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The internet is abuzz today with the news that Google plans to enter the netbook space with its own cloud-driven operating system. Chrome OS, as the product is being dubbed, will be pre-installed on a range of portable devices offering almost instant boot access to the web.
Unlike other low-powered Windows and Linux netbooks, Chrome OS [...]

Google has started rolling out a new payment plan for web publishers living outside the United States, and struggling to live with the almost daily declines of the US Dollar.
Adsense customers in Europe, Australia and Canada can now choose to have their earnings converted to their local currency on a daily basis. Google says they [...]

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has unveiled a canny plan to finally drive mass-adoption of the user-unfriendly and geeky Linux operating system on the desktop.
Shuttleworth had the following comments to make at O’ Reilly’s OSCON conference this week:
“I think the great task in front of us in the next two years is to lift the experience [...]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says his company has drawn a line in the sand and is done trying to do a deal to acquire Yahoo! any time soon. And he also believes the future fight to own the search and online advertising business is a two-horse race that Yahoo! does not figure in.
“It didn’t work [...]

So you want to get with the “cool” crowd, drop Uncle Bill’s operating system, and switch to the very free and completely open source alternative Ubuntu Linux.
Here’s five reasons why you should think very carefully before even attempting that installation:
1. Applications: Despite what your friends may have told you on IM or chat, compatibility with [...]