Posts Tagged ‘year’

Google I/O: What we didn’t get

There was a lot discussed at this year’s Google I/O keynote, but just not the stuff we wanted. [Read more]

LG’s Google TVs to get Jelly Bean update in Q3

Today LG announced that the Google TV operating system on LG TVs would be updated to Jelly Bean in the third quarter of this year. [Read more]

The killer Google device I want: Chrome and Android, together

It may not be at this year’s Google I/O, but we’re getting closer: it’s only a matter of time before Chrome and Android combine for a next generation of killer products. [Read more]

Microsoft votes for free Windows 8.1, collects kudos

Microsoft today announced that Windows 8.1, the update later this year for Windows 8, will be free to current users of the operating system, confirming analysts’ expectations.

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Windows Blue gets official name: Windows 8.1

Tami Reller, the top Windows marketing and financial exec, also tells a J.P. Morgan conference that Windows 8.1 will be free and available later this year.

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Friday Poll: Can Google I/O possibly top last year’s?

Google set a high bar with its skydiving introduction of Glass last year. Could this year’s conference contain more “wow-ness?” [Read more]

Flexible-display smartphones just a ‘novelty’…. for now

Although multiple manufacturers are expected to release smartphones with flexible display screens by the end of this year, the technology will be little more than a novelty until about 2015, one analyst says.

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Isilon OneFS software to expand scope of EMC’s scale-out NAS

EMC will continue extending its Isilon OneFS network-attached storage operating system to new use cases later this year, adding deduplication, compliance auditing and object storage features.

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The computer in the living room: setting up a Mac mini media center

Trot back to the 16th century and corner famed prognosticating monk Nostradamus, and it’s quite likely that when posed the question: “Will those living in the year 2013 be able to call up any media programming they like from a single box?” he’d respond with an enthusiastic “Mais oui!”

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Microsoft’s Windows Blue to be available later this year

Microsoft’s update of its Windows 8 operating system, code-named Windows Blue, will be available later this year, supporting a variety of form factors and display sizes, and providing more options for both businesses and consumers.

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