Linux Mint 8 “Helena” edition released
Linux Mint developers have released the latest edition of this popular Ubuntu based distribution.
The developers said in a blog posting:
The 8th release of Linux Mint comes with numerous bug fixes and a lot of improvements. In particular Linux Mint 8 comes with support for OEM installs, a brand new Upload [...]

Dell releases Chromium OS for Dell Mini 10v
Dell seems to be pretty impressed with the recently showcased Google Chrome OS.
Company developers went ahead and created a customized version of this OS for their popular netbook model Dell Mini 10v.
Dell has now released an USB key image file for users who want to check [...]

Canonical is working with Google on Chrome OS
Canonical has revealed that they have been working with Google on their recently showcased Chrome OS.
Canonical is contributing engineering to Google’s project under a contract signed between the two companies.
Canonical is of course the company behind the hugely popular Ubuntu Linux distribution.
Ubuntu and Chrome [...]

Google Chrome 4.0.249.11 released on Dev Channel
Google Chrome developers have released a new dev build for the users on Windows and Linux.
The latest version on these platforms is Google Chrome 4.0.249.11.
This build fixes some minor bugs introduced in the recent editions.
Changelog:
Windows
Make the char encoding indicator visible again on Windows (Issue: 26438).
Extensions
Extension [...]

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 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 [...]

Facebook launches New Photo Uploader Prototype
Facebook is one of the most popular photo sharing web services on the web.
The process of uploading photos to Facebook has been less than impressive.
The developers have decided to change it with the launch of a new prototype product named… well… New Photo Uploader.
It would replace the [...]

Google announces Chromium OS project under open source
Google had announced earlier this year their plans to launch an operating system for netbooks.
They had named this product Google Chrome OS.
The company today released the open source edition of this platform. Chromium OS has been released under open source.
Google said in a blog [...]

Google showcases Google Chrome OS
Google finally showcased the early version of their upcoming operating system product Chrome OS.
Here are some videos showcasing the capabilities:

Checkout: Google Chrome OS