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Google Chrome OS Benchmarked Against Ubuntu and Moblin, Comes Up Slow [Chrome Os]

Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Chrome OS dev code only just went public , but Phoronix has already thrown it on a Samsung NC10 netbook to test its performance and battery-life against Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10, Moblin 2.1, Fedora 12, and openSUSE 11.2. Interesting results ahead. Ultimately, Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 did the best, and openSUSE 11.2 also did well. But Chrome OS performance was far from spectacular. That shouldn't...

TiVo to Provide TV Viewing Data to Google

Mashable (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

At this point, most of us have accepted the fact that Google probably knows a lot about our online activities. Now, Google will get to know our TiVo habits too. TiVo and Google announced an agreement whereby TiVo will provide Google with analytical information to advertisers about what its users watch on TV. This is part of the Google TV ad program that began two years ago as a way for advertisers...

Chrome Extensions Gallery Open to Developers [Google Chrome]

Lifehacker (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

The coming of Chrome's extension system has been teased in the browser's development releases , and their future web home now invites developers to submit their code for review and approval. If you're a developer, you can read up on the official Chrome Gallery policies . If you're a downloader like the rest of us, you can, well, hope your favorite add-on makers answer the call. [via Download Squad...

WSJ Could Ditch Google For $15 Million From Microsoft, Analysis Shows

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

If we estimate that the Journal's online ad revenue is $100 million, using the New York Times as a rough benchmark, then the site would only lose $10 - $15 million to de-list from Google. More on Wall Street Journal

Feedly Comes to Google Chrome

ReadWriteWeb (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Feedly , the magazine style feed reader we first covered back in August of last year , is now available for the Google Chrome web browser. As with the Firefox implementation of the service, the Chrome version also uses a browser plugin to offer an alternative user interface to Google Reader. This early version of the Feedly for Chrome release offers most of the features found in the original Firefox...

What if the Declaration of Independence Was Created in Google Wave? [Google Wave]

Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

So you've scored an invite and watched the videos , but still confused about Google Wave ? Google's latest explanatory tactic: recreate famous documents to showcase Wave's features. Here's the declaration of independence , complete with edits from the founding fathers . If you've got a Wave account, you can check out the reconstruction here . Google Wave team member, Lars Rasmussen, says the idea...

Using Google Analytics Is Illegal, German Government Officials Claim

TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

[Germany] Several federal and regional government officials in Germany are trying to put a ban on Google Analytics , the search giant's free software product that allows website owners and publishers to get detailed statistics about the number, whereabouts and search behavior of their visitors (and much more). According to an article in today's Zeit Online (poor Google translation here ), multiple...

Google Chrome OS benchmarked already: falls well short

SlashGear (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Benchmarking the very earliest publicly-available code for Google Chrome OS seems destined to only highlight the platform’s early stage of development, especially when you throw rivals such as Moblin 2.1, Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10, Fedora 12 and openSUSE 11.2 into the mixture. Still, that’s just what Phoronix have done , and unsurprisingly the new Google netbook OS came in last position....

Michelle Obama Photo: Google Buys Ad To Explain Offensive Image

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Confronted with the return of an offensive image of First Lady Michelle Obama to the top of its image search engine, Google is now using some of its own ad space to offer an explanation on how its results are determined. More on Michelle Obama

Android 1.6 phones get Google Maps Navigation beta

SlashGear (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Google has obviously tired of waiting for handset manufacturers to push out Android 2.0 to existing handsets before users can play with the Google Maps Navigation beta , and as such has released the turn-by-turn software for Android 1.6 devices . Available now in the Android Market, Google Maps Navigation for Android 1.6 delivers the same topographical layers, voice guidance and automatic rerouting...

• Google Maps Navigation for Android 1.6 - All About Mobile Phone

Google To Digitize Iraq Museum Artifacts

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Google is documenting Iraq's national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year, Google chief Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday. More on Iraq

Google Buys Ad To Explain Offensive Michelle Obama Image

The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Google is buying ads to explain why an offensive image of the First Lady is back in its index and ranking so highly on searches for Michelle Obama in Google Image Search. Continue>> Join the conversation about this story » See Also: Dear Obama: Purge Your White House Of The George W. Bush Wrecking Crew

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Google and TiVo team up, strike terror into the nonexistent hearts of TV execs

Boing Boing (Free subscription) | yesterday

Seach and TV/online ad behemoth Google today announced an agreement to subscribe to TiVo's user data. "Here's where the fear and loathing come in. Google promises that advertisers pay only when their ads are seen. But TiVo lets viewers fast-forward through commercials. Now, with TiVo's data, collected from millions of digital video recorders across the country, Google can tell exactly which of...

• Google and TiVo team up, strike terror into the nonexistent hearts of TV execs - Click World News

We Hold These Truths To Be Awesome: The Founding Fathers Give Google Wave A Try

TechCrunch (Free subscription) | yesterday

Now this is cool. Some of the hype over Google Wave has died down over the last few weeks, in no small part because most people have absolutely no idea how to use it (no, the 80 minute long video demo doesn't help). Now it looks like the Wave team has another idea up their sleeves to show people the power of Wave: they're using it to recreate famous documents. This time they're reconstructed the Declaration...

• Google Uses the Founding Fathers to Demonstrate Wave - SeekingAlpha Internet Stocks

Zombie Outbreak Simulator: Sim City Plus Google Maps Plus the Undead [Games]

Gizmodo (Free subscription) | yesterday

The RTS web game Zombie Outbreak Simulator plops you down into a Google Maps -provided area of DC swarming with zombies. The outbreak's details are up to you: How many civilians? Are they armed? It's a killer timewaster (GET IT'). Basically, it's a zombie invasion in our nation's capital. You can change the details of the invasion in any way you choose: Zombie speed, infection rate, number of civilians,...

Delete Google History and Delete Yahoo History Tools

munoz8e | yesterday

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SciPhone N21 Android Smartphone Reviews

szprice | yesterday

After Google released Android Smart Phone Operating System, more and more famous mobile producers like HTC, Anycall and Motorala quickly developed the smart phone with Android system. This Sciphone N21 is just the representative of Chinese Android phone . The Polishing Front of Sciphone N21 The front side of Sciphone N21 adopts Mirror face design. It looks very beautiful. The border and foursquare...

Mobile Application Development USA – iphone, Blackberry, Android, Symbian

netclues101 | yesterday

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