The new notebook computers with the Chrome OS will be available for purchase June 15th. Last year we started talking about the new toy that Google was giving away the CR48 notebook computer. It looked pretty much like a regular computer but when you took a closer look you found it only have one program. That’s [...]
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Chromebooks Coming
Posted: May 13, 2011 in GoogleTags: Chrome, Chromebook, cloud, cloud-computing, Google
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YouTube Founders Aquire Delicious
Posted: April 28, 2011 in Web 2.0Tags: bookmarks, Internet, web 2.0
I just found out that Delicious my favorite social bookmarks site has been purchase from Yahoo by the founders of YouTube Chad Hurley and Stave Chen. Yahoo annouced the acquasition by Hurley and Chen’s new company AVOS.
CloudPrint is a new service from Google that enables you to print via your home printer form anywhere in the world. You don’t even need to have a printer-driver installed. Google takes care of that.
Google Sync Makes Chrome Shine
Posted: January 2, 2011 in GoogleTags: browser, Chrome, Google, Software, sync, synchronize, web, web browser
Google Sync extends all of your extensions, bookmarks and settings to all of the Chrome browsers on all of your computers. This feature alone really make Chrome shine.
Yahoo Selling Delicious
Posted: December 21, 2010 in Web 2.0Tags: Delicious, web 2.0, web apps, Yahoo
“We’re selling Delicious not, not closing it!”, is what’s being reported today. Yahoo said it is not being shutdown at all. They’re just hoping someone will take it off their hands.
The seven year old social bookmark sharing site “Delicious” has been slated for termination sometime in the new year. The site founded by Joshua Schachter in 2003 and was purchased by Yahoo in 2005 and has languished since.
Moving To Chrome
Posted: December 14, 2010 in GoogleTags: browser, browsers, Chrome, Google, web browser
So, I’ve been trying to move to Google Chrome as my default web-browser at least until Firefox 4 comes out. I had one issue preventing me from doing it. For years I’ve used a Delicious plugin to manage my bookmarks. The official Delicious plugin for Firefox is terrific but the of official delicious plugin for Chrome is [...]
Google Makes Computers Disposable
Posted: December 13, 2010 in GoogleTags: Chrome, cloud, cloud-computing, CR-48, Google, notebook
By now you’ve heard about the Google Chrome notebook. I thought it sounded intriguing and quickly went to their site to check it out. It would be nice to have a notebook that is lite, starts quickly and has great battery life. I tried a dell net-book the Mini 10. I didn’t like it at [...]
Xmarks Acquired By LastPass
Posted: December 4, 2010 in Web 2.0Tags: bookmarks, Delicious, LastPass, Xmarks
The great bookmarks synchronization plug-in Xmarks because of lack of funding was planning to close down has now been acquired by LastPass, the password manager that makes web browsing easier and more secure. This is terrific! LastPass is a great company and Xmarks is a great service. I’m currently use a”delicious ” plug-in to manage [...]
GoToMyAssist vs LogMeIn
Posted: November 28, 2010 in Web 2.0Tags: Citrix, GoToMeeting, LogMeIn, meetings, presentation, remote, remote access
GoToMyAssist, LogMeIn and LogMeInRescue are all remote access programs that you may use to help someone with their computer. I am using both GoToMyAssist and LogMeIn right now to do some minor maintenance on two client’s computers. They both work very well. I will now explain the differences.
