Google is confident that its cloud-based Chrome OS will change the computer security landscape beyond recognition. That the many layers of security built in to the operating system will be enough to render third-party anti-virus solutions useless.That you will no longer have to “spend hours fighting your computer to set it up and keep it up to date.” But not everyone - least of all computer security companies - is convinced. 
Utah-based Xi3 Corporation has announced a Chrome OS-running version of its flagship Modular Computer. The company made the announcement in a recent press release. Touting its upcoming ChromiumPC modular desktop as “the world’s first desktop computer running Google’s Chrome operating system,” the company revealed in the press release that it has been working on the machine since 2009. More details about Xi3’s latest modular computer, which measures less than 4-inches per side, after the break.
Intel senior VP Renee James may have rode into town a little high on her horse yesterday when she revealed details about Windows 8, details that were apparently "misleading." James spoke of there being multiple versions of Windows 8, four of which will be aimed at ARM. According to James, ARM, unlike Intel, will not be able to run legacy apps. Microsoft's response? Shut your face, Intel (we're paraphrasing).
Intel's Renee James offered up a few more details about Microsoft's multi-tiered approach to Windows 8. James reiterated that there will be separate versions of Windows 8 for both x86 and ARM, noting that there will be at least four different builds for the latter. Should that be cause for concern for Intel? Not according to James, who insists she isn't worried about ARM flexing its way into the next generation of Windows OSes.
Much to the chagrin of Linux users, support for Intel's Sandy Bridge platform has been anything but stellar. Many hoped Canonical's Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" release would improve this rocky relationship between Linux and Intel's latest silicon, but according to reports, these new chips are still giving open-source users fits.
Don't worry about the cold and rainy weather sweeping through parts of the country, it's okay to bust out your open source swimming trunks anyway. Canonical today invites you to dive into Linux with the release of Ubuntu 11.04, otherwise known as Natty Narwhal. This latest Linux distro, which has been in beta form for about the past month, supports laptops, desktops, and netbooks, and supersedes Ubuntu Netbook Edition for all PC netbooks, Canonical says.
It's been well over a month since Google finished distributing the entire quota of 60,000 Cr-48 Chrome notebooks reserved for Chrome OS pilot program participants, and the mid-2011 launch of retail devices promised by the company doesn't seem too far off now - just as long as the river of time keeps flowing at its familiar rate. But wait, what if there is yet another delay like the one that pushed retail Chrome OS devices to mid-2011 from late 2010? Pretty unlikely, according to our friends over at Neowin.
Brand loyalty is a funny thing. It's one of the reasons why AMD vs Intel, Nvidia vs AMD, and Windows vs Mac OS X (vs Linux) discussions tend to boil over almost from the get-go. Sometimes these discussions are inevitable, like when market research firm comScore recently posted figures showing Android destroying the competition, including Apple, in mobile market share. Were the numbers accurate? Do users really prefer Android over Apple? Business Insider set out to answer those questions and uncovered some animosity in the process.
Netbooks, as popular as they became, never fully embraced the concept of dual-booting operating systems. A handful talked about releasing dual-booting netbooks, even fewer actually did, not including pre-boot environments like SplashTop. Should companies building tablets look to resurrect the idea of multiple OSes on a single device? We don't know, but Gigabyte intends to find out.
It's getting to be that time of month again. Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesday' is just around the corner for April 2011, and saying it's a big one doesn't do justice to the enormity of the upcoming update. Microsoft is planning to roll out fixes for 64 flaws this coming Tuesday, making this the biggest Patch Tuesday update in the company's history. The previous record was 49 vulnerabilities set in October 2010.
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