Tag Archives : Operating system

Google is testing waters to adding Google Now functionality to the Google home page according to Alex Chitu from the Google Operating System blog. Google Now is currently available for Android users and Google Glass users, “Google Now uses your location to show relevant information like weather, traffic conditions, and nearby places. Google can know your location based on your browser settings and [...]

Microsoft issued a security advisory yesterday for Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8, and Internet Explorer 9 running on Windows 7 and earlier, warning of a security bug that can let unauthorized takeover of the Operating System of any IE browser user  tricked into visiting a website rigged to exploit the flaw. “A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the [...]

During its earnings report on Tuesday,  Apple officially has announced that Mountain Lion  otherwise known as OS X 10.8, the latest edition of its operating system for Mac desktops and laptops will be released on Wednesday, July 25th. Users will be able to download it from the Mac App Store. Mac users all the way back to Snow Leopard can download the latest Apple software. At Apple’s recent Worldwide [...]

Image by Axel Bührmann via Flickr Hey if Stephen Fry comes out to say that the lastest phone OS from Microsoft, the aptly named Windows 7 Smart Phone as ‘joy to play with’, then we’re listening. Remember Stephen Fry persuaded undoubtably some of us to jailbreak our iPhones. Microsoft are coming at this release all guns blazing and it’s full of Microsoft things to do, [...]

Facebook An online report had  claimed that Facebook could be working on a phone of its own to compete in the fiercely competitive and lucrative Smartphone sector. Facebook was prompt is dismissing the report. “The story, which originated in Techcrunch, is not accurate. Facebook (Facebook) is not building a phone. Our approach has always been to make phones and apps more social. Current projects [...]

source : JustinAngel Twitpic According to a tweet image by Justin Angel who is  former Microsoft program manager with access to the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace, Microsoft has already started to populated the yet unreleased Windows Phone 7 Marketplace with a couple of third party applications along with in house apps. The images reveals  that there are at least placeholders for a variety of games [...]

BlackBerry This one was  just round the corner – few hours ago Blackberry’s Canadian maker Research in Motion launched the eagerly awaited Blackberry OS 6 at a press event in New York . To say RIM has a lot riding on BlackBerry 6 is an understatement. With new kids on the block like Android and iOS stepping in with drool worthy apps and attractive User Interfaces, the BlackBerrys (along [...]

iPhone Apple  is all set to launch  iOS4 today, iOS4  is  the new name for its mobile operating system software which announced at WWDC 2010, the software will be  used on the iPhone,  iPad and iPod touch as well. The new  iOS 4 provides a variety of new and enhanced features on a core OS level, on a developer API level, and on the surface for end users. Some of these features are limited [...]

Palm Pixi After HP’s acquisition  of Palm couple of months ago, there were  rumors and  speculation that Palm, which came into prominence for its PDAs and handhelds may not make new hardware. The rumors were quashed  at an AT&T developers seminar where a  Palm spokesperson  divulged that  there will be more devices arriving over the year and will be follow-ups to its smartphones [...]

After Apple has rejuvenated and breathed life into the Tablet PCs with its iPad device and Google soon following it with announcement of  Android OS and Chrome OS for tablets. Could the champion of Open-source OS Ubuntu be far behind?. Tablet PCs  running Ubuntu could be on the store  shelves by the early next year. According to Chris Kenyon, Canonical’s vice president of OEM,  the [...]