It is impossible to avoid the flood of news surrounding the release of the iPad. Even for someone who doesn’t closely follow the latest technology news, the iPad has appeared on non-gadget related TV venues such as the Late Show with David Letterman, The Colbert Report, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. We discussed the iPad [...]
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Chrome adds Flash
March 31st, 2010
In what can only be described as an underhanded jab at Apple, Google has decided to endorse and include Adobe’s Flash technology in future versions of its extremely popular Chrome web browser. As the proxy wars between these two companies heat up on several fronts, such as Apple’s lawsuit against Google smartphone ally HTC, Google undoubtedly [...]
Posted in Google, Internet, PCs and Laptops, Software, Web Browsers, Web Technology 
Tags: Adobe, Adobe Flash, API, Apple, Google, Google Chrome, HTML5 
No Comments »The Apple iPad: Game Changer or Just Another Player?
January 27th, 2010
So here it is. The iPad. Cool new gadget? Definitely. Industry game changer? Probably not. Although the hype leading up to today’s product announcement was unprecedented, I don’t think the product released today will indefinitely sustain it. Sure, early adopters may make for “buzz-generating” TV shots of crowded Apple stores with long [...]
Google vs. Microsoft vs. Apple
January 27th, 2010
There’s nothing like a good corporate battle. While potentially costly to the participants, the benefits to consumers include lower prices, better, and more diverse products. This competition is the foundation upon which the capitalist world is built, and spurs the innovation that drives society forward. As worldwide adoption and usage of computers and the [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Internet, PCs and Laptops, Technology Tags: Apple, Bing, Chrome, Chrome OS, DROID, Google, Google Docs, Google Maps, iPhone, iPod, Microsoft, Nexus One, OS X, Windows, ZuneHD 6 Comments »Google Chrome for Mac and Linux is here (and Extensions!)
December 8th, 2009
I’ve been using Google’s Chrome web browser for about a year now and, unlike my initial impressions of the Chrome OS, love it. It loads pages faster and uses fewer system resources than IE and Firefox. Unfortunately, its only stable release is for Windows. Until today. Google has finally released versions of the browser for [...]
Posted in Google, Internet Tags: Apple, Chrome Extensions, Google Chrome, Linux, Macintosh, web browser 2 Comments »
