Details emerged today on Google
’s broad social networking ambitions. The new project, called OpenSocial, goes well beyond what we’ve previously reported. It is a set of common APIs that application developers can use to create applications for any social network.
Author: Kristin Powell
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Google Reveals “Open Social”: APIs to Create Aps for Any Social Network
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Google Unveiling Gphone Plan In 2 Weeks, Wants to Change Cellphone Industry
“Google-powered phones will come already configured with a bundle of the most popular Google services, such Google search, Google Maps, YouTube and Gmail. But that would just be the beginning…”
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ATI: Linux vs. Windows Vista
Phoronix in Linux vs Vista, ATI testing.
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Dog Plays Wii Tennis video
funny as hell
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Microsoft releases a new update for Windows Vista
With Service Pack 1 a few months away Microsoft was again forced to hear the cries of those who have bought its long-awaited OS, Windows Vista and has now released a new update that is set to improve the compatibility, reliability, and stability of the OS formerly-known as Longhorn.
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WARNING: device driver updates causing Vista to deactivate
Microsoft has confirmed: something as small as swapping the video card or updating a device driver can trigger a total Vista deactivation.
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Discover cool apps on the iPhone with Wakoopa
Like Apple’s web app directory, but accessible on the iPhone and with a whole lot more features. Like adding friends and checking out what they actually are using this very moment on their iPhones.
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Linux vs. Windows Power Usage
We’ve compared the power consumption of Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Fedora 7, and Ubuntu 7.10.
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Ubuntu plans Eye Candy for Desktop Computers and Beyond
What would it take to get the hundreds of millions of desktop computer users to switch from Windows to Linux? Low cost and armies of devoted techies have not been enough. So the people behind Ubuntu—a dialect of Linux— have a new idea: eye candy.
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13 reasons why Linux should be on your desktop
A technology marketing consultant, who last month published an essay titled “13 Reasons why Linux won’t make it to a desktop near you,” discovers why desktop Linux has thrived despite what he terms its “troubled childhood.”