Google to launch open-source Chrome OS this year
Google is developing an open-source operating system targeted at Internet-centric computers such as netbooks and will release it later this year, the company said Wednesday. Read more...

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Opinion: Why Google Chrome OS matters already, on Day 1
Windows? We don't need no stinkin' Windows, says Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols. We've got the Linux-based Google Chrome OS instead.

Five fab apps for iPhone OS 3.0 and the new 3GS
Developers are just starting to release new applications that take advantage of iPhone OS 3.0 and new hardware in the iPhone 3GS. Computerworld's Dan Turner looks at five keepers.

iPhone 3GS heats up, DOJ takes aim at Google
The iPhone scored quite a few headlines related to overheating problems with the 3GS this week. Depending on whom you believe, those issues are either real, exaggerated, the fault of users or some combination of the three. Otherwise, as warm weather takes hold above the equator and Bostonians contemplate whether it's time to brush up on our ark-building skills (rain, rain go away), we find this week's IT news offerings cover a broad range.

Determining the True Cost of Microsoft SharePoint
SharePoint has unquestionably garnered a lot of attention from business users and IT. Toby Bell, Gartner Inc.'s research vice president, calls SharePoint 2007 "nothing short of a phenomenon." He says the growing number of searches for SharePoint on Gartner.com indicates high interest in the product and some confusion about its value.

Hands on with Google Voice
The long-awaited Google Voice phone management service finally became available this week to a lucky few. Is it worth trying? Absolutely.

Pirate Party finds France fertile territory
Sweden's Pirate Party won 7.13 percent of the vote in elections earlier this month. Its campaign for the respect of privacy, the reform of copyright law and the abolition of the patent system earned it a seat in the European Parliament, and it may yet gain another seat there, if planned changes to the number of seats attributed to each country win approval.

Pirate Party finds France fertile territory
Sweden's Pirate Party won 7.13 percent of the vote in elections earlier this month. Its campaign for the respect of privacy, the reform of copyright law and the abolition of the patent system earned it a seat in the European Parliament, and it may yet gain another seat there, if planned changes to the number of seats attributed to each country win approval.

Building Architecture For SOA Policy Management
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) policy adds important business and technical flexibility and control to an SOA-based solution. At runtime, SOA policy provides ready access to change key operating characteristics of a service, including business parameters like approval limits and transaction routing. During development, SOA policy controls key aspects of how your services are built. It requires coordinated use of features and functions from multiple types of software tools and infrastructure products. Even though certain products have "policy management" in their names, getting your infrastructure set for SOA policy should start not by evaluating products, but rather by understanding the major functions required for effective policy management and how they work together. Only then will you be able to assess how your existing products and any new products - whether or not they have "policy management" in their names - will provide the integrated environment you need for effective

Eyes on Iran, lines for iPhone, jury award
The re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over challenger Mir Hussein Moussavi sparked demonstrations, and coverage of the protests led to the ouster of Western journalists. Twitter users stepped into the information gap, providing real-time updates. But the popular microblogging site also became a vehicle for protesters to launch denial-of-service attacks. While the conflict in Iran and the role of technology in keeping the world informed about it is our top story, for a whole lot of people the focus of the week was on -- what else? -- Apple's new iPhone 3G S, which went on sale Friday. We confess to momentary early morning confusion about the line on Boston's Boylston Street until we realized it was outside of an AT&T; store. D'oh.

HTML 5: Could it kill Flash and Silverlight?

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NoSQLers say they have overthrown the tyranny of slow, expensive relational databases in favor of more efficient and cheaper ways of managing data. Mozilla puts Firefox 3.5 ahead of the browser pack with better performance, improved tab handling and nifty new features. Developers are just starting to release new applications that take advantage of iPhone OS 3.0 and new hardware in the iPhone 3GS. Dan Turner looks at five keepers. The Intel X25-E boasts impressive I/O performance, solid reliability and longevity -- and you might be surprised by just how well it did in our tests.

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