Rumors regarding a possible operating system by Google have been floating around the Internet since... well, pretty much forever (or at least a couple of years), the whole world expecting the search engine giant to tackle this field as well, especially after releasing the Android operating system for mobiles. These speculations became even more intense this year, when Google acknowledged the fact that it was actually working on an OS designed mostly for the netbook and ultra-portable segment and built around its own browser, the Chrome OS.In any case, things became a lot clearer yesterday, when Google unveiled a few more details regarding t... [read more >>] Push Gmail has been one feature a lot of handheld users out there have been craving for over the past couple of years. Of course, several third-party solutions appeared (such as the GPush iPhone app we were talking about a month or so ago), but it wasn't something available for free, and, more importantly, it was restricted to iPhone users. However, Google has finally decided to provide Gmail with push functionality, which can be very easily activated by any user, even the less tech-savvy ones. And here's a quick guide to what you'll have to do, according to the Official Gmail Blog. So, first of all, you should know that the... [read more >>] As you might have noticed ever since it was first announced, we've got somewhat of a penchant for one of HTC's latest smartphones, the Hero, which is, by far, one of the most interesting mobile communication devices we've seen in a while, blending a very cool looking exterior design with a host of useful features, and, of course, that one of a kind (well, at least, for now) Sense UI.However, despite its many merits, the Hero does have some shortcomings as well. And while we've tackled the issue of sync-ing in Windows 7 in one of our previous articles, it's time to talk about another of the Hero's negative aspec... [read more >>] As some of you probably know by now, HTC has been making some pretty spectacular pushes on the smartphone segment over the past couple of years, one of the company's latest masterpieces, announced only a short while ago, being the Hero model, which packs some of the most coveted features in the modern mobile world, including here Google's famous mobile-targeted operating system, the Android.Now, since this is a next-generation handheld, most of us would expect it to be able to work quite well with all the next-generation operating systems out there, the most outstanding such issue being the fact that people who are already running... [read more >>] Pretty much everyone must have heard by now about Google's famous Android operating system for handhelds, which, despite providing some pretty interesting features as far as the level of integration with various Google services is concerned, is still rather far from having reached the level of popularity enjoyed by other similar operating systems, such as Symbian or Windows Mobile. However, its potential is much more impressive, given the fact that it can be easily ported to run on x86 systems.And proving their on-going commitment for developing this operating system, the developers from Google have just released a Live CD with the lat... [read more >>] Some time ago, I wrote a guide on how to run PlayStation 2 games on your computer using a console emulator. This time, I’m planning a tutorial un how to emulate GameCube games (PS2 rival) at decent speeds on your computer. This emulator is rumored to also play Nintendo Wii games, but I’ll make an update regarding that rumor as soon as I can confirm it.Now, for those of you that don’t know exactly what the GameCube is, you should know that the GC is a sixth generation console and direct competitor of the PlayStation 2. Titles such as Resident Evil Zero or Resident Evil 1 remake made the GameCube a sought after console by ga... [read more >>] There has always been a gap between computer gamers and console gamers. Generally because of the impossibility of a console gamer to play computer games or a PC gamer to play console–only games. Luckily for us, some people just don’t understand when to quit and keep on trying to create a bridge between consoles and computers as far as gaming is concerned.Those people are the ones behind console emulators for the PC allowing PC gamers to play titles that appeared in a console-only format. This is how emulators such as Chankast for the Sega Dreamcast, Dolphin GameCube emulator, ePSXe PlayStation One emulator and many more appeared... [read more >>] | 
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