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How useful would a tablet PC be to me?
The PDA seems to be evolving into a different kind of appliance, perhaps a smart phone. Could the same be true of the tablet PC?
A tablet PC is a special notebook computer outfitted with a digitizer tablet and a stylus that allows a user to handwritten text on the unit’s screen.
The stylus can take the place of a keyboard when users use an on-screen input panel or tap letters and numbers directly on an on-screen keyboard.
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Now, thanks to WikiReader, you’ll never have to lose another heated discussion at work, school or a party, just because you couldn’t back up your points.
WikiReader is an amazing gadget that adds the power of 3 million articles, from Wikipedia, to your pocket.
Even though WikiReader is jam packed with information, it fits neatly into your palm, ready to serve you instantly, without the need of connecting to the Internet.
It comes with a practical touch screen, with scratch resistant tempered glass, that lets you type, search and scroll, using just your fingertips. The display works very well, regardless if you’re outside in the sun, or indoors, in a dimmed room.
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I recently gave up on Windows and switched to Linux. I decided to go with the flavor that I have the most experience with, Ubuntu.
In this post, I will not get into the details to why I decided to leave Windows. That will be a post of its own, in the near future.
Nevertheless, Ubuntu 9.10 worked right out of the box on my system. I just needed to do one adjustment to remedy a minor problem, but besides that, everything has worked like a charm.
However, Ubuntu ships with just one browser, one that I’m not that found of – Firefox, which I think is too heavy on everything from resources to how it behaves, which is not to my liking.
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I have used Mozilla Firefox, as my default browser for a couple of years now. Mainly because it was lightweight, fast and secure.
However, a couple of months ago, it started to feel gawky, slow and unstable, with several crashes. I uninstalled it, and did a fresh install. Nevertheless, even though things where, almost, back to normal for a while, the problems did come back, this time with vengeance.
Every time I started Firefox, my computer started to behave like a stubborn child, refusing to do anything. After a little check up, I discovered the problem, Firefox where consuming almost 1GB of memory!
Instead of fooling around with it anymore, I decided that this would be a good time to take Google Chrome for a spin. Said and done, I went to http://www.google.com/chrome and installed it.
I launched it, and the first thing that struck me, was the clean layout and absent of annoying buttons and menu bars. I thought that this was clearly a browser made for one purpose only, browsing the web, without any resource hungry bells & whistles, just what I wanted.
As I started to surf around, I got the feeling that everything worked smoother and faster, than with Firefox. I decided to check the memory usage and found the answer. Chrome was using only 70MB, to serve up 3 tabs.
Exuberant, I deiced to use Chrome as my default browser, to see how it would perform over a longer period.
That was 2 weeks ago.
Needles to say, Google Chrome is now my default browser and that thanks for a couple of key features that, in my book, are crucial;
Speed
In my environment, Chrome starts as I click it and it provides fast, hassle free and smooth browsing, without any strange hiccups or memory consumption.
Simplicity
In Chrome, you have an address bar, and nothing more. That gives the web more room to ‘breathe’ and you, a more pleasant and streamlined workspace.
If you need to search for anything, all you need to do is to type in the keyword in the address field and hit enter, simple. Need to bookmark a page, just click the little star and you’re done, simple.
However, the biggest reason for my switch is that Chrome stays out of the way and doesn’t bother me as I surf and work online, as if it were not there at all!
Therefore, if you’re looking for a fast and hassle free browser, without any bells & whistles, I can truly recommend Chrome.
Since this is my experience of Chrome, I think it would be interesting to hear yours. Do you use or have used Chrome, what was your experience, what did you like or dislike about it?
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With the introducing of their new OS, Chrome Operating System, Google is a step closer to total domination of the Internet. In addition, they may also be a real threat to Microsoft’s Windows franchise, in the future.
The target audience for Chrome Operating System is users that work or spend the majority of their time on the web, and the target system will initially be notebooks. It will be available for consumers as soon as 2010, since Google is currently talking to manufactures. However, the OS will also be available for desktop systems, in the future.
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I have made it to a routine to stop by Google labs, every now and then, to see what kind of wicked ideas their engineers have put together.
In case you never heard of Google Labs, it is a kind of a digital playground, where you can play around with new and innovative services, created by the creative minds at Google. Some ideas are rather good and useful, like the search tool Google Squared.
Google Squared is a tool that gathers information, about a topic that you specify, organizes it, presents it in a table, with items and attributes about your topic. Thereof the name squares.
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