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Xi3 ChromiumPC Runs Chrome OS in a Tiny Box
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From some reason, I like small desktop computers, not that I have one, but I find the concept useful and want to have them everywhere so that I can slave them into some kind of personal mini-botnet. The ChromiumPC is a modular computer and is the first “desktop” designed to… |
May 30th, 2011
Google Chromebooks for $20/Month: Revolutionary, or Just Financing?
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Google just announced something that’s been rumored for a few weeks. They’re going to be releasing a paid subscription model for their Chromebooks, which are laptop computers from Samsung and Acer loaded with the Chrome OS. Prices start out at $20 per month for educational clients and $28 per month… |
May 11th, 2011
Google Chrome Os Download, Almost Exactly the Same as the Browser
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Curious and/or impatient techies! An early developer build of Google (Google’s?) Chrome OS – which was just formally announced – has been unleashed on the Internet for those who want to take an early early early peek at what I like to call the BrOSer. From what I’ve read about… |
November 20th, 2009
Microsoft (Mis)Educates Best Buy Employees About Linux
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A Best Buy employee recently posted screenshots of what he claims is part of a training program about Windows 7. The screenshots show some Windows vs. Linux comparisons. You probably know where this is going. The employee is overclock.net forum member GodofGrunts, and here are some of the screenshots he… |
September 8th, 2009
Hey N00b, Here’S How You Install Os X on an Sd Card
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Macworld Senior Editor Roman Loyola posted a video guide showing how one can install Apple’s OS X Leopard on an SD card. The new Macbook Pros (save for the 17-in) come with an SD card slot, so you can install apps on the SD card and boot from it if… |
June 28th, 2009
New Windows 7 Build on Torrent Sites! There’S a New Wallpaper Zomg!
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Okay so maybe I shouldn’t be so sarcastic; the new build sports significant changes as well. Or should I say “builds”. But I’m getting ahead of myself: Build 7232 of Windows 7 was leaked yesterday, bringing with it improved driver support and application compatibility. Oh and a new wallpaper. Because… |
June 19th, 2009
Time to Crash Some Servers: Download Links to Windows 7 Beta
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Windows users, start your browsers. The folks from Sizzled Core are pointing the way! They posted direct download links to both the 32-bit and the 64-bit versions of the beta version of Windows 7, also called Windows Vista Home Business Basic Premium Ultimate We Screwed Up Here’s The Right Version.… |
January 11th, 2009
Windows Vista Easter Egg Discovered
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[NOTE : This post originally appeared on April 1, 2007, and was an April Fools Day joke. Vista does not include a copy of BOB, but if you scroll down to the comments, one of my readers has posted a link to a download of the original BOB installer if … |
April 1st, 2007
PS3 System Uses 3x More Memory Than Xbox 360
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Even though the Xbox 360 has an arguably much faster and easier to use operating environment than the PlayStation 3, it apparently uses significantly less memory than Sony’s big black box. According to this post by Ozymandias (who happens to work for Microsoft,) the Xbox 360 reserves approximately 32MB of… |
March 26th, 2007
Wii Os Front-End Running on Windows
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Some guy with too much time on his hands developed this painstakingly accurate menu system based on the Wii interface, coined “WiiOS.” |
February 2nd, 2007
