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Photos: Google takes the wrapping off Chrome OS
Photo That means address books are accessible from any Chrome OS machine, from any web browser, and from higher-end mobile phones. Google released the source code for Chrome OS on Thursday,... [23 Nov 2009]
Photos: The Android smartbook fired up by Qualcomm's Snapdragon
Photo Among the devices on show was this Quanta smartbook prototype (pictured above and below) which runs the Google Android OS. A prototype smartbook running a vanilla version of the Android OS Another... [20 Nov 2009]
Exclusive: Former MySQL boss Marten Mickos talks open source
Comment Fast forward to the present and open source is indeed on the rise - most notably in the mobile industry, for example, where handset makers are falling over themselves to embrace new open source OSes such as Google's... [19 Nov 2009]
Photos: Dell unveils its very first smartphone
Photo The Mini 3 is powered by Google's mobile OS, Android. Dell has named mobile operators Claro in Brazil and China Mobile in China as the first carriers for the Mini 3 but... [16 Nov 2009]
Photos: The latest Windows Phones from HTC, Sony Ericsson
Photo While Microsoft's share of the mobile OS market may have waned of late, Windows Mobile continues to find its way onto shiny new hardware. The 3.2-inch touchscreen Xperia X2 runs the... [13 Nov 2009]
Future mobiles, Windows 7, iPhone apps and the latest gadgets
Photo Google Android is also featuring on netbooks, with Acer recently launching a device that can dual boot both the open source OS and Windows 7. Here's the OS' Action Center, which provides links to deeper... [12 Nov 2009]
Photos: Android marches onto even more smartphones
Photo It's two years since Google announced it was building an open mobile OS platform - and the number of smartphones with Android inside is on the up. The Xperia X10 runs version 1.6 of the Android... [06 Nov 2009]
Maemo and Android: Symbian's open source rivals up the pressure
News New entrants to the market including Google's Android will continue to snap at Symbian's heels, according to market watchers In-Stat, with the company also seeing increasing competition from a new quarter - Maemo, a Linux-based... [02 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Augmented reality
Cheat Sheet The first mobile device running Google's Android OS - the G1 - came with GPS and a built-in compass which gave app developers an exciting toolkit from an augmented reality point of view - allowing the... [27 Oct 2009]
The top 10 technologies you need to plan for next year
News As virtualisation advances and the choice of hardware and OS becomes less important, CIOs need to develop a five- to eight-year plan around client computing, says Gartner. Mobile apps 2009 may not be... [22 Oct 2009]
Photos: Google Android dual boots with Windows 7 on Acer netbook
Photo Here's the netbook running the Android OS. Acer said the advantage of an Android boot option is much faster loading and shut down times - the company claims netbook users can starting chatting, sending emails or... [16 Oct 2009]
BlackBerry Storm2: RIM's second touchscreen - this time with wi-fi
News The device runs BlackBerry OS 5, and comes with GPS, a 3.2-megapixel camera and 2GB of onboard memory. The BlackBerry OS 5 also brings threaded SMS and a full Qwerty keyboard as well as a SureType... [15 Oct 2009]
Photos: 10 of the best open source mobiles
Photo However, Android wasn't the first mobile Linux effort by any means: work on open source mobiles by the LiMo Foundation, as well as the Openmoko project was already underway by the time the Google OS was... [12 Oct 2009]
Windows 8: The 'dying gasps' of the desktop OS or the next big thing?
News He said: "With Citrix, VMware and Microsoft all looking at how to give the ultimate experience to the user, expect to see virtualisation within the OS providing enhanced support for virtual desktops, for streaming... [08 Oct 2009]
Netbooks, Apple goodies, vintage kit and a futuristic datacentre
Photo Apple used the event to announce the release of the new OS 3.1 for both the latest iPhone and iPod Touch. Photo credit: Natasha Lomas/silicon.com silicon.com sister site ZDNet.com.au decided to upgrade from Mac... [02 Oct 2009]
