Posts Tagged ‘Os’
Next Android version will be called Froyo, says Erick Tseng
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on January 17th, 2010
Next Android version will be called Froyo, says Erick Tseng originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | | Email this | CommentsPalm’s Jon Rubinstein named a ‘Geek of the Year’
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on January 3rd, 2010
Just to clarify right out of the gate, the "year" Fast Company is referring to is 2009, but nonetheless, it's an award we're sure Jon is happy to have. 11 geeks were found worthy of the "Geek of the Year" award in '09, with the likes of Evan Williams and Biz Stone (Twitter), David S. Goyer (the creator of Flash Forward on ABC), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) and Neill Blomkamp (the writer of District 9) joining him. The justification for Jon making the cut?After speaking with him on our first-ever Engadget Show and falling head over heels in love with webOS, we can't help but agree. And yes, after last year's introduction at CES, it's all we can do to contain our excitement for this Thursday."He came on board as the new chairman of Palm and brought about the Web OS and the Palm Pre, the start of a line of products that is the best hope for reintroducing the geek masses to Palm."
Palm's Jon Rubinstein named a 'Geek of the Year' originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Fast Company | Email this | Comments HTC Russia says HD2 will get Windows Mobile 7 upgrade, but other ‘communicators’ won’t
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 30th, 2009
Keep in mind it's still possible, though not altogether probable, that this statement refers only to the Russian market. In either case, if you were holding out hope for your Touch Pro 2 or Snap to keep updating all the way to 7, it seems the odds are now officially stacked against you.For Diamond 2 firmware is not planned. Of the existing communicators on the market, only the HD2 firmware to get WM7.
HTC Russia says HD2 will get Windows Mobile 7 upgrade, but other 'communicators' won't originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
PermalinkMobileTechWorld | Twitter | Email this | Comments Chromium OS gets unofficial 64-bit port
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on December 7th, 2009
Chromium OS gets unofficial 64-bit port originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
PermalinkChromium Netbooks | ChromiumOS64 | Email this | Comments VMWare: Your Next Smartphone Might Run Two OSes At Once [Virtualization]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on December 7th, 2009
In an interview with Computerworld, VMWare's head of mobile phone virtualization has indicated that the company wants to move beyond dual-boot systems to allow phones to run a private and work operating system at the same time. They've already demonstrated the potential on a Nokia N800 running Windows CE and Android concurrently; now they're looking into multiple user interface scenarios for current generation smartphones. [Computerworld]
Handbrake DVD Ripper Just Went 64-Bit [Software]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on November 25th, 2009
Handbrake just updated to 0.9.4 which uses x264 libraries to encode faster and smaller file sizes. On my iMac Core i7 a DVD ripped 25% faster. It also has better xbox and ps3 presets, among other things. It depends on a now unavailable 64-bit version of VLC but you can still download the nightly builds here. [Handbrake]
Handbrake DVD Ripper Just Went 64-Bit [Software]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on November 25th, 2009
Handbrake just updated to 0.9.4 which uses x264 libraries to encode faster and smaller file sizes. On my iMac Core i7 a DVD ripped 25% faster. It also has better xbox and ps3 presets, among other things. It depends on a now unavailable 64-bit version of VLC but you can still download the nightly builds here. [Handbrake]
Microsoft roadmap pegs Windows 8 release for 2012, or just after the world’s end
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on November 21st, 2009
Microsoft roadmap pegs Windows 8 release for 2012, or just after the world's end originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
PermalinkElectronista | Microsoft Kitchen | Email this | Comments Do You “Get” The Chrome OS? [Question Of The Day]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on November 19th, 2009
Today we got our first glimpse at Google’s Chrome OS and learned what it’s all about. So let’s start a discussion about some of the big issues.
1. First and foremost, do you “get” what Google is trying do do here? Does it make sense? Is it a good idea?
2. Google OS will be available first on netbooks, and only netbooks starting in a year. Do you think netbooks will even be relevant a year from now?
3. Google also mentions that the first generation of the Chrome OS will focus on secondary machines. Do you even have a need for a secondary machine, or is one computer with a traditional OS enough?
4. Google notes that web browsing is the most important function of a computer . Without it, many of us probably wouldn’t use a computer for much in the first place. So my question is, how much of your time spend on a computer is completely offline?
Google Chrome First Official Screenshots [Updating Live] [Chrome]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on November 19th, 2009
Here are the first images of the much awaited Google Chrome. Light and spartan, and it seems touch friendly. Enjoy. [Updating live with new images]
It looks very similar to what everyone imagined. I’m glad we are moving into single-window, task-oriented environments.
Follow our liveblog here.
