Video: What’s new in Firefox 3.6
The Mozilla Foundation will release version 3.6 of Firefox on Thursday. The alternative Web browser, which is used by about 25% of Web users, will be available to download after 8.30pm SA time. The update to the browser includes: Changes to how third-party software integrates with Firefox in order to prevent crashes The ability to [...]
Video: Google debuts Nexus One smartphone
The Nexus One runs Android 2.1 — available as open source in the next few days — on a 1 GHz Snapdragon CPU from Qualcomm. It comes with 512MB of ROM, 512MB of RAM, and a 3.7-inch AMOLED 480 x 800 touch screen. It’s 11.5 mm thick — or 11.5 mm thin, as Google senior [...]
Video: Firefox for Mobile
Madhava Enros, user experience lead for Firefox for Mobile, provides a demonstration of the popular Web browser running on a Nokia N900 device with the Linux-based Maemo 5 operating system.
Video interview with Rupert Murdoch
News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch speaks to Sky News in a wide-ranging interview on the future of newspapers and the media industry.
A short video history of Microsoft Windows
This week 24 years ago, Microsoft released Windows 1.0. This fascinating video presentation, put together by Duncan Maile using virtual machine software, shows how the operating system has progressed since then, up to Windows Vista, released in 2006.
Video: Google Chrome OS demo
Google last week unveiled more details of its Internet-centric Chrome OS operating system. In this video, Google product managers provide a demonstration of the software.
Sony Ericsson debuts Xperia X10 Android phone (video)
Handset maker Sony Ericsson has unveiled its first phone built around Google’s Android operating system, BBC News reports. The Xperia X10 has an eight megapixel camera, touch screen, GPS and can use apps from the Android Market or SonyEricsson’s Play Now Arena. The X10, known as Rachel while under development, will go on sale early [...]
Now Google takes on GPS software market (video)
In a move that is likely to be seen as an attack on yet another industry, Google on Wednesday introduced a free navigation system for mobile phones that offers turn-by-turn directions, The New York Times reports. Analysts said that Google’s free service, if successful, could erode the sales of GPS navigation devices made by companies [...]