Posted by Brian Cui on December 7, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Music services in the cloud have been growing quite a lot in the past year: Pandora has gotten a long-needed HTML5 overhaul, Google and Amazon are releasing music-hosting services, and even Apple has been trying their hand at a cloud-based music service. Since 3G and other always-online services are pretty expensive, I’ve always kept my music on portable devices. Turntable’s unique style of internet radio got me hooked however, and it’s a tool I now use regularly to play music not just for myself – with my friends as well. Instead of being a constant stream of music you want, you and a group of friends can set up an endless playlist of everyone’s favorite music.
Posted by Advaith on April 29, 2011 at 8:59 pm
As I mentioned in my previous Chrome OS review, Chrome OS is great for quick web access. Browsing the web is a great experience (save for heavy websites), and at home and at school, I found it very useful. But often I don’t have WiFi. How did I solve this problem? Simple. Install Ubuntu on the netbook. Read on after the break for a mini-review.
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Posted by Brian Cui on March 14, 2011 at 5:12 pm
Whenever you login to a webpage, a cookie is stored that identifies you. This cookie can last from a few minutes to a couple weeks, depending on whether or not you want to stay logged in. Unfortunately, only one cookie can be used at a time, which makes logging into two accounts on the same webpage and on the same browser seemingly impossible. With the introduction of private browsing modes for most modern browsers, though, logging into two (or more, depending on your browser) accounts on the same webpage is pretty easy.
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Posted by Advaith on January 20, 2011 at 9:36 pm
You’re walking on a street, when suddenly, your laptop falls out of your bag (oh no!). You don’t notice until you’ve crossed, but a car has already run over your notebook. In just a blink of an eye, there’s all your precious data; gone. What if there was a way that you could be sure of your files being safe without backing up to an external hard drive or using a backup service? If you were using Google’s new Chrome OS, you’d be on cloud nine if this happened because all your data would be safe in the cloud. In fact, you could pick up another Chrome notebook and keep going where you left off. This is just one of the great features of Chrome OS – designed to be simple, fast, and secure. But is Chrome OS really as great as it sounds? Read on after the break for a full review.
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