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Article | 7/04/2011 Screen queens: 7 dual-screen devices you can buy now (or hopefully soon)
Are two screens better than one? In recent years, device makers have been exploring this question with mixed results.
Article | 26/02/2011 How to turn Chrome into gold
Though Google is pitching it as an operating system for netbooks and lightweight notebooks, Chrome OS is essentially the Chrome Web browser bolted on ...
Article | 11/12/2010 In depth: Google's Cr-48 Chrome notebook
My holiday gift giving season started early Thursday morning when the UPS guy pounded on my door and handed me a package. Inside was a notebook -- Goo...
Article | 3/11/2010 Acrobat and its alternatives: 4 ways to edit PDFs
There is certainly no lack of tools -- ones that are good and free -- to help you create PDF documents. But what if you have a job where you need to m...
Article | 2/11/2010 8 cool features of Chrome 8 beta
The version 8 beta release of Google's Web browser has several new and interesting features.
Article | 1/09/2010 11 things you need to know about Google Chrome variations
Google recently released a version of its Chrome Web browser code named the Canary Build. It uses an all-yellow variant of the regular Chrome icon, bu...
Article | 18/08/2010 Web multimedia: 6 reasons why Flash isn't going away
Apple's well-publicized refusal to allow Adobe's Flash technology to be installed on its iOS mobile devices, including the iPhone and iPad, has led to...
Article | 4/08/2010 Nine real iPad alternatives
Even since Apple released its "magical and revolutionary" iPad, other vendors have been scrambling to deliver products that go Apple one better.
Article | 12/04/2010 10 most useful Google Chrome experiments
When it comes to presenting graphically oriented programs through a browser, the usual go-to development platforms have been Adobe Flash and -- to a l...
Article | 4/03/2010 Open-source hardware takes steps toward gadget mainstream
Open-source software is one of the great success stories of the past few decades. The Apache HTTP Server is the world's most popular Web server, Linux...
Article | 3/02/2010 Four free video editors to bring out your inner filmmaker
Shooting footage with a video camera is easy. Assembling the random footage into something watchable can be a whole other matter. Working with profess...
Article | 27/01/2010 Augmented reality: pure hype or next big thing in mobile?
Augmented reality technology is getting a lot of attention these days -- particularly the use of AR with smartphones. The idea is that by using certai...
Article | 1/12/2009 Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Although it's based on the popular Linux distro, Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) is not a pruned down version of Ubuntu. Instead, its developers discarded ...
Article | 8/09/2009 5 free project management applications you must try
Project management applications are usually centered around Gantt charts, where each step in a project is represented as a bar in the chart. These vis...
Article | 20/11/2008 Free tools for teleconferencing with a 'virtual presence'
Using teleconferencing technology has lately become an obvious and financially practical choice to offset rising business travel expenses. Yet sometim...

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