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Is Google’s Chrome A Wispy Desktop OS ?

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Google’s announcement of a Chrome operating system, coming just nine months after its launch of the Chrome browser, has the tech sector buzzing over the possibilities. Google is targeting netbooks, claiming to have agreements with several OEMs already inked.
How will the option of a Chrome OS be received by the desktop-using masses? Are they ready [...]

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Google Now Gets Image Search Usage Rights Filtering Module

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In an effort to keep people from incorrectly reusing or repurposing images found on its image search tool, Google has added new options that let users filter results by usage rights. Users can now filter photos by whether they’re available for reuse, commercial reuse, reuse with modification, or commercial use with modification.
Google is including a [...]

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Video: Inside The Google Holodeck

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At this past week’s Google I/O event in San Francisco, Google brought a contraption it calls the “Holodeck,” for event-goers to experience. Basically, it’s a near-360 degree way to view Google Street View in fast motion, high definition video. Danny Sullivan posted a bunch of pictures of the thing earlier in the week.
Unfortunately, Google only [...]

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Beware the eBay Curse says Google

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By Sarah Lacy
There’s a reason why cocky Silicon Valley startups fancy themselves the “The Next Google.” The search giant embodies Silicon Valley at its best: product developed by nerds in a Stanford dorm room; humbled venture capitalists who turned down the chance to invest, declaring Web search “done;” now-defunct companies such as Excite that refused [...]

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Google Chrome Updated With Speed Boost

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Google has just released a Beta version of its Google Chrome browser boasting of new features and a considerable speed boost.

Wait, didn’t Chrome “come out” of beta a few months ago? Well, yes. But as many of us might be aware, Chrome has three release channels - stable, developer and beta. While the stable and [...]

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