Today Google made the announcement that we all have been waiting for — Google TV. Although bugs are still present in the demo, the implications are pretty clear what Google is going all out for the 4 billion TV users worldwide. Or shall we say, advertising to the 4 billion TV users global. Google has [...]
The Linksys WRT54GL WI-fI router is a dream to upgrade, it’s capable of running third-party firmware and boosting up its signal. Over at Instructable a user shows how to go all out on the router with extended antennas, fan-cooled overclocking, and the DD-WRT interface. This hack is really meant for the person who likes to [...]
These days computer hardware malfunctions are a lot less common than what they used to be when I first stated playing with them. There is definitely a lot fewer fewer variables to consider when troubleshoot PC hardware nowadays. The trick is to eliminate all possibilities whenever possible before you start purchasing replacement parts.
Google today released the source code for Chrome OS (Googles new Web browser-based operating system) and explained how it’s different from the other operating systems. Being it is now open source, anyone can test and customize it. One of Chrome’s lead engineers, Idan Avraham, said said that it will not go to market for another [...]
Have an interest in Google Wave but have absolutely no idea what it is all about or where to get started. Your not alone, this has been a hot subject around here. I did manage to get an invite which was cool, and took some time to play with it.
The smartphone market has seen some big changes in the past three years. New players have come on board and thanks to the latest advancements in technology the phones are coming out more powerful then ever. For sometime now AT&T has had the iPhone for quite some time now, T-Mobile the G1 and now the [...]
AT&T has the iPhone (and bold), T-Mobile has the myTouch (and CLIQ) and Sprint has the Palm Pre, soon to be Pixi and of course the Hero. So what does that leave Verizon with…other then the Storm2 and Tour of course? Well they are getting Andoird (in the form of the DROID) and if you [...]
As things move every closer to the second version of Google’s mobile operating system, Android, things are shaping up in the developers end. Today, support for version 2.0 of the OS has been officially added to the SDK’s floating around the place. Basically this means the developers can now officially tackle all the new hurdles [...]
This just in, turns out Google might be making a bigger splash in the mobile department sometime soon. Turns out there are rumors circulating about the search engine giant’s plans to build its own navigation app. If you remember, Apple recently bought some type of navigation firm the other day, if these rumors hold to be true [...]
Looks like Stumbleupon is starting to redesign itself as a social search engine “somewhere between a Twitter and Google,” says founder Garrett Camp. There’s over 8 million users a month at Stumbleupon, all of which are bookmarking and sharing websites with each other.
Google Wave, are you confused by all the hype surrounding Google Wave? Don’t understand what it is? Well don’t feel bad there’s plenty of us that don’t. With the Google wave media that blew through here last week many of us have been left behind wondering what it is. Google wave can be summed up [...]
For a couple of years now engineers have been developing Google Wave down in Austrailia, and the final field testing is about to start via invitation only of 100,000 people. Each of these testers will be able to invite five people to join in on the testing. What is Google Wave? Google Wave is a [...]
Samsung Electronics Co today confirmed the Samsung I7500 its first Android powered mobile phone will launch in most European countries in June this year. The Samsung I7500 smartphone features a 3.2” AMOLED full touch display with HVGA (480 x 320) resolution and 7.2 Mbps HSDPA with 802.11b/g Wi-Fi connectivity giving users access to Google Mobile [...]
I have never actually gotten the whole idea of the browser wars. While I do think some browsers perform better than others I have always said t depends on the user and the hardware specs. So you can imagine that I was a little apprehensive when I heard that Google was entering the browser domain [...]
Don’t you ever fancy to go back in time and see how the ancient people lived? Don’t you just wish you could enjoy the magnificent ancient infrastructures in its full glory? If you are then for sure you’d love this new feature from Google Earth. It’s Rome Reborn 2.0 and it lets you tour around [...]
Google recently announced a much-anticipated addition to the Google Talk service. In addition to being able to send text instant messages from within the Google Mail system, users can now conduct voice and video chat– all from within your browser. I’ve been using Google Mail (GMail) for a couple of years now, one of the [...]
All this time Opera has been refining their browser, not to mention the first with tabs, and look what has happened in two days. Opera was thumped to the side of the road by the new comer (Chrome) with no side bar and less options. The browser has already taken a backseat to Googles’s new [...]
