Gadgetory

it's Monday August fifteenth 2011 I'm Wilson Tang on cnet com and it's time to get loaded in a move that has the potential to dramatically change the smartphone market google the search giant and creator of the android operating system has announced it is acquiring motorola mobility for a cool 12.5 billion dollars in cash that represents a 61 percent premium over the closing market price on friday google is likely purchasing the 80 year old motorola in part for his patent portfolio as android has been embroiled in patent litigation lately though we're not sure how google says it is committed to android being an open platform this however may force Microsoft to acquire nokia or research in motion now that Google will bill too closely integrate software and hardware design in short this is a big deal in other Google News the company has released chrome beta 14 which should excite developers and end users alike everyone knows that Google has been pushing web apps but apps over the web and built with HTML and JavaScript are comparatively slower than native applications chrome 14 beta will now let developers run apps written in C and C++ using its native client framework native code will allow developers to write intense applications like video games but Google promises it will remain very secure also in the new beta are enhancements for Mac OS 10 line like support for full screen mode and print preview in a city known for its modernity San Francisco was the site of what many critics would describe as a medieval act the operators of the bay area rapid transit or Bart shut down its underground cellular phone service on Saturday over fears that protesters would use a service to organize train disruptions demonstrators were threatening to protest the death of Charles Blair Hill who was shot dead by bart police after the police say he went after them with a knife Bart says that it seized cell service for the day for the safety of its employees and passengers hacker collective Anonymous has now threatened to retaliate by taking down the bart website and inna dating Bart's phone fax and email accounts rim's blackberry playbook can't seem to get any love these days sprint the nation's third-largest carrier has announced it will not be carrying the tablet device the company says that it was a mutual decision that means that none of the nation's three largest carriers will be supporting the PlayBook sprint had said it would be selling a version of the device as soon as this summer and that it will run on its 4g wimax network finally in a big technology news day adobe has debuted a new beta application called muse that is built on its air platform Muse will let users create and publish websites like they would create a website mockup inside a Photoshop or illustrator Adobe promises it will simplify the process for designers who currently have to either learn to translate their designs to code or pass along their files to a programmer Adobe used indesign programmers to create the software which does not expose much code to the artist the company says that muse has been designed to be a standalone product so far and will get a new name before the official release those are your headlines for today I'm Wilson tank for cnet.com and you've just been loaded