http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/27/dell.offers.usb.image.of.chromium.os/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/chromiumin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />PC maker Dell announced this week that it is making an experimental version of the open source Chromium OS for the company's Mini Inspiron 10v netbook. The OS is available as a USB key image file, but Dell technology strategist Doug Anson warns the file should be used with an assumed risk, as it has minimal testing.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/27/dell.offers.usb.image.of.chromium.os/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/hulu.sees.major.jump.in.viewing/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/huludesktop.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Hulu has recorded one of the largest gains in viewers in its short history, according to new data from Comscore. In October, the multi-studio video site hosted almost 856 million viewers, its best ever result and a 47 percent jump from September. The results were well behind Google's 10.5 billion views and 37.7 percent share of web video in the US but were enough to give Hulu second place with 3... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/hulu.sees.major.jump.in.viewing/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/24/user.data.will.be.monitored.second.by.second/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/tivohdxl-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Google has reportedly teamed with TiVo to gather data on viewing habits of DVR users. The search giant will license the information to be used for analysis backing the company's Google TV Ads platform, although details regarding the terms of the deal remain unknown. The "anonymous, second-by-second DVR viewing data" is claimed to greatly improve the accuracy of estimates detailing ad impressions.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/24/user.data.will.be.monitored.second.by.second/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/googles.brin.sees.two.oses.merging/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/googlechromeos.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Google co-creator Sergey Brin followed up the introduction of Chrome OS with hints that the new operating system may eventually merge with Android. While the two are currently separate in most ways, the executive suggested the two could unite simply because smartphones and notebooks increasingly share common traits. He pointed out that both have Linux at the root and WebKit for their browsing en... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/googles.brin.sees.two.oses.merging/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/maps.navigation.brings.most.features.to.16/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/googlemapsnavigation-android16.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Google today gave Android a further edge by porting Google Maps Navigation to Android 1.6 phones. The update gives the T-Mobile G1, myTouch 3G and some international devices support for the turn-by-turn navigation system that was previously limited to the only Android 2.0 device, the Motorola Droid.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/maps.navigation.brings.most.features.to.16/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/admob.sees.apple.android.jump.in.oct.09/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/iphone3gs-3sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple devices now represent exactly half of all smartphone traffic on the Internet, AdMob said today in its report for October. The iPhone has gained 10 percent of absolute share since August to reach 50 percent while Symbian has fallen again to 25 percent. Apple has identical share in the US.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/admob.sees.apple.android.jump.in.oct.09/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/20/gameloft.cutting.back.android.game.work/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/t-mobileg1-game.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Gameloft today revealed that it has scaled back development of games for Android phones. The French software house made the move as just a fraction of its sales come from the Google platform: it sells 400 times more iPhone games than Android titles, the company's financial head Alexandre de Rochefort said.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/20/gameloft.cutting.back.android.game.work/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/19/coverage.of.google.desktop.os.unveiling/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/googlechromeos.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Google provided its first public details of Chrome OS at a special event today. Electronista supplied coverage of the just-ended even; all updates are listed in reverse chronological order. Among the news unveiled are the first public view of the OS, that there will be no beta today and that the platform is being open-sourced early as Chromium OS a year ahead of its planned late 2010 release.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/19/coverage.of.google.desktop.os.unveiling/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/software.to.run.html.and.protected.h264.video/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/silversml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft on Wednesday released an early beta version of the upcoming Silverlight software. Version 4 adds a variety of new features including the ability to integrate HTML content within applications, while Google's Chrome browser will also be supported. The company claims performance optimizations allow apps to start quicker and run up to twice as fast as they would with Silverlight 3.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/software.to.run.html.and.protected.h264.video/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/google.phone.may.actually.be.data.device/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/android2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Google's frequently rumored self-branded Android phone could skirt around its partners' worries by using only Internet service if a source is true. The still unknown device would primarily be intended for data and would use VoIP for its calls. At least AT&T has expressed interest in supplying the network for the phone and could let customers pay as little as $20 per month for access, although Te... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/google.phone.may.actually.be.data.device/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:30:00 GMT