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Google announces new operating system – Google Chrome OS

Google has just announced that it is developing a brand new operating system, called Google Chrome OS. This is a separate project from Google Android. Here’s what you can expect – read on…

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Sony’s netbook u-turn

After frequently claiming that netbooks were a waste of time, Sony has entered what it once called, “the race to the bottom” and announced the release of a Sony netbook – the Sony Vaio W. Here’s the specs, price and release date…

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Google Apps finally out of beta!

After 5 long years, the official Google blog has announced that Google Apps is finally out of beta. Google claims that the reason for removing the beta tag, is that businesses have been nervous about installing and relying on beta software.

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Paid ads now on Twitter!

Twitter has finally started placing paid advertisements on twitter.com. The new, paid ads have been placed in the same place as the previous, non-paid ads (what Twitter call ‘definitions’ – see screenshot in the full post for more!)

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Latest Steve Jobs NEWS!

Just about every tech news provider has covered the ‘news’ that Steve Jobs may or may not have had a liver transplant earlier in the year and he may or may not have started back at work this week.

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Scoble and Building43

Robert Scoble has just launched a new project, called Building 43. So, what is it and who is it aimed it? To find out, read on…

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Kindle DX – $489 is just too much

The Kindle DX is two and a half times the size of the previous Kindle and significantly more expensive than the other, already over-priced models at $489. Although it can display 16 different versions of grey, the device cannot display other colours and it is still unable to play video. Here’s why I won’t be buying one….

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Twitter is losing too many new users – Neilsen

Research shows that Twitter’s retention rate (the number of new users, who return after a period of 1 month), is below 40%. This is lower than many expected and means Twitter is losing new users almost twice as fast as either FaceBook or MySpace were, when they were at the same stage in their development. Here’s why this matters….

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Store 100 DVD’s on just one disc!

GE (General Electric) has announced today that they have achieved a major breakthrough in disc storage technology. They claim to have created a form of holographic storage, which allows a jaw-dropping 500 gigabytes of information to be stored on a single disc – no bigger than a regular DVD – Read on….

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Ubuntu 9.04 released!

Ubuntu 9.4 has just been released and is available now for download. For those of you who like their software free of charge, free of virus’s and able to run on older / less powerful hardware; ubuntu 9.4 is worth well a look. Read on…

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