Some details about the upcoming Google Chrome OS based netbooks has leaked and the specification look delicious indeed. The Chrome OS devices will be powered by an NVIDIA Tegra chipset with an ARM processor which uses less power and gives better performance than current Intel Atom chipsets. The Tegra chipset is also what powers Microsoft's Zune HD. Chrome OS, which was announced back in July had been the center of some rather wild speculation until finally Google unveiled the OS and made the bitter sweet announcement that Chrome OS would not be released by Google as an installable operating system for current netbooks but would be a device in itself. The Chrome OS netbooks were meant to be used a companion devices, not intended to replace current computers but to be seen as...

In Chome OS: The Cloud's grand opening we offered to take a look at the state of workflows available on the internet, and whether they can deliver the same or better quality of experience as we are used to with desktop applications. For the first past we take a look at Document workflows on the internet.Creating and editing documents is perhaps the easiest of tasks to do online. All those using GMail as their email system, would have noticed "Open as a Google Documents" as an option for their document attachments. Many would have at some point of time previewed, if not edited documents this way.Documents have everything going for them for this usage scenario - they are usually small in size, usually not so complex that they can not be rendered in a browser using...

Torchlight, true to the indie games tradition, snuck-up on us with what could be described as the best action-RPG to grace us, since maybe Titan Quest. Even though this game is a debut release for Runic Games, the studio’s development team has some heavy-weights from other studios like Blizzard and the now defunct Flagship Studios. Torchlight in essence is— like any other games in its genre— a Diablo clone and since the founders of Runic Games are ex-Blizzard, they have been a little more liberal with their inspiration. Not to take anything away from this game, Torchlight shines with brilliance in almost every conceivable aspect you would expect from a game in its category. It has the polish and finesse about it that any AAA title would aspire for. In addition,...