Microsoft might launch Windows 8 in 2012
If we are to believe the Microsoft road-map, the successor to Windows 7 would arrive sometime in 2012.
Microsoft however has a bad history of coming out with two great operating systems in succession.
The company has just launched Windows 7 which has been called the best release from [...]

Google Android now has access to Fring mobile app
Fring has released their mobile application for the Google Android mobile platform.
Incidentally, Fring is already available on several other mobile platforms like Apple iPhone, Symbian and Windows Mobile.
Google Android version was much awaited and it has finally arrived.
Fring allows the user to communicate [...]

Microsoft Silverlight 4 beta already out
Microsoft has released the first beta of Silverlight 4.
The software giant is aiming to release the final edition sometime next year.
Microsoft Silverlight technology is designed as an alternative to Adobe Flash.
AJAX and HTML5 have also become potential competitors on the web. On the desktop front, Adobe [...]

Another Google Wave Notifier app for Windows
Danny Tuppeny has developed a notifier application for the Google Wave service.
We have already covered an open source application named Google Wave Notifier.
Features of this app:
Automatically checks for unread messages every 15 minutes
Left-click forces a check
Double-click opens Google Wave in your default browser
Automatic notification of [...]

Google Chrome Frame updated with security fixes
Google has released a new updated version of their Google Chrome Frame plug-in for Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Changelog:
Network requests fail randomly (Issue 27401).
Fix issues with CFInstall.js to better detect compatible OS and browser versions, allow users to cancel the installation frame, and not cache the isAvailable result (Issues [...]

Brizzly is now open to all
Thing Labs has announced that they are now opening up their Brizzly service to anyone who is interested.
Brizzly required an invite to get connected till now.
The developers however are still keeping the service in Beta as they are still working on enhancing the service.
Brizzly provides an [...]

Google Chrome 4.0.249.4 released on dev channel
Google Chrome developers have released a new build for the users on dev channel.
Google Chrome 4.0.249.4 is the latest dev channel build now.
Changelog:
All Platforms
Fixed – Issue 27897: [Extension] Some extensions crash after installing 4.0.249.0
Fixed – Issue 27900: [Extension] Reload on crash infobar causes more crashes
Windows
Fixed top [...]

Seesmic Twitter Apps on Google Android and Blackberry
Seesmic is on a roll. The developers have now released Seesmic Twitter clients for Google Android and Blackberry platforms.
They just recently released a native client for Windows users.
They also have a cross platform edition that works through Adobe Air and works on all the three popular platforms [...]

Download Google Chrome OS!
GDGT has provided a build of Google Chrome OS for download. It can be used through VMware Player which is a free download for non-commercial usage.
Checkout: Hey! We’ve got a working version of Chrome OS you can download free!

Google News updated for mobile devices
Newer generation mobile phones might have capable web browsers but web services tend to make specialized editions for them still.
Google is one such company which usually has a mobile optimized version for most of their services.
The search engine giant has now updated their Google News service to [...]