It’s true, it’s finally here! In what seems like natural progression, Google has introduced a new feature to it’s already fully-loaded Gmail service.
First it was an integrated calendar, then documents, then Google Chat and now Google Voice. Users of Gmail in the US can now make phone calls from within their Internet browsers, whilst perusing their emails. Select a contact or dial a number and speak directly into your computer. Read more…
Google went on record this week stating that they were abandoning the Windows operating system within its offices and stipulating that employees must chose a machine running either Mac OS X or Linux. Word has it that Google will be replacing all machines running Windows within its headquarters due to the security risks the operating system imposes. Read more…
Earlier this week somebody silly from Yahoo said that Google was only known for search and that they needed to diversity in order to be successful… Don’t worry the rest of the internet had to read that twice too. Here is a prime example of how wrong Mrs. Yahoo was as Google demonstrates that Chrome is faster than sound, and fries. Lightening?
This week saw Google preview its upcoming operating system Google Chrome OS. This is an operating system with a difference, its entirely based online and its premise is “everything just works”. It looks like Google have been working very hard indeed to ensure users aren’t left wanting. The operating system certainly looks very interesting and could well go a long way to inspire the evolution of the internet. Plus, if you have it installed on your computer, it’ll go from off to fully functional and online in seven seconds. Sort me out with some of that! For a full feature presentation hit Read more…
The date is 22 October 2009, the place is Scottsdale Arizona. you walk into a brand new shop being opened by a huge multi-national corporation that specialises in the production of operating systems for computer and mobile phones, media players and other wondrous technology. The shop is littered with over-smiley employees wearing bright coloured t-shirts and lanyards around their necks. The shop is open, simple and spacious sporting a hardwood floor and widely spaced wooden tables presenting a plethora of products. At the rear of the shop is an ‘answer bar’ where you can ask employees any questions you might have about their products.
No Apple didn’t just open a new shop, Microsoft opened their first. Read more…
Nokia throws down the gauntlet to netbook manufacturers introducing its Booklet 3G. Thin, light, fast and 12 hours of mobile computing goodness. Read more…
The social networkig world slowly ground to a halt today when both Facebook and Twitter stopped working. Both sites slowed to a crawl during the day presenting users with a miriad of technical errors and connection issues.
Twitter confirmed this afternoon that their site was hit by a Denial-of-Service attack resulting in a complete collapse of their servers. Essentially a DOS attack overloads a server with false hits, overwhelming it and causing it to shit down. Facebook have yet to comment on their service issues but one should imagine that they were facing similar attacks most likely from the same individual.
This must have been one rather anti-social hacker, not that one would suppose the hacking community comprises the most outgoing and convivial bunch of peeps.
