Chuck Thacker may not be quite the same household name as some other computing pioneers, but it's pretty hard to overstate the influence he's had on the industry, a feat for which he's now be honored with the A.M.

That certainly was a timely review, wasn't it?

Google's certainly made some enterprise inroads with Google Apps, and now it's open the road for other cloud-based service providers to build on that success: it's launching Google Apps Marketplace to sell third-party web apps that integrate with the Apps suite. The apps are sold as a subscription, with both monthly and annual pricing, and the billing is all handled by Google.

CPU & Motherboard

- ASUS M4A89GTD Pro @ AnandTech

Memory

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Storage

- Asus TS Mini Home Server @ Tweaknews

After four three flavors of the HTC Hero, the Taiwanese mobile giant has finally brought back the chin with an additional lick of aluminum and a similarly quirky name -- the Legend.

The Epson WorkForce 610 All-In-One Printer offers fast speed for light-duty use.

Navigon MobileNavigator 1.4.0 is a smooth, full-featured GPS app for the iPhone that renders low-end standalone PNDs obsolete.

Yes, even the military has gone 3D. Helping it in that endeavor is Boeing, which has just announced a tiny new 3D camera that's one-third the size and consumes one-tenth the power of comparable 3D imaging systems.

Acer has shown substantial growth over the past couple years, acquiring several PC makers and delivering competitive products as it strives to take HP's number one crown. Last December, market researcher iSuppli reported that in Q3 2009 the company actually moved one step closer to this goal by overtaking Dell's quarterly shipments for the very first time. Now the numbers for the whole year are in...

Google has launched a new online store where third-party developers can sell Web apps to Google Apps users. The Google Apps Marketplace offers Web applications that can be integrated into Google Calendar, Google Docs, Gmail, and other services available in the search company's cloud-based productivity suite.