Google's Goggles - IE drops below 50% share - Graphene - Google's Speedbook tablet - Microsoft's Slate tablet - Who's suing who
Ramakrishnan Laxman
The much-awaited day has finally come: Google Goggles is Now Available on the iPhone.
Search for "Google Mobile App" in the iTunes app store and if you've got a 3GS or iOS4, you'll be able to use this incredible visual search technology. Take a picture of a landmark, a book, a bottle of wine or much more and you'll instantly receive Google search results about the subject of your photo.
As IE8 Begins To Fall, IE Finally Drops Below 50 Percent Browser Share
It was just two years ago that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser controlled 67 percent of the worldwide market, according to data from web analytics company StatCounter
. It has been all downhill from there.
Best Graphene Close-Ups Are Nobel-Worthy
Sorry diamond lovers, but graphene is the most awesome form of carbon out there. Evidence: Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, the two scientists who isolated one-atom-thick sheets of the stuff in 2004, won the Nobel Prize this morning -- netting themselves a pot of 10 million Swedish kroner (about $1.49 million).
Despite its razor-thin makeup, graphene is one of the strongest, lightest and most conductive materials known to humankind. It’s also 97.3 percent transparent, but looks really cool under powerful microscopes. We’ve corralled some of the best shots here, with a bonus video of graphene being punished by an electron beam.
Why Graphene Won Scientists the Nobel Prize
'SpeedBook' Tablet Lands Google In Court Before It Even Launches
Google has not yet officially debuted Speedbook, rumored to be a new Chrome-OS tablet, but the company's attempt to trademark the name has already landed it in court. In a complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Oregon, technology company CollegeNet, which markets online scheduling and event-management software for schools, alleges that it owns the trademark to Speedbook. The company is seeking a declaratory judgment that its trademark will be infringed by Google's use of the term. CollegeNet also says it intends to seek an injunction banning Google from using the name for an upcoming tablet.
Who is suing who in the Mobile Business?
Ballmer Promises Windows Slates For The Holidays
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said tablet-style computers based on the Windows 7 operating season will be in stores in time for the 2010 holiday shopping season. "You'll see new slates with Windows on them," said Ballmer, speaking Tuesday at the London School of Economics.