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<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 07:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IE9 passes Opera in browser usage]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 07:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Chrome and Safari gained while IE and Firefox lost share of worldwide browser usage from March to April.(Credit:Net Applications)Microsoft's browser continues to lose share of worldwide usage, but its new IE9 version managed to gain enough usage that new statistics show it surpassing one smaller rival, Opera.Internet Explorer 9 accounted for 2.41 percent of browser usage in April, its first full month on the market, according to Net Applications. Opera accounted for 2.14 percent. And IE overall dropped from 55.9 percent in March to 55.1 percent in April.Two browsers, Google's Chrome and Apple'sSafari, outpaced the overall growth in Web usage. Chrome rose from 11.6 percent to 11.9 percent, while Safari grew from 6.6 percent to 7.2 percent. Mozilla'sFirefox dipped from 21.8 percent to 21.6 percent.Mozilla has its bright spot, too: Firefox 4 accounted for 5.4 percent of usage overall, though it arrived later than IE9. It runs not just on older versions of Windows, notably Windows XP, but also onMac OS X and Linux.The move to modern browsers enables a new generation of more interactive Web sites and applications. Changes in IE usage are particularly important in that move because the decade-old IE6 remains the bane of Web developers. Its usage continues to gradually slip, though, and Windows 7's rise is helping to usher IE6 out. In part because of its iOS mobile operating system, Apple had a strong showing in Web activity--though not all of that was with Safari. Apple operating systems accounted for 7.6 percent of browser usage in April. Of that 5.4 percent were browsers on Mac OS X, 1.2 percent on iPhones, 0.8 percent on iPads, and 0.2 percent on iPod Touches.In other words, 2.2 percent of browser usage took place on Apple's mobile operating system. That may sound like a small fraction, but it's a large number of people in absolute terms.Windows, of course, is the dominant operating system used to browse the Web. In April, Windows XP--which can't run IE9--remained the most popular, with 53.2 percent of usage. Windows 7, in second place, surpassed 1 in 4 Windows users to reach 25.1 percent.On Windows 7, IE9 accounted for 7.5 percent of browser usage, NetApplications said.Microsoft is &quot;excited&quot; about the IE9 results, Ryan Gavin, senior director of IE business and marketing, said in a blog post. He noted that by the end of the month, IE9 usage on Windows 7 had increased to nearly 10 percent.IE9 serves as a vehicle for Microsoft to promote Windows 7 and to improve it for customers.&quot;For Windows 7 customers, the best browser for experiencing the web is IE9,&quot; he said in an assertion his rivals likely disagree with. &quot;We built IE9 to help developers unleash faster and richer web experiences that can take full advantage of the capabilities of Windows 7 and modern PC hardware. So for us, success means that we have real sites and developers taking advantage of those unique capabilities to deliver that better Web experience.&quot; <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple WWDC kicks off June 6]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nicesteroon</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[WWDC will be held between June 6 and June 10.(Credit:Apple)Apple will be holding its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) at Moscone West in San Francisco between June 6 and June 10, the company announced today.As in previous years, the five-day conference will be a place for developers to learn more about Apple's operating systems, iOS andMac OS X. The company plans to hold over 100 &quot;technical sessions&quot; for developers, as well as provide &quot;code-level assistance.&quot; But it's Mac OS and iOS that will take center stage, Apple said.&quot;At this year's conference we are going to unveil the future of iOS and Mac OS,&quot; Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, said in a statement. &quot;If you are an iOS or Mac OS X software developer, this is the event that you do not want to miss.&quot;Schiller's comments all but confirm that Apple will also be talking quite a bit about Mac OS X Lion, the upcoming release in the company's desktop operating system. It unveiled the platform last year and promised to launch the operating system this summer. Lion will ship with Apple's Mac App Store built-in. It will also feature a new option called Mission Control, which shows users what's running on the Mac at any given time. Another new feature, LaunchPad, displays all the available apps on the system in a single pane.Apple also has said that it plans to bring some features of iOS, the operating system on theiPhone andiPad, to the Mac OS--for instance, multitouch gestures. Although Apple's announcement does not mention a keynote address, it shouldn't surprise anyone if Apple holds one. Historically, WWDC has been the event where Apple announces its next iPhone and iOS version. However, there's no telling who might be speaking. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is on a medical leave of absence and has left day-to-day operations in the hands of COO Tim Cook. That said, Jobs did speak earlier this month at an event unveiling the iPad 2. Last week, Apple announced the promotion of Craig Federighi to run the Mac OS X group, replacing Bertrand Serlet. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[This week in Crave: The high-speed edition]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 08:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nicesteroon</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[This week, we got hit by a Thunderbolt, which instantly electrified the part of our brain that comes up with storm-related metaphors. Strap yourselves in, readers. It's the lightning-fast Crave week in review! Thunderbolt promises, um, lightning-fast speeds.(Credit:James Martin/CNET) &amp;149' We got our hands on the new MacBook Pros featuring Intel's said high-speed data transfer tech.  &amp;149' Robonaut 2 finally made it into space... &amp;149'...while here on earth, its fellow humanoids ran a marathon.  &amp;149' Does the Xoom live up to the hype We dove in.  &amp;149' Secret CIA spy gadgets uncovered! &amp;149' Need a new ear Grow one on your 3D printer. &amp;149' A test: Netflix streaming on theiPad viaVerizoniPhone 4.   &amp;149' Can anything this year best the 2008 Pioneer Kuro  &amp;149' Kindle ad suggests the paper book is dead. &amp;149' Gears of War 3 got a global landing date. &amp;149' The iPad 2 event's just around the corner. And you know what that means...rumors!  Got a rumor for us, iPad 2-related or otherwise We like facts too, of course. Send them to us at crave at cnet dot com.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hey, interested in robotic dinosaurs from China]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nicesteroon</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Eat your heart out, Spielberg.(Credit:Alex from China) So if you look just below the end of this post, you'll see my bio. All of us here at Crave have similar bios, including contact information. Consequently, we get a ton of e-mails. Some are from readers (and I'm sorry I don't have time to respond to them all). We also get e-mails from manufacturers in China. Take this one I got this morning from what appears to be a Chinese manufacturer of dinosaurs named Alex. Here's the copy:helloI am China dinosaur factory .Hope that you know our product more .Also hope that we can establish long-term cooperative relation.Thanks, Alex, sounds fun! But that's not the great part. The great part is the photos, one above, and the rest included below.Herbivores!(Credit:Alex from China)Imagine a &amp;34'rawr&amp;34' sound in your head. Yeah, he&amp;39's doing that.(Credit:Alex from China)As I said, life-size, right(Credit:Alex from China)Just last week I was talking with a friend about where I could find some life-size animatronic dinosaurs, and just like that, boom! Right into my inbox. Alex also included information about the control panels, which apparently include a microphone. My dino will recite Mark Twain, I think.Sadly, I don't really have a budget for robot dinosaurs, and I'm actually quite afraid that they'd malfunction, go crazy, and eat me and everyone I love alive. I'm sorry, Alex, but it's just not worth the risk.But that's me. Maybe you need giant robotic dinos If so, Alex has a Web site where you can see them in action and even order your own. Maybe you can establish a long-term cooperative relation!        Matt Hickey    Full Profile E-mail Matt Hickey   E-mail Matt Hickey If you have a question or comment for Matt Hickey, you can submit it here. However, because our editors and writers receive hundreds of requests, we cannot tell you when you may receive a response.   Submit your question or comment here: 0 of 1500 characters       With more than 15 years experience testing hardware (and being obsessed with it), Crave freelance writer Matt Hickey can tell the good gadgets from the great. He also has a keen eye for future technology trends. Matt has blogged for publications including TechCrunch, CrunchGear, and most recently, Gizmodo. Matt is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CBS Interactive. E-mail Matt.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[2010 PC growth sees slowdown, tablet cannibalization]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Lenovo)Following its modest growth last quarter, the PC market saw its strongest quarter of the year, while managing to miss the expectations of research firms IDC and Gartner. According to the Quarterly PC Tracker Survey released today by IDC, overall worldwide PC shipments grew 2.7 percent year-on-year during the fourth quarter, with Gartner reporting a slightly larger 3.1 percent as part of its quarterly report. Both numbers missed the firms' expectations, which IDC had predicted at 5.5 percent and Gartner at 4.8 percent. IDC said that one of the big reasons for the &quot;modest&quot; gains centered around PCs getting competition fromtablets likeApple's iPad, as well as people being happy with computer hardware they already own. That trend is expected to continue into the new year, the report said. Gartner had similar sentiments, pointing to the iPad, along with other consumer electronics like game consoles cutting into the PC's turf.There were, however, some standout numbers and market share changes among the top hardware vendors. Making a comeback, IDC had Dell bouncing back to the No. 2 spot in total PC shipments during the fourth quarter, ousting Acer, whose drop IDC attributed to poor sales of mini notebook PCs. Gartner, on the other hand, kept Dell in No. 3, putting it about 1 percent below Acer in terms of its fourth quarter market share and praising its timing on refreshing its lineup of professional PCs.The reigning king of market share and overall shipments among the top five PC makers during both the year and the quarter, continued to be Hewlett-Packard. Even so, IDC said HP had 5 percent decline in shipments in the U.S. and 1 percent worldwide. Gartner painted a similar picture, saying the company's professional business had grown, as had its sales in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. However, &quot;weak&quot; consumer PC sales in the U.S. as well as difficulty breaking the Asia/Pacific region had offset the company's growth.Shining above some of its competitors, Lenovo saw a 21.1 percent year-on-year growth worldwide, which IDC analyst Jay Chou told CNET could be attributed to the company's reach in both consumer and commercial businesses. Chou also lauded Lenovo's business as being &quot;geographically balanced.&quot; Toshiba too saw double-digit growth, shipping 12 percent more PCs than it did during the same time last year, according to IDC. Apple, which is recorded as part of Gartner's U.S. vendor report, came in just under Toshiba in terms of fourth-quarter shipments, though bested it and all the rest of the companies on year-on-year growth at 23.7 percent. In fact, Toshiba and Apple were the only two vendors in Gartner's top 5 to increase shipments in the U.S. year-on-year.Going into 2011, Chou says that &quot;consumer fatigue&quot; for products like mini notebooks, along with &quot;softening demand in Asia&quot; and other parts of the world could cut into the firm's predictions for a growth of 10 percent over the course of the year. But that &quot;aggressive competition&quot; could bring the market back up in the last two quarters. That softening demand Chou was referring to is the Asia/Pacific region (which does not include Japan), increasing 7 percent during the fourth quarter, which IDC notes is the first single digit growth quarter since the first quarter of 2009.Updated at 5:15 p.m. PDT to include data from Gartner, as well as data infographic below.Fourth quarter 2010 PC vendor shipments. (click to enlarge)(Credit:IDC/Gartner/CNET)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Make a date with NASA: Agency CIO says enterprise calendars suck]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Every kind of operation needs enterprise software &amp;8212' even ones that send people to the moon.But it looks like NASA has its own share of problems dealing with the organization&amp;'s software needs. So much so that its chief information officer, Linda Cureton, has appealed to good old Saint Nick to come in and help out.Here&amp;'s a list of Cureton&amp;'s requests for the jolly guy in red up at the North Pole:There are at least a dozen options out there for cloud-based storage that ships data off to remote servers. NASA is running its own open-source cloud computing project called Nebula, which will be launching in the near future. But it seems those benefits might not be available to the agency quite yet.Instead of the North Pole, why isn&amp;'t Cureton looking to Silicon ValleyThis could very well be the time for a private company &amp;8212' maybe even a startup to step in and handle NASA&amp;'s enterprise needs. The private sector is seeing growth, with new tools ranging from cloud-based storage to collaboration and social networking sites emerging and building some serious momentum.Let&amp;'s just hope NASA&amp;'s enterprise woes aren&amp;'tindicativeof what the rest of the U.S. government is dealing with. Or, if they are, that some company will be smart enough to ride in on a sleigh and fix those problems. After all, the cloud is the magic this makes that stuff work a4&quot; even Google CEO Eric Schmidt agrees.[Photo: Bernt Rostad]Previous Story: Major League Gaming raising $10M for tournament gamingPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: cloud computing, enterpriseCompanies: NasaPeople: Linda Cureton          Tags: cloud computing, enterpriseCompanies: NasaPeople: Linda CuretonMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francsico, Calif. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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