It's conquered search. It's tinkered with Web apps. It's dabbled in Web browsing. And now, Google (GOOG) is entering the operating system game with its upcoming Chrome OS. Today, Google hosted a live

Any hacker or modder worth his salt knows to wait a week or two before applying a software or firmware update. Only after the hack is specifically confirmed to function after a version upgrade may th

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In football, when you want to take down a big, powerful runner -- especially when you're smaller than he is -- you hit them low. Ideally, you and another player hit him at the same time -- one high,

Attention entrepreneurs: Big Blue and Google want you. The market for small- and medium-sized businesses is expected to grow about 6.7% per year, reaching $674 billion by 2013. This is prompting majo

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