December 7, 2010
Google’s ebook store has finally stepped out of the realm of rumors and entered the real world. Matter-of-factly called the Google eBookstore, it is well stocked and supports a wide variety of devices, including PCs, smartphones, tablets and e-read…
Tags: android, cloud, e-reader, ebook, epub, google ebooks, google ebookstore, ios, iPad, iPhone, News Worthy, nook, pdf, Reader
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November 23, 2010
Google acquired a small company named DocVerse back in March. Its flagship product was a MS Office plugin that let users sync their offline documents to the cloud. The service has since been moved to Google’s infrastructure and renamed Google Clou…
Tags: cloud, cloud connect for microsoft office, collaboration, docverse, Google, google docs, ms office, News Worthy, productivity suite
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November 15, 2010
With more than a little help from Nvidia, Amazon hopes to bring supercomputing to the masses through a new Elastic Computer Cloud (EC2) offering called “Cluster GPU Instances.”
By “masses,” we’re referring to enterprises and start-ups, not everyday Joe…
Tags: amazon, cloud, ec2, elastic computer cloud, graphics, hardware, News Worthy, supercomputer, Tesla
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November 1, 2010
The mega-billion entity known as Facebook has scooped up most of Drop.io’s technology and assets, the file sharing firm announced in a blog post. Sam Lessin, the head of Drop.io and also a former Harvard student (just like Mark Zuckerberg), is making t…
Tags: acquisition, cloud, drop.io, facebook, file sharing, News Worthy, P2P, peer to peer, Software
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October 19, 2010
Microsoft is taking another step into the cloud with the new hosted version of Office, Office 365 is going to be aimed at businesses and may be had for as little as $6 per user per month for small businesses. However, that low rate only includes the ho…
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October 11, 2010
It’s been all quiet on the Chrome OS front lately, but some recent comments on the Google Code site have some wondering if a release is right around the corner. Google announced Chrome OS last year around this time, and said the product would be availa…
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September 28, 2010
Amazon figured out a way to make its Kindle software compatible with just about any Internet-ready platform: Shuttle the software to the Web.
That’s part of the idea behind Amazon’s “Kindle for the Web” project, which was released in beta form this mor…
Tags: amazon, beta, browser, cloud, ebook, ebook reader, Internet, kindle, kindle for the web, maximum tech, News Worthy, online, Software
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September 9, 2010
The rumor mill has been very busy churning out tablet rumors in recent times. Last month, tech blog DownloadSquad made its long-awaited contribution to the growing body of tablet rumors by claiming that HTC was building a Chrome OS tablet, which wou…
Tags: chrome os, cloud, Google, maximum tech, netbook, News Worthy, slate, tablet
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