You may not be familiar with the company Tronical but you will know their work because they are responsible for Gibson’s Robot Guitar tuning systems. Well judging by this video it appears that Tronical are about to launch some standalone systems that can be retrofit to pretty much any guitar be it a Les Paul [...]
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Can Google Build a Better Browser?
Google announces it will release a brand new open source web browser tomorrow, called Google Chrome. Whaa? Yeah, that’s what we said. Here’s what Google says:
On the surface, we designed a browser window that is streamlined and simple. To most people, it isn’t the browser that matters. It’s only a tool to run the important stuff — the pages, sites and applications that make up the web. Like the classic Google homepage, Google Chrome is clean and fast. It gets out of your way and gets you where you want to go.
The Googlers said they borrowed parts of Mozilla’s Firefox and Apple’s WebKit to build Google Chrome, which sounds like it might be similar to Prism (but with tabs). We won’t know what Google Chrome will look like till tomorrow, when they make the beta available for download. In the meantime, do you want a new browser from the big G? Can you imagine it being good enough to switch from your current favorite browser? Either way, the browser wars just got a heck of a lot more interesting. Check back tomorrow for our full Google Chrome test drive.
(Via Lifehacker.)
How to Sync Any Desktop Calendar with Google Calendar
As of yesterday’s announcement of CalDAV support in Google Calendar, you can now sync your Google Calendar with virtually any popular desktop calendar for free. Not only can you enjoy your favorite desktop calendar software and still get the benefit of the web interface, you can also sync any desktop calendar with any other across platforms using GCal as a go-between. Let’s take a comprehensive look at how to set up bidirectional syncing between Google Calendar and your favorite desktop calendar—from Outlook and iCal to Sunbird and Thunderbird—for free.
Remember, this doesn’t mean that you can sync Google Calendar with just one desktop calendar. It means that no matter what you’re using—Outlook at work and iCal at home, for example—you can always stick to desktop calendars if that’s what you prefer. Google Calendar now works as both a great web application and a dedicated syncing tool. It’s the cloud, and once it’s set up, you don’t ever have to access your calendar through the web again if you don’t feel like it. But when you’re not at a desktop, you can fire up GCal from any web browser, make changes, and still be confident your desktop is completely in sync next time you fire it up. Let’s get started.
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