are sired by HTC of Taiwan. The disparity has less to do with ...

'Google creates PageRank for images.' - When Google introduced its PageRank algorithm long ago it allowed web searchers to have a metric they could look at and easily determine the authority of a webpage. Google researchers are now saying they have developed technology to do for images what PageRank did for web pages. The New York Times reports that a pair ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - Internet search leader Google Inc. is preparing to steer more telephone traffic through an online command center that it acquired nearly two years ago. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company is heralding the expansion on Thursday by rebranding GrandCentral Communications as Google Voice. Google bought GrandCentral in July 2007 for an undisclosed amount. As part of the transition ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Google, already the world's most popular spot for finding Web sites, is aiming to become the go-to place for creating Web sites too. The Mountain View-based company is taking its first step toward that goal Thursday with the debut of Google Sites, a free service designed for high-tech neophytes looking for a simple way to share information with ...

SEATTLE - Here's the scenario: It's Friday night, and what began as an innocent happy-hour margarita morphed into a few pitchers. After all, those tacos were salty. Bidding friends adieu, you jump in a cab, head home and decide a quick e-mail check is in order. And there it is: a message from your ex. Or your boss. Or that friend ...

'Google wants to add plug-in support to browser in hopes of gaining market share.' - Microsoft may hold the lion's share of the web browser market with its Internet Explorer browser, but alternative browsers are drawing a cadre of followers. A couple of the alternative web browsers that are available include Mozilla Firefox and Google's Chrome browser. Google's Chrome browser is ...

SAN FRANCISCO - In an assessment that could lead to a substantial charge against its future profits, Google Inc. believes its $1 billion investment in advertising partner AOL is souring. The Mountain View-based company disclosed in a quarterly report filed late Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the 5 percent AOL stake that it bought in 2005 "may be ...