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Which Apps Do You Think Are Missing On Chrome OS?
Posted by Hassan Alsheikh in Articles, Google on November 22nd, 2009
A big target group of Chrome OS may be casual users – e.g. it seems to fit perfectly as operating system on the computers of an internet cafe (not the worst thing for Google, as that’s a place where many young people in many countries may use the internet most of the time). But what if you’re a creator working with your OS to develop software, retouch images, model 3D sceneries, compose songs, or cut videos? What about playing 3D games? The cloud already offers many apps like calendars, photo and video storage, spreadsheets, text editing and so on. But what are some of the more power hungry apps for which you haven’t yet found a good replacement in a web-based app? If you’d want to switch to Google Chrome OS in a year, what pieces of the puzzle are still missing for you?
On a related note, below is a demo video of Google Chrome OS. [Via Waxy]
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Can 20 folks Make Bing? Nah.
Posted by Hassan Alsheikh in Articles on July 16th, 2009
Since vacation last week I’ve been on the road constantly, and unable to find much time to write. But this NYT Op Ed, by Robert Cringely, caught my eye, as it addresses something I’ve been watching closely for some time – the competition between Microsoft and Google. Clearly the two giants are circling each other’s core revenue streams – Google announced a vapor competitor to Windows last week, and Bing is Microsoft’s answer to Google search. (Disclosure: Both companies have sponsored this site in the past, and Bing is sponsoring it now (see BingTweets), and both companies work with FM, my business). 
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So it makes sense that there’d be a fair amount of speculation on what it all means. But Cringely’s take, validated as it was in the pages of the Times, struck me as worthy of thinking through. In it he argues:
This is all heady stuff and good for lots of press, but in the end none of this is likely to make a real difference for either company or, indeed, for consumers. It’s just noise — a form of mutually assured destruction intended to keep each company in check.
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Intel Confirms It Helped Develop Google’s Chrome OS
Posted by Hassan Alsheikh in Articles, Google on July 10th, 2009
Intel has confirmed that it has been working with Google to develop the just-announced Chrome Operating System for netbooks, a potential competitor to Microsoft’s Windows franchise.
Multiple operating systems already run on Intel processors, including Windows, Apple’s Mac OS X, and Linux. Intel gave its Moblin OS to the Linux Foundation and has been working with the foundation to develop Moblin for handheld devices. Intel is also reportedly working with Google to put its Android mobile operating system on handhelds.
While the news of Intel’s involvement in the Chrome OS may not be a threat to Microsoft’s dominance of the PC market and its efforts to be the OS of choice for handhelds, the software giant isn’t likely to be pleased that Intel has encouraged competition.
First Google Chrome OS screenshots leaked? Update: it’s a fake
Posted by Hassan Alsheikh in Articles on July 9th, 2009
- The “elegant” install on the Acer Extensa 4620Z laptop took about 10 minutes and 1 restart
- Reboots desktop-to-desktop in about 25 seconds
- It was “amazingly fast” in its stripped-down beta form
- The blue orb on the auto-hiding “Chrome Bar” along the bottom of the UI is essentially the start menu
- Navigating the file system can be done in “exploration” (like Windows explorer) or “browser” (search based) modes
- The Chrome Bar can also host a search bar if configured
- Future Chrome OS netbooks will feature an iconified Chrome key on the keyboard similar to the Windows flag key
Of course, it’s a long, long time before this OS appears on next generation ARM and x86 smartnetbooks — second half of 2010 according to the Goog — so who knows what the interface will look like by then. One more image after the break.
[Thanks, Matthew M.]
Update: We just got another set of shots of what is purportedly the boot screen. To be honest, any of these could be faked, but we thought we’d pass along — hopefully we’ll be seeing something a bit more concrete in the coming weeks. Gallery is below.
Gallery: More leaked Chrome OS shots?
Update 2: Mr. Chrome OS Leak himself has come forward and confirmed his “screenshots” to be fake. Thanks, buddy. No word on this other set of pics.
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Google names Chrome OS compatriots, Dell noticeably absent
Posted by Hassan Alsheikh in Articles on July 9th, 2009
Acer, Adobe, ASUS, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Qualcomm, and Texas Instruments — according to the latest Chrome OS update from Google, you’re looking at the company’s initial ragtag team of co-conspirators for its entry into the operating system business. With Adobe’s involvement, we can assume Flash support is a given, and the others unsurprisingly run the gamut of netbook and smartbook players. We can’t help but notice a couple of conspicuous absences on that list, including Intel and Dell. With Intel, you don’t need to partner to work on its chips, but we gotta imagine it’d help by offering more support, and as for Dell, we don’t know about that one, but there’s still plenty of time for the Big G to enlist more companies in the lead up to its second half 2010 debut.
Update: Google updated the list to include Toshiba.
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Google Chrome OS in Context of the Google Distribution Chain, Being a Cartoon With Roughly 11 Steps and a Guest Appearance of the MS Monster
Posted by Hassan Alsheikh in Articles, Google on July 9th, 2009
Google Announced Their Operating System: Chrome OS
Posted by Hassan Alsheikh in Articles, Google on July 8th, 2009
Google announced an open source OS called Google Chrome Operating System. Google’s aim seems to make this a lightweight operating system that has a browser running web apps at its core. Many web apps being Google’s of course, or at least, that’s probably Google’s bet.
Google says Chrome OS will be initially targeted at netbooks. “Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web.” Google adds that the OS will be
“running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel”, and be available for end users in the second half of 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
Internet Guru Leo Laporte To Talk At Tedx Dubai
Posted by Hassan Alsheikh in Articles on July 2nd, 2009
TEDx Dubai 2009 announced yesterday that internet legend Leo Laporte will speak at its October 10 conference.
Laporte is a journalist specialized in technology; he hosts and produces the most popular technology shows on the Internet.
His shows are hosted on the This Week In Technology network (TWIT). All of his productions are available completely for free – he runs his business exclusively through a few sponsors and listeners donations; it is a revolution in the making, the real proof that if you have good content, people will follow you no matter what.
Full story here: TEDx Dubai Blog
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