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First Android Netbook to cost US$250 - Apr 27, 2009

Crave The first Netbook running Google's Android operating system is expected to be available in the next three months and cost about US$250, according to a Computerworld report. The Alpha 680, as ... Read story »

Open-source gadgets at LinuxWorld - Aug 8, 2008

Crave Shuttle's custom version of Foresight Linux on the new XP19 monitor. Attending LinuxWorld might be a first for us here at Crave. But I did want to head over to the ... Read story »

Report: HP considers Google Android for Netbooks - Apr 1, 2009

Crave Hewlett-Packard is considering using Google's Android operating system on its low-cost Netbooks, an executive at the company told The Wall Street Journal. In a story posted Tuesday, the Journal reported that ... Read story »

That new blog smell - Nov 8, 2008

Blogs Since beginning blogging back in early 2003, I've started a number of blogs. Some related to China, some related to technology, but The Tech Dynasty here on CNET Asia is the ... Read story »

Report: Apple nixed Android's multitouch - Feb 12, 2009

Crave Did Google CEO and Apple board member Eric Schmidt knuckle under to Apple on multitouch? One of the chief complaints about Google's Android is its lack of multitouch support. Now, ... Read story »

Face recognition comes to Flickr - Apr 24, 2009

Crave Polar Rose's facial recognition feature correctly identified half of the photos in this batch of Flickr images. Without any big fuss, a face-recognition feature has been added to Flickr. The ... Read story »

Symbian: Android is not open, it's a marketing label - Mar 2, 2009

Features The Symbian Foundation's director says the Linux-based Google OS merely wears a big "open" badge to disguise its underlying "closed shop" ethos. Read story »

14 things to do if you are laid off from a tech job - Oct 27, 2008

Crave I saw a great piece of advice in a recent story on US News & World Report called 10 things to do on the day after you're laid off: "Write a ... Read story »

Google's Android: It's not just for phones - Sep 23, 2008

Crave The first phone using Google's Android operating system will debut Tuesday, a model from T-Mobile, and more are set come. But some Android partners say the software will use more broadly ... Read story »

Symbian looks west for future growth - Dec 8, 2008

Crave Americans are ready for smart phones, but is Symbian ready for America? One of the most important factors that will dictate the long-term success of the Symbian Foundation will be its ... Read story »

Android phone may remain a dream for some - Feb 20, 2009

Crave Today, local telco SingTel officially announced the availability of the HTC Dream in Singapore, making it the first country in Asia to offer this Google Android-powered handset. The operator also unveiled ... Read story »

Google tries jump-starting 3D Web with O3D - Apr 22, 2009

Crave Google on Tuesday released software called O3D to bring accelerated 3D graphics to browsers, a significant effort but not the only one to try to endow Web applications with some of ... Read story »

Google touts Android 1.5 features to coders - Apr 15, 2009

Features New SDK gives programmers access to several new features, such as video support and a faster browser that will appear in a forthcoming version of the company's open-source mobile-phone operating system. Read story »

Sync your WM phone without Outlook - May 18, 2009

Features Backup and synchronize your contacts and calendar even if you do not have a copy of Microsoft's PIM software. Read story »

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