http://www.silicon.com Results for Google Desktop en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39631824,00.htm Apple, Cisco, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle… What have they got in common? One anonymous reader of the story even offered their sophisticated barter-based price list for IT jobs on the side: a case of beer for a 'simple IT fix' along the lines of... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:17:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39563433,00.htm With Google's web-based Chrome operating system likely to have gained further momentum by the time Windows 8 emerges, Yarmis suggested Microsoft will be focusing more on pushing a similarly internet-based technology. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:55:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/pdas/0,39024643,39558611,00.htm Most major smartphone platforms will support the software - Google Android, Symbian, Palm WebOS and Windows Mobile - but Apple has yet to sign up. Flash is ubiquitous on the desktop - now Adobe is hoping it can repeat the trick with mobiles. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:17:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2009/linus-torvalds-39547898.htm Torvalds set up the Linux Foundation in 2007 to build momentum for Linux uptake and includes members such as Google, HP, IBM, Intel and Novell. Finnish software architect Torvalds initiated the development of the open source Linux kernel which... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:31:54 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39527460,00.htm While Google Apps lets users share a document directly, Office Web Apps enables sharing at the folder level - meaning that to share a document, a user must save it into a folder on Windows Live SkyDrive and then share that folder. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:23:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39516147,00.htm Google Apps, which covers communication, collaboration and security apps, is a major front in Google's battle to gain control of the desktop. As students get ready to head back to university this autumn, five million of them will be using Google Apps. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:20:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39510626,00.htm VMware showed Google's Android system running on a Windows CE mobile phone through VMware virtualisation software (photo credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) Specifically, they showed a mobile phone using Windows CE 6.0 run Google's Android operating... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:26:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39509134,00.htm Krishnamurti says mobile phone application developers have long complained about having to create different versions of applications for a wide range of handset operating systems, including the iPhone, Google's Android, Windows and Symbian. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:59:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39495225,00.htm Google has begun work on a 64-bit version of Chrome for Linux, a move likely to whip Linux loyalists into a lather of excitement. Chromium is the open-source project behind Google's branded and supported Chrome browser, and McNamee shared... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:18:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39487974,00.htm Both are players in the mobile phone market (Google's Android operating system competes with Apple's iPhone) and soon will compete in desktop operating systems, when Google releases its Chrome OS. On Tuesday, Apple's board of directors will gather... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:17:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39485708,00.htm For Microsoft, the move helps the software maker in its goal of fending off competition from Google and extending Office from the desktop into the larger world of web, PC, and phone. While the iPhone may be the apple of everyone's eye, Nokia says... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:14:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39484014,00.htm The deal comes even as Microsoft is trying to figure out how to keep its Windows Mobile operating system in the game amid stiff competition from Nokia in Europe as well as Apple's iPhone, RIM's BlackBerry, and an emerging threat from devices... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:14:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39479716,00.htm Android was unveiled as a smartphone platform by its main sponsor, Google, at the end of 2007. Work is also underway to release low-cost Android subnotebooks later this year, although Google is also planning a separate operating system, Chrome OS... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:57:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39475474,00.htm Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla, Google, Opera Software, and others all want to be the gateway to the world's most vibrant medium, the internet. Opera's desktop browser has been downloaded more than 270 million times from the company's own servers since... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:54:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39469025,00.htm The winners' spoils are paltry in terms of quantity and heft when compared to Google's first Android Developer Challenge, which gave 10 teams a $275,000 award, 10 teams a $100,000 check, and each of the top 50 finalists $25,000 as an incentive to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:49:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39453084,00.htm The last time I checked you don't need two client operating systems," he said of Google's Chrome and Android. Last week a lot of people got very excited and waved their arms about after Google announced it was launching an operating system. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:03:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39451679,00.htm The applications, which run in Safari, Firefox and Internet Explorer, are aimed at both expanding the number of Office users within businesses, as well as holding the ground threatened by Google Docs and other web-based productivity programs. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:42:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39451667,00.htm Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems. Among the many questions raised in the wake of Google's... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:44:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39450330,00.htm Google has named the hardware companies that will make products tailored for its recently announced Chrome operating system. Chrome OS, which will be Linux-based, was introduced by Google on Tuesday. Manufacturers including Acer, Adobe, Asus... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:17:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39449789,00.htm This week saw Google announce its first foray into the world of the desktop operating system with the Linux-based Chrome OS. But given Google already seems to have a viable netbook operating system, why does it need Chrome OS too? editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:03:01 +0000