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How Google Chrome OS Will Handle Web Security

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Before you get drown into the waves of news items explaining what Google Chrome is and what it is not, let’s not forget one of its most  important feature  which might make it click among Internet security geeks, like us.

The Official Google Blog explains why Chrome OS is very a secured OS by saying that since all apps that you will use will be living within the Chrome browser, Google has made sure that security was given utmost priority. [Read more…]

Originally posted on November 19, 2009 @ 8:07 pm

Wearable Minority Report Computer!

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We’re getting closer and closer to the futuristic spatial computing seen in the movie Minority Report. Last year, somebody did it with clunky mittens and a roomful of huge monitors. This year, PhD student Pranav Mistry has miniaturized it all into a pendant. Yes, that’s right: it’s wearable spatial computing — or, as Mistry likes to call it, a wearable gestural interface.

Mistry’s technology, which he calls SixthSense, is built on an incredibly simple hardware combination: a projector and a camera. He even plans to open-source the software behind it. The best part: Mistry says the whole system costs only $300.

Originally posted on November 21, 2009 @ 4:04 pm

Google Chrome OS Unveiled

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Google gets extreme in its push to get users to the cloud with Google Chrome OS. It’s essentially a browser running on a very slim Linux build — so slim, in fact, that you can’t run any native apps on it. Instead, Google is counting on the HTML 5’s enhanced ability to access client machine resources. [Read more…]

Originally posted on November 19, 2009 @ 3:38 pm

Hulu Dives into Music Videos, Kicks Off with Norah Jones

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Hulu, that streaming video site available only in the U.S. and which is consistently gaining some steam since its launch has teamed up with Norah Jones. This will bring Ms. Jones videos of songs from her latest album – the Fall available to all U.S. Hulu users.

Hulu, which is currently running the postscript of their  interview with Nora Jones has also put up a page dedicated to the singer. [Read more…]

Originally posted on November 18, 2009 @ 2:57 pm

AMD Phenom II Overclocked to 7 GHz

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If want to create/consume rich new media at the blazingly fast pace of today’s Internet, you need tools that can keep up. Here’s one of those tools. Breaking world processor speed records, the AMD Phenom II has been successfully overclocked to an astonishing 7.08 gigahertz.

That’s a lot of liquid helium.

Originally posted on November 22, 2009 @ 10:41 pm