Earlier this month, when Amazon.com opened up preorders for the first Chrome OS-based Chromebooks, I immediately (perhaps compulsively) ordered a Samsung Series 5 3G unit. And had I not just canceled the order a few days ago, it would have arrived...
As we head into the middle of 2011, Microsoft is moving quickly with plans to flesh out its on-premises server solutions while quickly revving the cloud-based alternatives that may one day be the company’s core products. Microsoft’s competitors...
On the second day of its Google I/O conference on Wednesday, Google announced that Chrome OS-based notebook computers, now called Chromebooks, would ship on June 15—a further stepping up of the online giant's widespread attack against Microsoft's...
As with yesterday, I’ll churn this stuff into a news story for tomorrow, but for now, here’s a recap of today’s Chrome I/O announcements, also summarized in a Google blog post. ...
Security research firm Vupen Security has claimed to have successfully hacked Google Chrome with an exploit of an undisclosed, zero-day vulnerability. According to a blog post on the Vupen Security website attributed to "Vupen Team," Vupen’s...
A. Google removed H.264 support from Chrome in favor of its own WebM format. Microsoft has released an extension for Chrome 8 or above running on Windows 7 to re-enable H.264 support.
With Google recently announcing plans to remove support for H.264 video playback in its Chrome web browser, Microsoft has decided to release its own H.264 extension for Chrome. Dubbed the Windows Media Player HTML5 Extension for Chrome, this...
Microsoft Security Essentials 2...
I stumbled upon this link to apply for the Chrome OS pilot program a few days ago, and decided to go ahead and sign up. We'll see how that goes, seeing as it can be hard to get vendors to take me seriously at times (especially when it comes to the...