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Article | 3/07/2012 Google's Nexus 7 douses Kindle Fire

Google's $199 media and entertainment tablet slays the Amazon rival with pure Android and a Chrome browser

Article | 14/04/2011 Flash on Android: Look but don't touch

With their larger screens, long-lasting batteries, and powerful CPUs, tablets seem well suited for the kinds of rich multimedia applications that conf...

Article | 16/02/2011 Open office dilemma: OpenOffice.org vs. LibreOffice

OpenOffice.org is one of the leading competitors to the Microsoft Office suite of business productivity applications. Originally developed as StarOffi...

Article | 24/11/2010 First look: Office 365 beta shows promise but lacks polish

Office 365: A revamped offering that combines the features of BPOS with Office 2010. From what we've seen of the Office 365 beta, it still has a long ...

Article | 22/06/2010 From the labs: IT's future today

For all its promise of revolution, the computing industry often lags behind expectations.

Article | 23/02/2010 Microsoft vs. Google: The empire strikes back

It can't be easy being Ray Ozzie. Microsoft's chief software architect is just 18 months into the job as Bill Gates' handpicked successor, yet dependi...

Article | 23/11/2009 Top 5 Chrome OS myths debunked

Misconceptions and misinformation have surrounded the Chrome OS almost since the day it was announced. This week's press conference at Google's Mounta...

Article | 28/10/2009 ARM vs. Atom: The battle for the next digital frontier

For once, Intel knows how it feels to be the underdog.

Article | 14/05/2009 Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

Having rocketed to prominence in just a few years as probably the most popular desktop Linux distributions, Ubuntu has earned a reputation for stabili...

Article | 29/04/2009 First look: Ubuntu 9.04 stays the course

Having rocketed to prominence as one of the most popular desktop Linux distributions in just a few years, Ubuntu has earned a reputation for stability...

Article | 23/01/2009 Don't Fear the Penguin: A Newbie's Guide to Linux

Getting started with Linux can be an intimidating task, particularly for people who have never tried any operating system besides Windows. In truth, h...

Article | 24/12/2008 Will Google and Microsoft own the Web?

It's something of an open secret that Mozilla, the organization behind the open source Firefox Web browser, gets most of its funding from Google -- 91...

Article | 24/12/2008 15 events that changed technology history

There are certain key points that have shaped the way technology is today. We've rounded up the 15 most important milestones and explained why they ch...

Article | 1/12/2008 Can Apple Save the Netbook?

I'm a big fan of netbooks -- the compact, lightweight, inexpensive laptops pioneered by Asus with its Eee PC line. Small, rugged, and yet full-feature...

Article | 3/10/2008 Should computer programming be mandatory for students?

If Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the State Board of Education have their way, soon every California student will have to pass an algebra test to ...

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