Google Drive could be available to Internet users as soon as next week, based on details that have leaked on Monday.
Although rumors have been circling for awhile, it was widely reported in March that Google would launch its own online storage and collaboration service, dubbed Google Drive, at some point in April.
Nearly two years ago, Oracle went to court and accused Google's Android team of infringing patents and copyrights related to the Java programming language. After about 900 motions and filings, and legal fees that are undoubtedly mind-boggling, the trial will finally get started this week. Android has faced many legal challenges, but this is easily one of the most significant, and one of the only ones targeting Google itself rather than the company's hardware partners.
Google attempted to introduce a new approach to computing when it first launched Chrome OS in 2010. The operating system consists of little more than a fullscreen Web browser perched atop a rigorously-hardened Linux environment. The platform makes some unusual trade-offs, eschewing conventional native applications in exchange for bulletproof security and low-maintenance stateless computing.
Google has released a beta of Chrome 19 bringing with it a new tab syncing feature - where tabs you have open on one device are available on all your other devices by clicking a new “Other devices” menu on the New Tab page. The tab’s back and forward navigation history is also included, so you can pick up browsing right where you left off.
Toshiba is launching a new line of tablets running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in May and June, the company announced Tuesday. The "Excite" tablet family will come in 7.7-inch, 10-inch, and 13-inch sizes, and all will have Tegra 3 quad-core processors.
Google has just unveiled it's latest 'secret project' the company has been working on called Project Glass - Google's first venture into wearable computing.
The glasses are not yet for sale, though Google will be testing them in public. The prototype version Google showed off on Wednesday look absolutely fantastic - with a clear display that sits above the eye, the glasses can stream information to the lenses and allow the wearer to send and receive messages through voice commands. There is also a built-in camera to record video and take pictures.
Sanjay Patel, head of enterprise GEO at Google says nearly three quarters of IT decision makers are failing to make effective use of mapping technology.
While putting a map on a company's website requires only a few lines of code, and can help customers to work out where they are going, this is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to enterprise use of mapping, Patel told Techworld. In particular, IT decision makers should start thinking about using location-based business intelligence in order to process and analyse Big Data.
About 24 Facebook developers, led by former Google engineer Lars Rasmussen are working on a new search engine, according to a report published by Bloomberg last week.
About two dozen Facebook engineers are working on an improved search engine, say two people familiar with the project who did not want to be named because the company is in a quiet period ahead of its IPO.
Since when does a vendor-sponsored developer conference sell out 5,500 seats in just 20 minutes? That's what happened when tickets for Google I/O 2012 went on sale this week. It beat last year's record of an hour, which had also raised eyebrows.
One easy answer is that Google I/O sells out because of the swag. Tickets aren't cheap, but each attendee gets a gift bag with a street value that typically exceeds the price of entry. Last year's goodies included a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet and a Chromebook. Previous years' attendees received Android smartphones.
Hackers operating under the banner of “Anonymous” have threatened YouTube with an attack if the video sharing site does not restore access to a closed down account.
The hackers appear annoyed at the blocking of an account belonging to a user calling themselves 'Theanonmessage' and while YouTube has taken down Anonymous videos before, it has never raised this much of ire.
