Top Tech News of the Day

1) Google’s Chrome OS to arrive “later this fall”: Following a slew of new netbook and tablet PC announcements at Computex 2010 — and some rumblings about Windows’ security — Google has come forward with an update on its web-centric operating system for portable devices. @ TechSpot.

2) The New Windows Live Essentials: Microsoft’s decision to strip out certain capabilities from Windows and make them available separately as a free downloadable application suite called Windows Live Essentials remains controversial. @ WindowsSupersite.

3) Time for Apple to open up the iPhone: Ever since Apple introduced the App Store, someone or other has written weekly (perhaps daily) about why Apple’s tight control over the App Store is a bad idea. Every time an app is rejected or delayed, the teapot is stirred again. @ MacWorld.

4) What Computex’s Android Tablets Mean for the iPad: Since the rollout of the iPhone, “app” has become the computing world’s dominant buzzword. Pretty soon we’ll be referring to Microsoft Word as an “app.” But an app is actually just a small piece of code designed to make portable devices more useful. @ PCMagazine.