7 Android devices that aren't phonesOracle's ambitious plans for integrating Sun's technologyOracle presented an overview today of its ambitions for its newly acquired Sun products, focusing on integrated systems offering everything from the application to the database, servers and storage. "The Sun deal closed yesterday. We're all pumped and excited," said Oracle president Charles Phillips at Oracle headquarters in Redwood Shores, Calif.
Chrome OS heats up Microsoft-Google rivalryThe already intense Google-Microsoft rivalry heated up considerably last month with the long-expected release of Google's Chrome operating system to the open-source community.
Chrome OS is from Mars, Windows is from VenusNo one loves a deathmatch more than the tech press. It's great fun to handicap the opponents, talk knowingly about strategy, and trot out the quotes from Sun Tzu and the "Art of War." We're seeing that again as Google gives us a glimpse of the Chrome OS and drops hints about the shape of a future Chromebook.
Google Chrome OS: InfoWorld's visual tourHow Microsoft could kill Google's Chrome OSThin is in again. At least that's the message I'm taking away from the full-frontal media orgy surrounding last week's Chrome OS demo. Virtually everyone who's anyone is now singing the praises of the smaller, lighter, Web-centric desktop model at the heart of Google's still unreleased "Windows killer." And that includes Microsoft.
Top 5 Chrome OS myths debunkedMisconceptions and misinformation have surrounded the Chrome OS almost since the day it was announced. This week's press conference at Google's Mountain View, Calif., campus helped to clear the air, but uncertainty about what the search giant's new OS has to offer still remains.
Take Chrome OS for what it is: A niche starting pointAs with anything Google does, opinion ranges from revolutionary to lackluster. Personally, I think it's too early to tell. More importantly, I think the success of Chrome OS won't be based on the success of version 1.0. Google has the uncanny ability to generate and maintain interest even in the face of negative initial reviews.
Why Chrome OS will fail -- big timeThe Chrome OS is here -- sort of. This week, Google was kind of enough to give the world a sneak peek at its nascent desktop operating system. And after months of speculation (and more than a few bogus screenshot galleries), I can finally say that I've seen the future ... and it's not Chrome OS.
Google's Chrome OS: A Web appliance, not a PCGoogle unveiled more details about its much-anticipated Chrome OS at a press event at its Mountain View, Calif., campus today, but those who were hoping for a beta release of the OS were in for a disappointment. "We aren't launching the product today. There is no beta today," said Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management. "Our target is the end of next year. We want to be there for the holiday season."
Android's fast release cycle could backfireRemember the original "Star Wars," where the Jawas would roam the deserts of Tatooine in their Sandcrawler, rounding up whatever odd droid models they could find to sell to their human customers? It seems the market for Google Android handsets follows pretty much the same principles.
Verizon's scary designs to become the Microsoft of mobileWhen you're a dark horse smartphone vendor that's betting the farm on a cutting-edge developer platform, hiring one director of developer relations apparently isn't enough. Last week, Mozilla Labs alums Dion Almaer and Ben Galbraith announced that they would jointly assume the role at Palm -- not a moment too soon, it appears, because Palm WebOS developers must surely have questions.
Google at 11: Taking the battle to MicrosoftEleven years ago, Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google with a search engine and a plan. Now their company has grown into an online behemoth battling head-to-head with industry giant Microsoft while the term Google is a verb that means Internet search.
Obviously, a lot has changed for the company and its founders since Sept. 27, 1998.
HP upgrades Unix platform with data protectionHP this week unveiled updates to its HP-UX Unix OS and Serviceguard high-availability software, offering capabilities in data protection, data privacy, and business continuity.
Update 5 of HP-UX 11i v3 and Serviceguard restore application services in the event of hardware or software failure, HP said. The software packages run on HP Integrity and HP 900 servers.
Microsoft Silverlight to run on Moblin devicesMicrosoft's Silverlight rich media plug-in technology for Internet applications will extend to the Intel-driven Moblin device platform early next year, Intel said on Wednesday.
Top 10 Open Source Hall of FamersApple vs. Google: This time it's personalIt's gloves-off time for two of Silicon Valley's darlings, and if they're not careful, one of them might get their hair mussed.
Will Chrome OS collapse under the weight of its own Web browser?What are they thinking? That's the question that ran through my mind as I pored over the latest Chrome 3.0 beta test data from the exo.performance.network site. It seems that the folks from Mountain View aren't content with securing a privileged spot on your desktop. They want to steal all of your PC's RAM, too.
Google Chrome OS can't be perfectly secureGoogle's plan to release a Chrome-based OS next year has garnered the expected fanfare that comes with anything the company announces. I've also seen articles in which people at Google are quoted as saying the OS will be free from malware and immune to malicious hackers. My gut feeling is that these folks were misquoted.
Ballmer bad-mouths Google Chrome OSYou've got to hand it to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: The man's never afraid to speak his mind. He may be wrong a lot of the time, like in 2007 when he laughed off the iPhone, or defended Vista before an irate user. Nevertheless, Redmond's bombastic boss is always entertaining.