Google Buzz your Social inbox

A new venture called Buzz, from Google, might soon do away with the need for constant social networking emails in your inbox. Google Buzz, which is being rolled out to all Google account holders, aggregates all your social data into one thread in your GMail inbox.

Google Reader users might have noticed some nice social features which allowed you to follow other people and see the items they choose to share. In Google Reader, one could share interesting posts that they come across with others who chose to follow them and could even post updates much like any social network.

The features were quite useful, but frankly did seem quite out of place in an application which is essentially an RSS reader. Now as part of the GMail interface they perhaps make a little more sense.

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Chrome OS Online Workflows: Photos

Most photography related workflows have already gone digital, and for most people, the internet is already the best medium for sharing their work.

If you take even a small number of photographs, you are sure to find sending them via email a rather unpleasant way of sharing. If you are into photography, odds are you already use a service such as Picasa Web Albums of Flickr for storing your images.

Online image storage service have been available for quite some time, and have been constantly evolving. Over time these services have gained better and easier to use features for organization and collaboration and sharing are keywords.What is new however, is the ability to edit images straight online.

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Gaming News: Week’s Round-up

Natal design change: Console will share processing load
Microsoft has decided not to include a chip that processed information captured by Natal’s cameras. Instead, the device will now use software that will serve the same purpose and the load of processing that information will be borne by the consoles Xenon processor.

In the earlier design, Natal's motion capture system came bundled with a CPU that would process the user's movements before sending the information to the console. Now, the capture device will simply send raw information to the console and software on the system will process the information. If you are curious about the workings of the technology, an article on PopSci has some details on the motion-capture processing system.

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Google Releases Android 2.1 SDK

The Google Phone is finally unveiled and available to the public, and while it comes only shortly after the release of Android 2.0, the Google Nexus One runs a even newer Android 2.1. Android 2.0 seems to have been lost in transition, seeing few devices featuring it before the release of version 2.1.

The new Android OS version brings nothing drastically new, over and above Android 2.0. It boasts some minor new features, such as the new animated "Live Wallpapers", upgrades to WebKit (HTML5 support) etc.

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Lenovo Skylight the first ARM based Netbook

Just as Freescale announced their reference design for an ARM based smartbook, Lenovo has announced the first ARM-based smartbook device. The compact 10" ARM based device is to be available spring of this year.

The device runs a customized Linux version which seems to be internet centric, and comes with many different social widgets for internet applications preinstalled. The device will work with AT&T's data plans and WiFi service to provide internet connectivity -- not that AT&T is any good for that -- on the go.

The device is highly geared towards portability, being under 2 pounds (under 900 gms) in weight and very slim clamshell design. Much like a smartphone, the device can kept on charging overnight and then used continuously throughout the day, with a battery backup time of 10hrs.

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Google Chrome OS Netbook Specs leaked

Some details about the upcoming Google Chrome OS based netbooks has leaked and the specification look delicious indeed.

The Google Chrome OS devices will be powered by an NVIDIA Tegra chipset with an ARM processor which uses less power and gives better performance than current Intel Atom chipsets. The Tegra chipset is also what powers Microsoft's Zune HD.

Google Chrome OS, which was announced back in July had been the center of some rather wild speculation until finally Google unveiled the OS and made the bitter sweet announcement that Chrome OS would not be released by Google as an installable operating system for current netbooks but would be a device in itself. The Google Chrome OS netbook were meant to be used a companion devices, not intended to replace current computers but to be seen as more of a browser-on-the-go.

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Samsung Corby Pop C3510 for Rs. 7,000 - cheapest touchscreen phone?

Samsung, it seems, is determined to bring the cheapest touchscreen phones to the Indian market. The Samsung S3650 Corby saw moderate success even at its cheap price tag of around Rs. 10,000. Samsung has now decide to launch a scaled-down version of the extensively marketed Samsung S3650 Corby phone - The Corby Pop C3510. It is speculated to have most of the features of its predecessor and a retail price tag of around Rs. 7,000. This will take the low-budget touchscreen phone battle to a completely new level.

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