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Software
Google Chrome OS Partners: PC, Netbook, Chip-Makers, But Not Dell
10:34AM Dan Nosowitz | Google released a partial list of their Chrome OS partners, and it includes most of the big boys you’d expect, from all sectors of the computing world, from full-featured PCs to netbooks to handhelds, plus Adobe for some Flash support. More »
Business
Dell Forced To Honour Accidental $US15 Monitor Listing
2:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Dell Taiwan accidentally priced one 19-inch monitor, normally costing around $US150, at only $US15, and received a whopping 140,000 orders within the 8 hours it was live. Now, the Taiwanese government is forcing them to honour the sales. More »
Computers
Dell Mini 10 Gets Full Geolocation, Navigation Options
9:40PM John Herrman | Starting next week, Dell Mini 10 netbooks will land a new geolocation option—and not just to foil bad guys. It’s a proper A-GPS+Wi-Fi system, complete with CoPilot navigation software and network location services from SkyHook. More »
Music
Dell’s First Android Smartphone Ain’t A Phone
2:40AM Matt Buchanan | The Wall Street Journal chimes in on talk of Dell’s Android smartphone with the bit that it’s not a smartphone (yet), but a media player with Wi-Fi, a la iPod touch or Zune HD. If Dell doesn’t kill it. [WSJ] More »
Computers
Acer Quietly Poised To Surpass Dell As Second-Largest PC Maker
6:00AM Jack Loftus | Don’t look now, but Acer—yes, that Acer—is on the verge of unseating Dell as the second-largest PC maker. More »
Computers
Dell Latitude Z Leaked, Tentatively Held For Photo Shoot
Phones
Is Dell Working On An Android Smartphone?
7:20PM Simon Crisp | Is this Dell’s first mobile phone? That is at least what one man and his blurry camera seem to think. More »
Software
Dell Download Store Selling Microsoft Apps- But Not Cheap
4:14AM Wilson Rothman | Didn’t hear? Dell launched a download store in January. Today they became the only third-party retailer to sell Microsoft downloads. Problem is, they sell Office Home and Student for $US130, where Amazon sells it, in the box, for $US95. [Dell]
Business
Dell’s Gearing Up To Buy Something Big, But What?
10:21PM John Herrman | Recently, Dell’s been doing all the things that a major company does when getting ready to make a big acquisition, like building up cash reserves, selling bonds, and, well, talking about it, at least internally. The only question now is, what do they want? Is it a hardware company, maybe to break into the mobile space, or, as the WSJ boringly insinuates, a “data-storage and tech-services business.” [WSJ]
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