Google Alert - technology

=== Google News Alert for: technology ===

Google Chrome OS Promises Computing Without Pain
InformationWeek
Thomas Claburn 12/08/2010 Before a crowd of reporters and guests, Google
provided an update on its forthcoming browser-based operating system,
Chrome OS, and invited attendees and select early adopters to try Chrome OS
running on an unbranded netbook ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/smb/hardware_software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=228701966&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News>
See all stories on this topic:
<http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.informationweek.com/news/smb/hardware_software/showArticle.jhtml%3FarticleID%3D228701966%26cid%3DRSSfeed_IWK_News&hl=en&geo=us>

SpaceX splashes down to complete successful demo flight
USA Today
SpaceX's Dragon capsule fell to a soft landing in the Pacific Ocean just
after 2 pm to complete a hugely successful first demonstration flight. The
spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral at 10:43 am EST atop a Falcon 9
rocket and was deployed in orbit ...
<http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/12/spacex-splashes-down-to-complete-successful-demo-flight/1>
See all stories on this topic:
<http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/12/spacex-splashes-down-to-complete-successful-demo-flight/1&hl=en&geo=us>

Salesforce to buy cloud firm to expand apps platform
Reuters
By Himank Sharma and Siddharth Cavale BANGALORE (Reuters) - Salesforce.com
Inc agreed to buy Heroku, a privately held cloud-platform company, for $212
million in cash, to expand into the fast growing social media and mobile
space. ...
<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B72S520101208>
See all stories on this topic:
<http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B72S520101208&hl=en&geo=us>

IPads Are Latest Weapon in Medical Sales
Wall Street Journal
By JON KAMP And ROGER CHENG Medical-sector companies are passing out
thousands of iPad tablet computers to salespeople to spruce up their pitch
to doctors, and at the same time giving Apple Inc. a crucial foot in the
door to business customers. ...
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703493504576007723119984758.html>
See all stories on this topic:
<http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703493504576007723119984758.html&hl=en&geo=us>

Myhrvold's Intellectual Ventures Sues Nine Companies — Who's Next?
paidContent.org
Giant patent-holder Intellectual Ventures has filed its first set of
lawsuits today. While the first suits are against computer security
companies and memory manufacturers, it's a safe bet that suits against [all
forms of] internet enterprises are on ...
<http://paidcontent.org/article/419-myhrvolds-intellectual-ventures-sues-nine-companies-whos-next/>
See all stories on this topic:
<http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://paidcontent.org/article/419-myhrvolds-intellectual-ventures-sues-nine-companies-whos-next/&hl=en&geo=us>

Apple improves iOS push security, iTunes promo codes now work overseas
Apple Insider
By AppleInsider Staff Apple on Wednesday made a few key changes for iOS
developers, upgrading the security of push notifications and allowing
international distribution of promotional codes. Also, some HD movies have
appeared for the first time in the ...
<http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/08/apple_improves_ios_push_security_itunes_promo_codes_now_work_overseas.html>
See all stories on this topic:
<http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/08/apple_improves_ios_push_security_itunes_promo_codes_now_work_overseas.html&hl=en&geo=us>

Apple's Steve Wozniak: 'We've lost a lot of control'
CNN
By Mark Milian, CNN Mountain View, California (CNN) -- The world has mostly
caught on to Steve Wozniak's vision of having a computer in every home. But
this digital lifestyle can sometimes turn rotten, he said last week.
Wozniak, who co-founded Apple ...
<http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/12/08/steve.wozniak.computers/?hpt=Sbin>
See all stories on this topic:
<http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/12/08/steve.wozniak.computers/%3Fhpt%3DSbin&hl=en&geo=us>

Study: Android users chew much more data than iPhone owners
Electronista
Android users are much more data hungry than their iPhone counterparts,
Arieso said in a new study. Using the iPhone 3G as the baseline, Android
was often more demanding for traffic in both directions. The Samsung Galaxy
S would upload as much as 126 ...
<http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/12/08/arieso.says.android.data.use.double.iphone/>
See all stories on this topic:
<http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/12/08/arieso.says.android.data.use.double.iphone/&hl=en&geo=us>

Custom iPhone Made of T-Rex Tooth and Meteor
Fox News
Looking for something "fierce"? The British jeweler who brought the world
the $8 million Apple iPhone 4 has gone for something a little more
prehistoric The newly designed iPhone 4 History Edition by Stuart Hughes is
not only encrusted by diamonds, ...
<http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/08/custom-iphone-features-t-rex-tooth-meteor/>
See all stories on this topic:
<http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/08/custom-iphone-features-t-rex-tooth-meteor/&hl=en&geo=us>

This as-it-happens Google Alert is brought to you by Google.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Remove this Google Alert:
http://www.google.com/alerts/remove?s=AB2Xq4hxJyBdbJZNce4TK61Vn2XVCP1S5H3qV5w&hl=en&gl=us&source=alertsmail

Create another Google Alert:
http://www.google.com/alerts?hl=en&gl=us&source=alertsmail

Sign in to manage your alerts:
http://www.google.com/alerts/manage?hl=en&gl=us&source=alertsmail

Posted in: