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News written by Matti Robinson (November, 2009)

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Google introduces Chrome OS

Written by Matti Robinson @ 20 Nov 2009 4:26

Google introduces Chrome OS Google has now officially announced information about its Chrome operating system at the press conference. The open source OS was introduced by Google VP Sundar Pichai and Engineering Director Matthew Papakipos.

There was no Beta or other product launches. The final product is planned to be released in a year. However, Google did demonstrate the Chrome OS which promises to bring cloud computing to applications. The source code for the operating system is for all to see here.

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Six Blu-ray players reviewed

Written by Matti Robinson @ 19 Nov 2009 8:15

Six Blu-ray players reviewed The war between the two new generation high definition digital media formats was raging couple of years ago. The war ended in February 2008 and Blu-ray was crowned the winner after Toshiba quit manufacturing HD DVD deviced. Now almost two years later the HD player market has far more products and prices are dropping steadily. Soon the prices are low enough for an Average Joe to compare the Blu-ray players with the fancy blue laser technology and dated DVD players.

We decided to take five middle price range BD-Live enabled Blu-ray players from leading manufacturers and put them to a test. To compare the standalone players to an old favourite we took PlayStation 3 Slim to test drive as well.

Philips BDP-7300
Pioneer BDP-120
Pioneer BDP-320
PS3 Slim
Samsung BD-P1600
LG BD390

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