Tag: Google

  • Security Threat Intensifies: Lockheed, Google, DoD

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    Last week the threat of cyberwarfare and state-sponsored hacking activities flared up to show itself as more than just an imaginary boogeyman. The fleeting specter gained some tangibility with a number of incidents coming to light, including the details of a sophisticated attack against defense contractor Lockheed Martin, some of  its subcontractors and potentially other… Read more

  • Google Apps VAR Cloud Sherpas Buys Omnetic

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    Google Apps reseller Cloud Sherpas is expanding to the West Coast, thanks to an acquisition of smaller rival Omnetic. Terms of the deal, announced June 2, were not made public. Cloud Sherpas is the largest reseller of the Google Apps cloud computing collaboration suite in the United States. The Atlanta-based company has migrated more than… Read more

  • Google, Microsoft Battle for Business Cloud Customers

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    For more than a year, Microsoft has been pushing an aggressive “all in” cloud strategy. The reason behind it is simple: Although desktop-bound software such as Windows and Office continues to dump tons of cash at the company’s front door, a paradigm shift is underway—one that threatens to leave Microsoft behind as consumers and businesses… Read more

  • Kill Chrome OS

    Kill Chrome OS
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    Kill Chrome OS The first thing Steve Jobs would do as head of Google would be to kill off Chrome OS, the cloud-based operating system coming to Chromebooks next month. Chrome OS isn’t as powerful as desktop operating systems, making it only useful for netbooks. And even then, the functionality won’t match Windows. Steve Jobs… Read more

  • It Has Android

    It Has Android
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    It Has Android There is perhaps a simple, easy reason Google decided against bringing Chrome OS to tablets: it already has Android. On mobile devices, the company’s Android operating system is performing extremely well. It would only make sense for Google to not want to mess with that success with a competitor of its own.… Read more

  • Google Chromebooks to Debut from Samsung, Acer

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    Google unveiled Chrome operating system-based netbooks this week in the never-ending battle to win mindshare away from both Apple and Microsoft. Pointing to the speed of its Chrome web browser, Google said that users could boot the new Chromebooks and be reading email in eight seconds. "Chromebooks bring you all of Chrome’s speed, simplicity and… Read more