Microsoft Winning Fans Early with Internet Explorer 9 Preview
Earlier this week Microsoft unveiled a preview of the engine behind its next-generation Web browser, Internet Explorer (IE) 9. Microsoft is still diligently working to convince many customers to make the switch from the archaic IE6 to the current IE8, but the march of development never stops so Microsoft is already hard at work on the next version as well. Justin Saint Clair, Internet Explorer program manager at Microsoft, wrote in a post on the IEBlog "The Internet Explorer Platform Preview is a light-weight frame around the core IE platform which includes the rendering and layout, object model, parsing, and script ...
Google’s Nexus branding under threat
Well, that's a bit embarassing: Google has had its trademark application for 'Nexus' rejected, as a small Oregon firm already owns it. The threat to the name of the company's flagship smartphone is rather more serious than the last. In January, the estate of the author Philip K Dick challenged the Nexus name on the grounds that it was used for the androids in Dick's most famous book, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, later filmed as Bladerunner. Google launched the Nexus brand in January. But Integra Telecom apparently registered the name as far back as 2008, using it for a ...
Microsoft removes VM hardware requirements, improves XP mode
Microsoft made a slew of virtualization announcements today, affecting both current and future products. Arguably the most important tidbit is that the company has removed the virtualization layer's hardware requirements for the XP Mode available in Windows 7. Those already running XP Mode don't need to bother updating since they already have it working, but users who were unsure of their PC hardware can grab the update and try out XP Mode on Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Enterprise, or Windows 7 Ultimate. The update is available for Windows 7 32-bit (3.7MB) and Windows 7 64-bit (4.1MB). Microsoft has been criticized ...
Report: Google Working With Intel, Sony on TV Project
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — Google is working with Intel and Sony to develop a new class of internet-enabled televisions and set-top boxes, according to the New York Times. The effort, known as Google TV, has been under way for several months and is based on Google’s Android software which is currently available in certain smartphones, the Times, citing people with knowledge of the project, reported on Wednesday. Logitech International is also involved and is developing peripheral devices, such as a tiny keyboard. “The partners envision technology that will make it as easy for TV users to navigate Web applications, like the Twitter social ...
The Worldwide Telescope Comes To Bing Maps
If you can’t tell your Belt of Orion from your Little Dipper, Microsoft is here to help. Today it added its WorldWide Telescope application to Bing Maps. The application let’s you look up at the sky from a street view level in a map and see the stars and planets conveniently identified by red lines connecting them together. Microsoft debuted its WorldWide Telescope application two years ago, and it’s existed as a standalone desktop and Silverlight app. But now that it is part of Bing Maps, it should become more popular. (Inside Bing Maps, you first need to click on “Map ...
Facebook traffic tops Google for the week
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Facebook topped Google to become the most visited U.S. Web site last week, indicating a shift in how Americans are searching for content. Web analysis firm Experian Hitwise said Monday that the social networking site surpassed Google to take the No. 1 spot for the week ended March 13. "It shows content sharing has become a huge driving force online," said Matt Tatham, director of media relations at Hitwise. "People want information from friends they trust, versus the the anonymity of a search engine." Facebook accounted for 7.07% of U.S. Web traffic that week, while Google (GOOG, Fortune ...
Google announces AT&T-compatible Nexus One
Google’s Nexus One smartphone is the flagship of the Android fleet. Sold by Google itself via its online store, the phone was unveiled in January for use on the T-Mobile network, with future versions planned for other carriers. On Tuesday, the first of those took its bow as Google announced a Nexus One compatible with AT&T’s 3G network. Unlike the T-Mobile version of the Nexus One, the AT&T-compatible model isn’t available at a subsidy from the carrier. Customers have to buy the unlocked AT&T-compatible version of the phone, which costs $529. By contrast, those who wish to use the phone on ...
Opera Mini on the iPhone: First Impressions
While the browser didn't seem particularly zippy, it offers plenty of features that make it an appealing alternative to Safari. Here at South by Southwest Interactive, I finally got a little hands-on time with Opera Mini for the iPhone, which Opera started showing off last month at the Mobile World Congress Show in Barcelona. The Norwegian browser company told me that it's still putting the finishing touches on it and plans to submit it to the iPhone App Store real soon now. On every platform it runs on, Opera Mini's signature feature is that it's speedy, thanks to server-side compression that crunches ...
Platform Preview gives Web developers first taste of IE9
Microsoft today released the Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview to the public. The release is meant to demonstrate the capabilities of Internet Explorer 9 to Web developers while at the same time providing feedback to the IE9 team. Microsoft says it is committed to updating the Platform Preview to keep a more effective rhythm for discussion, and it will be updated every eight weeks or so. Microsoft will share feedback with standards-setting bodies in addition to using it for internal development. The Platform Preview is a minimal wrapper: it's not a full-fledged browser. It has no tabs. It has no address ...
Google 99.9 Percent Certain of China Exit
Although still engaged in talks with the Chinese government over the issue of censorship of its Chinese-language search engine, signs are increasing that Google could soon close the search engine. According to Financial Times, with talks at an impasse, Google is 99.9 percent certain it will close down Google.cn. The company has gone so far to draw up detailed plans of its possible closure. It is a stance that is hardening on both sides. China's government has been warning Google's partners to prepare for the eventuality of business without Google. Business partners that offer a Google-powered search box on their site ...
New Google man slams Apple’s ‘Disneyfied walled garden’
Ex-Sun man Tim Bray has joined Google and started as he means to go on, with a blistering attack on the iPhone. Bray, the co-inventor of XML, was one of a number of Sun execs to jump ship after the company was taken over by Oracle. "I’d had an offer to stay with Oracle which I decided to decline; I’ll maybe tell the story when I can think about it without getting that weird spiking-blood-pressure sensation in my eyeballs," he says on his blog. Read more: tgdaily.com
Apple Sells 90,000 iPads in the First Day?
The iPad officially became available for pre-order earlier today and while plenty of you are still debating about whether or not to pre-order, it appears as if the device might already sold 51,000 units in just two hours via pre-order. Wow. If you’ve ever doubted how dedicated Apple fans are, the background on how these figures were determined will assuage any doubts. A group of particularly prudent Apple fans from the APPL Sanity Board at Investor Village decided to put together a spreadsheet of order numbers, times that orders were placed and contents of those order. As someone who has been ...
Google may stop censoring China “within weeks”
Google to stop censoring web results in China? Google may cease its censorship of search results on the web in China over the next few weeks, according to slips from unnamed sources. While contacts for the WSJ claim the search engine giant may try to avoid leaving the Chinese market altogether, they say it would make several individual agreements with numerous Chinese agencies to operate parts of its business while letting it abandon the search site if the government refuses to allow uncensored material. Government officials have insisted that allowing Chinese residents to see the full Internet would break its laws. Read ...
Rumor: Multitasking coming to iPhone OS 4.0
"And it's about damn time!" Sorry, that was just my excited utterance upon reading Thursday morning's AppleInsider story about iPhone OS 4.0. It cites "people with a proven track record" in claiming that multitasking will finally make its debut. Multitasking, of course, refers to the operating system's ability to run more than one app at a time and let you switch between them at will, just like you can do in Windows, Mac OS, Android, Palm WebOS, and just about every other OS on the planet--mobile or otherwise. The iPhone OS currently offers limited multitasking: You can listen to music while, say, reading ...
Apple Beware: Dell (With A Little Help From Amazon and Google) is Taking on iTunes
The formidable triumvirate of Amazon, Dell, and Google is apparently poised to give iTunes the first serious run for its money just as the iPad is about to take Apple’s downloadable media megastore where no computer has gone before. Engadget has posted two slides that appear to come from a Dell presentation showing that the Google Android-powered Dell Streak tablet will include access to over 300,000 e-books in the Kindle store, everything in the Amazon MP3 download store (over 11 million “songs and extras”), and over 50,000 movies and television shows available for one-day rental or permanent purchase. Taken together, this mirrors ...
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