Google Talk Unleashed
I'm impressed with their initial effort, and I think when they add the ability to connect to MSN, AIM, Yahoo, et. al. they claim a major share of the IM market. Google Talk is worth a look
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Google Sued Over Talk
Rates Technology (RTI), a company that owns several internet voice communication patents, is suing Google for $5 billion claiming the search giants' Google Talk software uses two RTI patented technologies without licensing them.
The suit, filed in October in US District Court in the Eastern District of New York, seeks damages in compensation for "irreparable damages" caused to RTI.
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2.1.2006 Google Talk 1.0.0.104 gets Vista support
The new version of Google Talk doesn't appear to have any new features, but it does now have support for Windows Vista according to the download and "What's New" pages.
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7.1.2007 Is Windows 7 the Linux-netbook killer?
When it comes to PCs and laptops, Microsoft had little to fear with Linux as much as it does the Mac. But now the new threat to Windows comes in the form of 'netbooks' - lightweight, low-cost laptops that typically use Intel's low-powered Atom processor and don't come with substantial amounts of RAM or powerful graphics processors.
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24.12.2008 Google Android, a Windows 7 netbook killer?
Rumours are spreading that Google is in talks with leading netbook producers to offer a version of Android in anticipation of competing with Microsoft's own Windows 7, an operating system designed to be flexible enough to target everything from the basic netbook market to high-end gaming PCs.
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7.4.2009 Windows vs. Linux vs. Mac OS X
There has been a consistent amount of “ink” spilled over comparing Windows, Linux and Mac OS X this month. The reports have generated some controversy, because they point out that Windows delivers a more secure platform than Linux and Mac OS X.
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30.3.2007 Microsoft: Windows Vista Safer than OS X, Linux
Microsoft security strategy director Jeff Jones this week published a report comparing the security vulnerability profile for various high-profile operating systems in the 90 days of their existence.
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26.3.2007 Want Security? Drop Windows and Move to Linux, or Mac OS X
There is no silver bullet solution for security, and no foolproof client operating system. But the fact of the matter is that while neither Linux, nor Mac OS X and not even Windows Vista are panacea solutions for protecting users, they are all less attacked than Windows XP and older versions of the Microsoft platform.
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10.9.2007 Windows Vista vs. Mac OS X vs. Linux - for the Last Time in 2007
At the end of 2007 one thing is clear... Windows Vista is far from the Wow revelation that Microsoft aimed for with the late January worldwide consumer launch.
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1.1.2008 Vista SP1 and XP SP3 vs. Mac OS X and Linux
Despite constantly downplaying the relevance of Linux and Mac OS X, because of a variety of reasons, from high Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to security risks and inferior shipment volumes, Microsoft is well aware of the real threat to Windows represented by the open source platform and Apple's operating system.
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1.8.2008 Windows 7 vs. Linux, Microsoft Trashes Open Source OS
The advent of the next iteration of the Windows client represents yet another opportunity for operating system measuring contest, and the Redmond-based company is not the one to back down from a comparison that would push its product to the foreground.
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8.9.2009 Microsoft Brings a Piece of Windows Vista to Linux and Mac OS X
Microsoft has announced that it will bring a small piece of Vista to both the open source Linux operating system and the UNIX based Mac OS X. The Redmond company's partners will work to extend Network Access Protection to Linux and OS X desktops.
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13.11.2007 Mac OS X and Linux Continue to Erode Windows' Install Base
Apple's Mac OS X and the open source Linux operating systems continue to erode the install base of Microsoft's proprietary platform. According to statistics made available by Net Applications, Windows accounted for a market share of no less than 93.06% back in August 2007.
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2.9.2008 Vista SP2 and Windows 7 More Secure than Linux and Mac OS X Leopard
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is the absolute apex in security when it comes down to operating systems, Kevin Turner, chief operating officer for Microsoft, has indicated at the Midmarket CIO Summit earlier this week.
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12.4.2009 Windows 7, Linux and Mac OS Start the Market Share Ballet
At almost six months since it was initially introduced to the public in Beta stage, Windows 7 has gathered an audience almost half the size of all distributions of Linux available on the market, according to statistics from Net Applications.
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2.6.2009 Hey Google, Where's The Linux Apps?
A member of a Denver Linux development shop wonders why Google hasn't made its applications available for Linux systems.
It's pretty remarkable that considering Google's fabled use of Linux on thousands of servers and hundreds of desktops that all the desktop applications coming out of the Googleplex, with the solitary exception of the Gmail Notifier for Mac OS X, only run on Windows machines.
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19.11.2005 Vista Growing to Match the Lack of Security of XP, Mac OS X and Linux
Microsoft has touted Windows Vista as the most secure Windows operating system available, ever since the debut of the Wow.
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15.8.2007 Linux and Mac OS X Eat Away at Windows, Even with XP SP3 and Vista SP1
Even with the latest service pack releases for the two supported Windows clients, rival operating systems Linux and Mac OS X are still eating away at the install base of Microsoft's proprietary operating system.
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3.7.2008 Google Chrome OS Announced
After eons of speculation stating that Google is secretly working on an OS, they finally are, except it’s not so secret anymore.
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8.7.2009 Mac OS X and Linux Left Scrambling for Wow Crumbs in the Windows Vista Dust
Microsoft is celebrating a veritable Windows Vista feast, while Mac OS X and Linux are left scrambling for Wow crumbs.
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2.11.2007 It Will Be Windows 7 SP1 to Go Against Google Chrome OS
In the second half of 2010 Microsoft’s client operating system will have a new rival platform hungry for a piece of its market share.
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16.9.2009 Google Chrome OS to launch within a week?
Previously said to launch in the fall, rumors are circulating that Google's Chrome OS will launch within the next week.
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14.11.2009 Test Drive Google Android OS on Windows 7
XDA-Developers forum member xda2_haseeb has managed to extract and run Android Emulator on Windows which comes as a part of Google Android SDK package.
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2.9.2009 Inside the Google Chrome OS security model
Google plans to use a combination of system hardening, process isolation, verified boot, secure auto-update and encryption to thwart malicious hackers from planting malware on its new Google Chrome OS.
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19.11.2009 Leaked Google Chrome OS Private Beta Screenshots Are Fake
Just a day after Google confirmed that it was cooking its own breed of open source operating system, the first screenshots allegedly depicting Google Chrome Operating System got leaked.
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9.7.2009 Mac OS X vs. Linux - Red Hat vs. Windows 98 and Above Including Windows Vista
Microsoft's Windows operating system came on top out of three different alternative platforms including Mac OS X, Linux (Red Hat), and Solaris 8/9/10, in terms of the volume of holes it contains.
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18.1.2008 Linux and Mac OS X Killing Windows Bit by Bit
Microsoft's Windows operating system continues its downward trajectory on a spiral that is seeing it continually losing “eyeballs.”
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2.12.2008 Bill Gates Talk on Computing from 1989
Bill Gates discusses the software and computer industry, and how Microsoft has contributed. Gates also discusses his views on the future of the computing industry.
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25.3.2007 Microsoft kills Zune 'fuel cell' talk
Microsoft has insisted it won't resell the fuel-cell battery rechargers it’s buying from Medis Technologies, contrary to reports.
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18.4.2007 Windows-based Eee PC to outsell Linux version - Another blow for Linux
Newsflash from ASUS - the company is predicting that the XP Home version of the Eee PC will outsell the Linux-based version by 3 to 2.
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13.3.2008Sources: Google OS lives (and it's coming to a netbook near you)
Two separate sourcesone inside the company and one outside ithave confirmed to Ars tonight that Google plans to launch an operating system built in
some fashion around its new web browser, Chrome. One source says that the new OS will be launched soon, perhaps as early as tomorrow.
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08.07.2009Cloud "instant on" OS coming to netbooks
Cloud, made and distributed by Good OS, will be coming to a touch screen Gigabyte net book. The OS will consist of a web browser as its main
interface and will integrate with Skype, YouTube, and the Google family of apps. The OS will ship along side a pre-loaded Windows installation, which
will will allow the netbook to dual boot either OS. The foundation for the Cloud OS is of course Linux and offers a quick and functional way to the
internet and other user essential apps. If you would like to try out the Cloud OS you will be able to install it on your own computer in the near
future.
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02.12.2008Eee maker Asustek ponders an Android netbook
With more momentum mounting for Ubuntu Linux on netbooks, and for Android Linux on phones, Asustek is reportedly eyeing a netbook based on
Android.
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23.02.2009Google Hints at Netbook, Microsoft Says 'Bring It On'
It's not very surprising as we've all
speculated a full-fledged Google OS for
years, then Google's mobile OS
hit the phone market, and now we've seen it
(Android, of course) already installed and working dutifully on netbooks. It's not rock-solid, but Google's CEO has
hinted that there'll be subsidized, Android-powered
netbooks backed by Google or its partners arriving to the netbook scene soon.
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08.03.2009Intel backs first public alphas of Moblin Linux
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29.01.2009Google Android, a Windows 7 netbook killer?
Rumours are spreading that Google is in talks with leading netbook producers to offer a version of Android in anticipation of competing with
Microsoft's own Windows 7, an operating system designed to be flexible enough to target everything from the basic netbook market to high-end
gaming PCs. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that HP and others are working with Google to develop netbooks starring Android. Claims that
Google would be getting into the operating systems business go back at least three years, but the current rumours could well prove to be true. Android
is well developed, some key players appear to be in place, and the Google name resonates more strongly with the public.
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01.04.2009Google Ports Picasa to Linux
Google has ported over its
popular free Picasa photo
organization tool to the Linux
operating system, the company
said Friday, releasing a new
build of version 2.2. In order
to support the open source OS,
Google developers are using a
special version of Wine, along
with code from Mozilla...
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26.05.2006Asus debuts netbook with Windows 7 and 512GB SSD
Asus has debuted an ultra thin netbook S121 running Windows 7 and the worlds largest 512GB solid state drive(SSD). The S121 netbook is equipped with a
1.33GHz Intel Atom microprocessor and uses their touch mode software on Windows 7. This is a huge step for Windows 7 considering that Windows Vista
is not a good option for netbooks. The netbook is expected to be available in a month, but without Windows 7. Windows 7 will be available once it hits
the market later this year. A few weeks back Neowin discussed whether Windows 7 is the Linux-netbook killer and we got great response from our users.
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07.01.2009Google Talk Gets Avatars,
Themes
While Google Talk remains a
slimmed down communications
client compared the likes of
AIM Triton and MSN Messenger,
the search giant has added a
few new consumer-oriented
features to its latest update
released late Thursday. Google
Talk 1.0.0.92 now supports
buddy icons and nine different
themes for chat windows...
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08.04.2006Ubuntu Netbook Remix previewed
Linux powers many of the low-cost subnotebooks that have emerged recently, but few of those machines run Ubuntu (the standard version of it, at
least). Chalk it up to Ubuntu's system requirements or the unfriendliness of its user interface to small displays, the fact remains: the most popular
Linux distribution isn't getting any love in one of the hottest markets right now.
To turn things around, Canonical
announced last week that it's cooking up a "Netbook Remix" version of Ubuntu tailored
specifically to these machines. Today, we see the folks at Phoronix got their hands on a pre-release version of the OS, and they've
posted their impressions here along with a good number of
screenshots.
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10.06.2008Is Windows 7 the Linux-netbook killer?
When it comes to PCs and laptops, Microsoft had little to fear Linux as much as it does the Mac. But now the new threat to Windows comes in the form
of 'netbooks' - A lightweight, low-cost laptops that typically use Intel 's low-powered Atom processor and don't come with substantial
amounts of RAM or powerful graphics processors. They're designed mainly for browsing the Web, handling e-mail, writing memos, and taking care of
simple word-processing or spreadsheet chores. Netbook sales will reach an estimated 60% growth in 2010, compared with 18% growth for standard
notebooks says a September BNP Paribas report. So obvious is the future in Netbooks.
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23.12.2008Google Brings Talk, Local to
BlackBerry
Research in Motion said
Thursday that it had reached a
deal with Google to bring the
company's Google Talk and
Google Local products to
BlackBerry handhelds. The
first devices with the
capability built-in will
appear in the spring...
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12.01.2006Demo'd at DEMO 09: ARM netbook, 15 hours of battery life
At the Demo 09 show in Palm Desert, CA today, a start-up named Always Innovating showed off a Linux-based netbook with a touch screen, a detachable
keyboard, and a touted battery life of 10 to 15 hours. The company's Touch Book netbook also happens to be the industry's first with an ARM
processor, as opposed to the Intel Atom CPU used in most other netbooks.
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04.03.2009Google Talk Opens to Other IM
Services
Google on Tuesday announced it
was opening up Google Talk to
all other instant messaging
networks that utilize the XMPP
protocol, developed for
Jabber. The move to federate
means Google users can
communicate directly wtih
users of Earthlink, Gizmo
Project, Tiscali, Netease,
Chikka, MediaRing and others...
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18.01.2006Oracle adds systems management perq to Linux OS support
As a new perquisite for customers of its Linux OS or database support, Oracle today announced free downloads and support for Oracle Clusterware, a
systems management package for both Red Hat Linux and Oracle's "Unbreakable Linux."..
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26.03.2008Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer brushes off Chrome OS
Microsoft's Chief Executive Officer, Steve Ballmer, dismissed Google's idea of two operating systems claiming "I don't really know
what's up at Google" in a QnA session on Tuesday. CNET News reports that Ballmer's comments came at the Worldwide Partner Conference where
he was addressing questions about Google's Chrome OS during an on-stage talk with Fortune's Geoff Colvin. "First of all, I will be
respectful," he said. "Who knows what this thing is. To me, the Chrome OS thing is highly interesting (in) that it won't happen for a year and a
half and they already announced an operating system." He continued to claim that he did not understand why Google required two operating systems,
Android and Chrome OS.
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15.07.2009Google Chrome OS to launch within a week?
Previously said to launch in the fall, rumors are circulating that Google's Chrome OS will launch within the next week. While Google is mum on the
launch of their new OS they have been known to launch projects in beta form ahead of schedule in the past. It is expected the the first release of
Google OS will not run on standard laptop and desktop computers, but will run on set of Google OS endorsed devices such as select netbooks. Google has
previously said they are working with Acer, Adobe, ASUS, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and Toshiba on the Chrome OS
project.
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15.11.2009New Google Talk gives iPhone users a free messaging alternative
Google has pushed out a new version of its Google Talk service for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch owners designed the service to work solely through
Safari, so there are no software downloads that need to be installed...
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04.07.2008OpenSUSE 11.1 Linux OS leaves beta
The newest edition of the Novell-sponsored OpenSUSE Project's Linux OS, contains a number of new enhancements built both internally and through the
open source community...
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19.12.2008Patent Lawsuit Targets Google
Talk
A company that holds patents
on the way voice over IP
(VoIP) calls are placed said
on Friday that it was suing
Google over its use of certain
technologies within the Google
Talk instant message
application. New York-based
Rates Technology Inc. has no
products; it's business is
based on collecting patent
royalties...
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