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I guess you all follow the news from time to time scanning for Google related bits of info. Today it's time to take Chrome OS seriously, as the Google VP of product management spoke at Computex, telling the press that this Chrome browser based OS will launch officially sometime in autumn this year. Interestingly enough Google didn't comment on products availability, but I bet they're planning something with their partners. It would be madness to launch the new OS with no products specially tailo...

iPad is a success, everybody knows that, now that the 1 million mark of sold units was surpassed in less than 30 days. Google has an eye on the tablet market for some time, but it didn't made any serious move till now, when we know they're developing an iPad killer together with Verizon Wireless. We don't know yet who's building the hardware, but I bet it's HTC, as they've already collaborated nicely for the Nexus One smartphone and is not out of the question for HTC to start developing a slim t...

iPad is essentially a grown up iPod that uses the same light OS of the iPhone. Chrome OS, due sometime this year, is a lightweight operating system for portable devices and is assumed to be the OS of choice for touch tablets too, as will offer the best online experience compared to its competitors Windows Mobile, iPhone OS and even Android. [caption id="attachment_1281" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="A familiar face"][/caption] While Google hasn't announced anything official, yet...

Acer is the second biggest systems manufacturer in the world and it's natural to assume they are also working on a touch tablet device, not convertible tablets like the 1820p and 142op but slate type devices like the one Apple is supposed to announce two days from now. Well, it seems that from supposition we got today to hard facts as the Jim Wong, the president of the IT products division, revealed some details about Acer's plans for 2010, which include the launch of an app store (everyone i...

If 2009 was the year of netbooks I can foresee 2010 as the year of the touch tablets. There are too many rumors, too many certainties and too much buzz around this subject not to believe what I'm saying. Manufacturers are interested, publishers see a new distribution model here and consumers seem to glance their heads at the idea of touch tablets used to browse the web. The latest rumor states that Google was working the past 18 months along with HTC on releasing a touch tablet device, first ...