posted 23 Jun 2011 03:39 by Chris Farrant
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Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor
Google has a new plan for computers – the Chromebook is a laptop that will, the company hopes, see users make the internet the centre of their every computing experience. That means the days of installing Windows, Microsoft Office, Adobe Reader and countless other little bits of software could be over. The Samsung Series 5 is the first Chromebook to launch in Britain, on sale online this week. It boots up in just eight seconds and has a battery life of 10 hours. That, already, is a radical departure. Read more... Telegraph Technology
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posted 27 May 2011 02:11 by Chris Farrant
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updated 27 May 2011 02:14
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You can do anything for 30 days, right? I mean, it's only one month. How hard can it be? Well, I'm going to find out because today is the day I start my new project: "30 Days With..."
Each month I will embrace a new platform or technology--immersing myself in it and abandoning the tools and software I am familiar with. I will blog each day to share my experience, documenting the good and the bad (at least in my opinion). In addition, I will write up how-to's and tips to help guide those who might follow my path someday.
To kick off the ambitious new project, I am giving up my security blanket--Microsoft Office. I have used every version of Microsoft Office since the mid-1990s, and I make my living in Microsoft Word. For the month of May, however, I will abandon Microsoft Office and spend 30 Days With...Google Docs
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posted 27 May 2011 00:52 by Chris Farrant
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updated 27 May 2011 00:55
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Gone are the days when running a small business meant outfitting each worker with a desktop PC, then loading up each one with individually licensed software. Thanks to services that live on the Internet, there's a swifter way to empower workers with productivity and communication tools.
"Companies that use Google Apps enjoy more than a 300 percent return on investment (ROI), at least according to a November Forrester report sponsored by Google. And productivity gains enabled by features such as swift e-mail searches lead to even greater savings."
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posted 28 Apr 2011 02:00 by Chris Farrant
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Another brilliant-looking native app from Google. Google has launched a version of its Google Docs cloud-based office suite for Android phones. The free Google Docs for Android app makes it easy to create new and view your existing documents without going through the rigmarole of using the web browser.
The real ace though is the new feature which allows users to take photos of existing physical texts and have them instantly converted into an editable document thanks to the optical character recognition (OCR) tech on board. It's not yet able to recognise handwriting, but don't be at all surprised if Google adds that feature at some point in the future.
Posted by Chris Smith on Thu 28 Apr 2011 of T3 The Gadget Website
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posted 13 Apr 2011 23:12 by Chris Farrant
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Google Docs has been updated with a major new feature from the world of classic word processing, with pagination finally unveiled for the cloud document editor. Although some may be surprised that pagination was not included from the off, the feature has now been added to the delight of those who use the service but need to see where the page breaks lie. "Today, we're doing another first for web browsers by adding a classic word processing feature—pagination, the ability to see visual pages on your screen," blogged software engineer Luiz Pereira.
By Patrick Goss - Tech Radar
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posted 28 Jan 2011 02:24 by Chris Farrant
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updated 28 Jan 2011 02:27
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Google closed last year by introducing a beta version of its upcoming Chrome OS notebook, dubbed Cr-48. While recent tablet announcements at CES might have stolen a bit of the Chrome OS thunder, Google is still handing out Cr-48 devices, and has teamed up with several partners to help with the distribution. Google selected four of its Web Store app participants to choose the next Chrome OS recipients: MOG; Box; LucidChart; and Zoho. "You adopt new technologies early. You live on the web: from streaming music, to storing files and working on web-based apps. If this describes you, MOG wants to hook you up," the company said in a blog post. Interested MOG users can sign up online for a chance to win. Read more....  By Chloe Albanesius PC Mag
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posted 26 Jul 2010 02:09 by Chris Farrant
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updated 26 Jul 2010 02:12
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In less than a year, the world will run out of internet addresses and inaction by internet providers could lead to broken applications and more expensive net connections, experts warn. The protocol underpinning the net, known as IPv4, provides only about 4 billion IP addresses - not website domain names, but the unique sequence of numbers assigned to each computer, website or other internet-connected device.
ASHER MOSES
July 26, 2010 - 12:09PM
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posted 23 Jun 2010 02:31 by Chris Farrant
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Google’s web-based document editor can now convert the text inside your PDFs and images into text you can edit. When you upload a file to Google Docs, you’ll see the option to “Convert text from PDF or image files to Google Docs documents.” You can upload any PDF, PNG, JPG or GIF. To do the conversion, Google is relying on a technology commonly known as Optical Character Recognition, or OCR. The company began using OCR for web searches in 2008, then released experimental support for OCR-based conversion as part of its Documents List Data API in 2009. Read More... |
posted 19 Jun 2010 02:08 by Chris Farrant
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A number of people have asked me what I think of Office Web Apps and how it compares with Google Docs. In some respects, the real question is whether the glass is half full or half empty. Both of these online application suites, and other tools such as Zoho or Glide, work well enough for basic work and provide a convenient way of sharing data so you can collaborate with someone in another location. But I find both to have notable limitations. A switch to either as a primary tool would be a big step backward for me. Of course, I'm a "power user" of office applications, and that does skew my perspective. You'll find some examples of typical jobs in each suite--and my evaluation of them--after the jump. (Just click to enlarge each of the embedded documents.) Forward Thinking... By Michael J Miller PC Mag Blogs
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posted 15 May 2010 06:54 by Chris Farrant
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Microsoft and Google are doing as much trash talking about Google Docs and Office 2010 as Kevin Garnett does in the fourth quarter of an NBA playoff game. Who's right? Here's the truth about the differences between Microsoft Office and Google Docs.
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