1. Motorola Dares to Be Square With Flipout Smartphone
Motorola on Wednesday announced a new Android-based smartphone targeted squarely -- pun intended -- at the social networking crowd. The square-shaped Flipout is built on the Texas Instruments OMAP 3410 low-cost 600 MHz processor with 512 MB of RAM, 150 MB of available internal storage, and an included 2 GB MicroSDHC card. The phone supports up to a 32 GB card. The Flipout has a 5-row QWERTY keyboard with a separate row for numbers that, fittingly, flips out from beneath the screen.
Motorola on Wednesday announced a new Android-based smartphone targeted squarely -- pun intended -- at the social networking crowd. The square-shaped Flipout is built on the Texas Instruments OMAP 3410 low-cost 600 MHz processor with 512 MB of RAM, 150 MB of available internal storage, and an included 2 GB MicroSDHC card. The phone supports up to a 32 GB card. The Flipout has a 5-row QWERTY keyboard with a separate row for numbers that, fittingly, flips out from beneath the screen.
Claiming it was scared into reality by the Chinese hacking attacks of late last year, Google is phasing out employee usage of the Windows operating system due to security concerns, according to a report in theFinancial Times. At least that's the cover story being provided by unnamed Google employees quoted in the FT article. An official response from the company isn't exactly offering a straight-up denial. "We're always working to improve the efficiency of our business, but we don't comment on specific operational matters," Google spokesperson Jay Nancarrow told TechNewsWorld.
3. Take a test drive into the cloud
We’ve talked about the power of cloud computing and how millions of businesses have alreadygone Google by switching to Apps. But sometimes it’s hard to imagine what working in the cloud would really mean, and frequently, people ask us how they can better understand the benefits of Google Apps specifically for their business. How would online collaboration really affect your workplace? And how could increased email storage or integrated IM and video chat actually impact your company’s productivity?
To answer some of these questions, we’ve created the Go Google cloud calculator to let you take a test drive into the cloud. Whether your company is big or small, brand new or been around for a while, this tool will give you a sense of the benefits of going Google in an easy-to-understand way. Here’s a quick demo:
For consumers, the release will eventually hold the promise of being able to share and manage content across networked devices (including new HDTVs) with Digital Living Network Alliance, a new media library with more codecs and seamless integration with Windows 7-based PCs. The new version also brings a major update to Internet Explorer that includes support for Adobe Flash 10.1.
Enterprise users will have an easier way to connect to corporate e-mail, calendar, and contacts through Microsoft Exchange 2010 AirSync or Microsoft Exchange Server support. They will also get Microsoft Office and Adobe PDF viewers to access documents, and Windows 7 Device Stage to transfer files between PCs and portable devices.
Developers can snag the CTP; to download it, you'll need to use your Windows Live ID to apply for the Windows Embedded Compact program on Microsoft Connect. The platform is expected to be released to manufacturing in the fourth quarter of 2010.
Google voice president of product management Sundar Pichai announced that the company's browser-centric operating system will be released this fall. Chrome OS is built on top of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, but uses a completely custom user interface based on Google's Chrome Web browser.
The announcement was made at the Computex conference in Taipei where hardware makers are unveiling a multitude of new tablet and netbook products. Pichai reportedly said that Google is working on bringing the first Chrome OS device to market.
The Weave project was originally launched in 2007 to support bookmark synchronization. It has gained many compelling features over the years, including a mobile version and support for accessing remote tabs. Mozilla has decided that Weave is finally ready to emerge from the lab and become an official part of the organization's open source Web browser.
To signify official support, Mozilla has renamed the Weave add-on, which is now called Firefox Sync. The new version of the add-on also has improved support for remote tab access and a more streamlined sign-up process. Users who want the synchronization features today can install the add-on in the current stable version of Firefox.
Browser synchronization is not new; there are a number of popular third-party add-ons for Firefox that have offered similar functionality since before Weave existed. What differentiates Mozilla's sync offering from the alternatives is that it is both open and secure. The user's data is fully encrypted by default before it is transmitted to the servers, which means that it is not accessible to Mozilla itself and will not be readable if the organization's servers are ever compromised.
Mozilla recently published documentation that describes how third-party applications can securely synchronize their own data on top of the service or securely access the user's Firefox data. Because the data is all encrypted, client applications will need to obtain a key from the user.
Mozilla developed an iPhone application that is designed to interoperate with the sync service. It demonstrates how the sync APIs can make the user's bookmarks accessible on practically any programmable platform or device.
During May, only Internet Explorer and Firefox failed to show positive growth.
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