What's the point of Google Chrome OS?

  The Long View (Computerworld)

Google Chrome OS. So you understand what Chrome is: it's Google's Web browser, but why have an eponymous operating system? Isn't that a bit obfuscatory? Let's clear up the confusion and illuminate Google's strategy.
After all the noise over Google's Chrome OS announcement yesterday, I find people scratching their heads. They can't see the point of what Google's doing. They especially can't see the point for enterprise IT. Let's try and remedy that, in The Long View...

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Google buys speech synthesis firm, Phonetic Arts

  The Long View (Computerworld)

Google's acquiring a speech synthesis firm, Phonetic Arts. Its technology is best known as a speech engine for gaming. Why on earth would Google need one of those? Let's talk about it, in The Long View...

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Enterprise email: News of its death greatly exaggerated

  The Long View (Computerworld)

Email is dying, say the pundits. It's being replaced by social media and texting, they claim. Balderdash, say I. Email is alive and thriving in the enterprise. Even if Robert X. Cringely disagrees with me. See what I mean, in The Long View...

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Wait, is Comcast really putting the squeeze on competitors?

  The Long View (Computerworld)

I'm not sure Robert L. Mitchell is being entirely fair and balanced. His article posted earlier, Comcast puts squeeze on competitors, seems a bit one-sided to me. In the interests of balance, here's the other side of the story, in The Long View...
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Awesome! 1,000 cores on a chip ... one tiny catch

  The Long View (Computerworld)

How do you fancy a 1,000-core processor in your next PC? Intel's proud to announce that it's working on one. However, you might not actually want it, as we'll see in The Long View ...

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