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December 8, 2010
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A Quick Tour of Google Chrome OS A look at the anticipated cloud-based operating system
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Chrome Web Apps Scream for Tablets, HTPCs Google Chrome Web Store looks great, but its usefulness would grow tenfold on a Chrome OS tablet.
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Google's CR-48: A Visual Tour Googles first notebook computer -- sleek, black and unbranded -- has arrived. Let's take a tour of its specs and features.
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Google's Chrome Web Store: A Hands-On Tour Google's new Chrome Web Store offers hundreds of apps that run right in your browser. Here's a first look at how it all works.
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Casual, Unusual 'But That Was Yesterday' Wins Design Contest A game about coming to terms with issues in your personal life wins JayIsGames' ninth casual gameplay design competition.
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IE9 to Have Anti-Tracking Option Microsoft today said that the next major milestone of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) will let users determine who tracks their movement and behavior online.
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A $1.9 Million Stolen Violin? There's No App for That Min-Jin Kym shows us that we really do need a phone to save us from our phones
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Chrome Web Store Launches Today The Chrome Web Store is a big part of Google's future plans for Web browsers and its own operating system, Chrome OS.
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Comcast Releases Free App for Android Phones The app allows Xfinity users to access phone, e-mail and TV functions from their cellphone.
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Apple, Here's How You Can Save MobileMe Other than investing in faster servers, improving outage reporting systems, ensuring better performance and waving a wand to make iWeb uploads easier, here's what Apple must do.
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Spotify: No U.S. Launch This Year, After All The European music service is finding the U.S. market, erm, tricky to deal with.
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Google Sets Sights on Tablet-centric Android On the same day that Google released its 'Gingerbread' platform, it also debuted its soon-to-be-released version tailored specifically for tablets.
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Analyst: Google Chrome OS is No Windows Killer...Yet Google's Chrome OS is moving closer to reality, but Windows is still in command of the netbook market.
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PCWorld Reviewers' Favorite Files: November 2010In November, our reviewers looked for solutions to specific problems: image editing, laptop security, offline backup, and overly expensive printing. They found free and inexpensive answers, plus a few fun extras, such as a flipbook maker.
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