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Google Chrome to hit Macs in December - Nov 12, 2009

Crave Google plans to release a Mac beta of Chrome in early December, judging by some chatter on a mailing list for the browser. Chrome 4.0 is available today as a beta ... Read story »

Visualizing earthquake data - Aug 28, 2009

Blogs Before moving to Japan, I had never experienced an earthquake. But over the last few months I've felt Tokyo shift under my feet more times than I'd care to count. At ... Read story »

IDF 2009: Of MID phones and Moblin 2.1 - Sep 23, 2009

Crave Moblin 2.1 unwrapped. SAN FRANCISCO--In what was a cool demonstration during Intel CEO Paul Otellini's keynote today at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), a prototype MID (mobile Internet device) was ... Read story »

Sharp showcases Netbook/MID hybrid - Oct 7, 2009

Crave The NetWalker is part Netbook, part ultramobile PC. The Sharp NetWalker comes off like a computer with an identity crisis. It's part Asus Eee PC Netbook and part Samsung Q1 ... Read story »

Dell experiments with Chrome OS on its Netbook - Dec 1, 2009

Crave Dell has released an experimental version of Google's Chrome OS adapted for its own Mini 10v Netbook. Dell's Mini 10v Netbook Earlier this month, Google released the source code underlying ... Read story »

Acer claims it'll be out first with Chrome OS Netbook - Dec 3, 2009

Crave Chrome OS will be coming to Netbooks next year. Acer says it will be first. The world's second-largest PC maker has designs on being the first to offer a Chrome ... Read story »

Microsoft: We copied Plurk's code - Dec 16, 2009

Crave Plurk accuses Microsoft China of ripping off its design and code to create its Juku microblogging service. Microsoft said on Tuesday that a blogging application posted to its MSN China ... Read story »

Chinese Netizens struggling to access free VPNs - Nov 8, 2009

Blogs A lot of Chinese Netizens, missing the Web sites that have been blocked during 2009--and remain blocked right now--such as YouTube, Facebook and Blogspot blogs, have been scrambling to find free ... Read story »

Install all your apps at once with Ninite! - Nov 24, 2009

Blogs Lately, I've been building some PCs as well as helping people upgrade to Windows 7. A lot of my friends and coworkers never hopped on the Vista boat, and since going ... Read story »

Tech Award winners include fortified rice and fuel cell - Nov 23, 2009

Crave Projects that turn slaughterhouse waste into energy and fertilizer, and zinc oxide from fuel cells into fertilizer, as well as programs to fortify rice with nutrients, feed Indian children, and boost ... Read story »

Analysis--The Oracle/Sun deal - Apr 21, 2009

Blogs In a surprise move, Sun Microsystems has entered into a definitive merger agreement with database and enterprise software Oracle Corporation, valued at approximately US$7.4 billion. After the failed IBM/Sun deal, Oracle ... Read story »

Top 10 mobile devices of 2008 - Dec 24, 2008

Features It's the time of the year again where we round up the movers and shakers of 2008. Read story »

Five key mobile phone trends for 2009 - Jan 19, 2009

Features We look to our crystal ball to see where the cell phone industry is heading this year. Read story »

Do we really need a Nokia mini-notebook? - Aug 25, 2009

Features Nokia's foray into the Netbook market marks another milestone as the phone maker branches into the PC segment. Read story »

Nokia Android rumors earn outright denial - Jul 7, 2009

Crave Nokia has strongly denied working on an Android-based handset, following a report early on Monday that it's planning to do so. The report, carried in The Guardian, took a cue from ... Read story »

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