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News As part of a series of blog posts, Google has released more information this week about what users can expect out of version 1.5 of the Android operating system, which has been going by the codename Cupcake. [08 May 2009]
Samsung announces first Android phone landing in June
News Android's browser has never been explicitly named, but is based on the same WebKit framework as Google's desktop browser, Chrome. Samsung's Android handset combines the Google-led mobile... [28 Apr 2009]
Ask the Experts: Should I embrace the cloud?
Comment This is leading many people to opt for a 'thinish' client model with a limited offline capability such as Google Desktop. There are variations in the definition of cloud specifically in whether you... [08 Apr 2009]
Skype unveils iPhone and BlackBerry services
News It has already announced Skype for Nokia phones and for phones based on Android, Google's mobile system, and Windows Mobile, from Microsoft. Skype, the internet telephone unit of eBay, is planning to launch its service... [30 Mar 2009]
'Android-powered netbooks coming this year'
News According to market watchers Ovum, Google's mobile OS could become the platform of choice for lower-end mini laptops, rather than full-fat flavours of Linux traditionally associated with the desktop,... [18 Mar 2009]
Office 14: Get ready for a first taste
News I think the reality is Google isn't an enterprise company. Although the company had some high-profile customers consider a move to Google Apps, Capossela said that the pressure has actually waned somewhat. [04 Mar 2009]
Ballmer focused on the Apple and Android threats
News I assume we'll see Android-based, Linux-based laptops, in addition to phones, and we'll see Google more and more as a competitor in the desktop operating system business than we ever have before. And... [25 Feb 2009]
Google wants to get in on Microsoft antitrust case
News Google wants to help the European Commission prove antitrust charges against Microsoft related to the software giant's dominance of the web browser market. Google, which recently released its Chrome web... [25 Feb 2009]
Google touts offline Gmail for iPhone
News Where the desktop version uses a Google-developed open-source browser plug-in called Gears to enable offline support, the iPhone version uses the offline data storage standard of HTML 5, the gradually... [20 Feb 2009]
Mozilla developers set up camp on the cloud
News Dion Almaer and Ben Galbraith, the leaders of the Developer Tools Lab, said the aim of the project is to follow the example of tools such as Google Apps in shifting desktop-based tasks to the internet. [17 Feb 2009]
Put New Capabilities of Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) to Work, Part 15: Exploring REST Services Capabilities in IBM WebSphere Business Monitor 6.1
White Paper Learn how to consume the REST services alerts data with a Google Desktop Gadget, and learn how to display the data on one's desktop using XML and JavaScript. In this series, learn about... [12 Feb 2009]
"I'm not a storage expert. Joe said, trust me"
News Google is starting to show up a little bit. Google charges a very hefty price, comparable to our prices, when it comes to the enterprise. You mentioned that you're starting to see Google... [05 Feb 2009]
Microsoft's mobile strategy soon to pay off?
News Meanwhile, Apple and Google have joined the fray with operating systems designed from the ground up to take advantage of the latest in phone technology. The company made up some ground late last year with a pocket... [27 Jan 2009]
Stopping corporate IT break-ins
News G is for Google Head of research at TiF Ollie Ross said: "Proper identity management and role-based access gives a better handle on who in the business is accessing what, from what and for what purposes - from the... [20 Jan 2009]
Five of the best mobile browsers
Photo Opera Mini 4.2 - the latest release - has also been ported to Google Android, although there's no such luck for iPhone owners. Google's preinstalled Android browser - sometimes referred to as Chrome Lite... [05 Jan 2009]
