Filed under: OS Updates, Linux, Web services, web 2.0
gOS is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that's designed to make it easy to interface with web-based applications like Gmail, YouTube, and Meebo. It uses the slightly OS X-like Enlightenment desktop environment, and the developers have been pushing it as a good operating system for low powered netbooks, thanks to its integration with web applications.The latest version of gOS goes a few steps further, by emphasizing the web browser above all else. gOS Cloud is a stripped down Linux distro that can load in just a few seconds. And instead of loading a typical desktop, the first window it opens is a web browser (which looks suspiciously like Google Chrome in the press shots). Full story...
Filed under: Features, Productivity, Google, Social Software
This morning, Google finally pulled back the curtain on its rumored social networking product.
Filed under: Design, Windows, Open Source
The aptly-named Paint.Net PSD Plugin is one of those pieces of software which pretty much spells it all out right in the name.
Filed under: Text, Adobe, Freeware, Web
When I think about searching online, my first and often only thought is, "how can I do this with Google?" Well, Google's great at search, but that doesn't mean it's the best tool in every situation.
Filed under: Fun, Games, Kids, Time-Wasters, Web
I just spent way too long (about 10 minutes) blasting a polar bear on a sled into a bunch of penguins using bombs and land mines.
Filed under: News
I never thought I'd be writing about Toyota, a major car manufacturer, here on Download Squad.
Filed under: Internet, Security, Features, Browsers
Today is Safer Internet Day, an annual event coordinated by the folks at InSafe -- who are all about promoting responsible Internet use.
Filed under: Fun, Text, Freeware, Web
If you're looking or an easy way to increase your touch-typing speed, head over to Klava.
Filed under: News, Freeware, Search, Web
Who do you think of when you want to search for what's happening now? Increasingly people are searching social networks like Twitter and Facebook, and Google has increased the speed of its index to offer more up-to-date real-time information.
Filed under: Fun, Internet
In what must surely be a sign that schools and universities are under-funded, a network security dude at the University of Georgia has just been arrested for shaking down multiple file-downloading students.
Filed under: Developer, Utilities, Productivity
Firebug is one of the most popular add-ons for Firefox: it's a web development tool that highlights elements in a page's HTML source, allows for live editing of CSS, and more.