Does this mean you've broken your "stop using Microsoft OS/software" challenge? Or are Microsoft websites excluded?
- Tony Ruscoe
Google's bet on HTML5 and the web is the right one.
- Diego Barros
who gives a tard about Chrome :) Grow up Cutts!
- Jose Fajardo
Matt it works fine on Chrome on Windows. This is the only platform on which a non-beta version of Chrome is available at the moment. You should use only supported browsers like IE8 and Chrome on Windows, Firefox, Safari and Opera on Windows and Mac OS. If you are using a Linux-based distribution, you should get the latest Moonlight binaries and use a supported browser like Firefox or...
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- Lituus Limacon
Silverlight used to work with the Chrome Dev beta. Not sure what changed....
- Roberto Bonini
Tony: Microsoft websites are excluded from my challenge. :)
- Matt Cutts
I love these sorts of creative things!
- Rick Cogley
I always wish they'd show what these things look like from something other than the exactly perfect perspective. Because to most people passing by these would look totally different.
- Brian Johns
These never get old. Thanks for sharing. :)
- Kevin Winn
Agree with Gigi. Don't take my words just because I work for Microsoft Italy, but my question is fair I suppose. What I do with a Google Chrome OS Netbook when I do not have any kind of connectivity, for instance? For example, Italy still does not have free wifi anywhere and the rates for a GPRS/UMTS connectivity are still high in comparison to the data you want to use with them. It will be a very interesting competitive scenario soon...
- Andrea Contino
@Andrea then Google Chrome OS is not an option for you. not a big deal. Google's OS market will be anywhere which has the most important requirement for this OS which is a low price high-speed internet
- Mohamadreza
Basically entertainment and socialization is moving online. Portable devices being able to access those services is what Google is focusing on. They want to be the eco-vehicle that gets you to those things. MS, Mac, Linux can do the same, but how much overhead is there since you can do more with them then just internet activities. Its a different world they are choosing to be part of....
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- Uncle CW™
Google OS is for North America primarily. Europe and a bunch of other areas don't have ubiquitous Internet like the US. So we're talking about a fairly confined market here anyway.
- Frank Jonen
Google OS is for the Internet, and the Internet is for the whole world.
- l'Ego di Gigi
@Mohamadreza Not a big deal for me. Try to share some photos from a camera with a friend with a Chrome OS netbook without the Internet :-) That all I ment
- Andrea Contino
ChromeOS is for my mum (and for me). I can buy her this laptop, get her to plug it in and outside of hardware, my 'free tech support' ends. The root is in read only and all her stuff is on the cloud. If there is a problem, hit restart and everything goes back to normal.
- Johnny Worthington
"Why take a $1,000 computer to class? Couldn’t he do everything he needs to do on a low-cost computer" my 12 yr old kid has his Acer Aspire One, running Windows XP, definately not $1,000, good enough for web surfing, pulling up the web version of his math schoolbook, playing Mousehunt
- Tim Jones
@Andrea Contino that's exactly what I mean. I second @Frank about the fairly confined market. this OS has no place in my and your room while we do not have the bandwidth it needs :-) and even my designer would not use it. we should not blame google for this issue. this OS is designed for the internet, not to be compared with PC or Mac
- Mohamadreza
Chrome OS is everything at Google: nothing fancy but it works. And it works damn well. And I'm a long time apple fan an journalist.
- Federico Bolsoman
Right now I really, really want to convert my little netbook to Chrome, just to see how well it gets along with my Droid. They could bluetooth together and do Googly things, it would be beautiful.
- (dot)lizard kelly
Um, no. Unless companies can come out w/ sub $100 laptops (where's the profit in THAT!?!), I don't see Chrome OS being useful to nyone. I mean, if you have to spend ~$200 at least for a netbook, why not shell out another $100 or $200 for a low end notebook? Plus, even if you want a netbook for $200, Windows comes on it...so why switch to Chrome OS? No incentive.
- Scott Carmichael
Scott... That assumes that the Windows OS is free to the manufacturer. What percentage of the build costs go to the purchase of the OEM version?
- Johnny Worthington
Also, Microsoft are reported to be restricting the hardware that the Windows 7 Netbook edition can be installed on. Particularly processor speed and memory. No news yet on if that applies to ChromeOS
- Johnny Worthington
Chrome OS is clearly overhyped. There will be no $100 netbooks - at least $200 (youtube or vimeo hd don't run on ultracheap cpu's). And just a $100 difference between a limited Chrome netbook and a fully capable Win machine will cause most people choose the latter. Remember all those Linux netbooks - return rate was sky-high, so manufacturers moved back to WinXP. And those Linux...
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- Kirill Petrovsky
from fftogo
I figured it out -- Chrome OS is going to run on something like Crunchpad and its competitors (in the future maybe whenever hardware like that is available). I am guessing the market is limited though. Scoble will want one -- but he has one of everything .
- Brian Sullivan
Today I have tried ChromeOS on my EeePC....... I could survive without.
- l'Ego di Gigi
Actually, reading the comments to the Chrome-related posts, I noticed one idea people like, and which no one is against. That's a remote cloud desktop, with infinite firepower, replacing their desktop PCs. And ubiquitous access from any web-enabled device - at home and on the go. Now, who is working on that kind of technology... oh, it's Windows Azure for serving power and "3 screens and the cloud" concept for end-users.
- Kirill Petrovsky
from fftogo
Scott: Google makes billions of dollars WITHOUT SELLING ONE LAPTOP! How the hell? Hint: Google will make a LOT of money from $100 devices.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: The ONLY way Google will be able to monetize this is if ads start appearing in the OS and/or web apps. In that case, it DEFINITELY will fail instantly. WHY? Let's not forget all those ad-filled PCs of the 90s where you got the computer for "free" but were bombarded by ads 24/7. Plus, have you done a parts cost analysis on a $100 device? Get back to me when you have.
- Scott Carmichael
Google OS hasn't won anything except false hype. People aren't going to go out in droves to buy $100 sub-devices when just a bit more money can get you a full-fledged PC.
- Spencer
Besides I predict no such device capable of internet access is going to priced at $100 ever. Prices of hardware are coming down but not that much. In fact I predict that no such device will cost $100 to build -- ever.
- Brian Sullivan
The ChumbyOne is priced at $100 in the Chumby store right now: https://store.chumby.com/ Not the same device, of course, but not that different.
- Ken Kennedy
I'd gladly order one of those if they were available in Canada. I believe Chris Pirillo did a review recently, and it looked quite good.
- Kittyburgers
Brian, you are absolutely right. Even Nintendo & Sony's portable gaming devices are so cheap because they can (and do) subsidize hardware costs with the knowledge more profit will be made from software sales. So unless Google will be charging for web apps, I don't see hardware nowadays being that cheap, EVER, except maybe in 3rd world countries.
- Scott Carmichael
Google OS is all together interesting 2 use together w/other OS, but 2 use as lone nay, I would not
- polou/indigo_bow
"loader" cocktail is also recommended...
- Acharad-Sami-
The could open up a Linux bar next door so you can dual boot your Friday nights but the Linux bar would quickly go out of business because those people don't like to pay for things.
- Akiva Moskovitz
from BuddyFeed
Now you can get two different types of viruses from the same bar!
- Louis Gray
"[Dollhouse] became just a scoach too whore-y. Never had a better meeting, everything was great, then they [FOX] said "so they're kinda like prostitutes and that's not ok" Word came down that it wasn't ok. I wanted to make a show that's about feeling bad about feeling good or good about feeling bad. Fantasy is just that, fantasy. FOX wanted to back away from these implications. Every episode [of the first season] is ridiculously hard, because the central core has been ripped out just enough, that we're constantly dancing around our own premise."
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
In this case I believe he was kind of tied to fox because Eliza Dushku was still contracted to them, and as he wrote the show for her it was the place to be.
- Joe Pierce
I think that's part of it. Look at it this way: you're Joss Whedon. You want to make cool stuff, but you keep getting screwed due to low ratings/bad timeslots/shitty studio execs. So, in order to make what you want (like, fer instance, DR. HORRIBLE), you take the money and the grief that accompanies a show on Fox. Because now you have a bit of breathing room, a few more contacts, and a bit more experience and cash to make what you want.
- Steven Perez
I'm sure that is a big part of it. Though I would be shocked if Whedon or Minear worked for Fox again anytime soon. (which is almost exactly the same thing I said right after Drive got the axe).
- Joe Pierce
God why can't Whedon find someone other than Fox to hitch his wagon to? He would be so much better on a premium cable net.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
I really wish he'd go to a cable net after this. How many times does Fox have to screw him before they both decide to call it a day with each other? But really, as much as we love them, his shows are niche shows, and the broadcast nets are always going to expect a mainstream audience for them. It's a fundamental problem, because Fox is the most edgy of the broadcast nets, honestly.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
I think the premise for Dollhouse had a lot of room for thematic growth and exploration. From a writer's point of view, exploring the issues in the dollhouse'verse would have been quite a fun task.
- Jon, the Chilled Beartato
I really do hope AMC or HBO would hire Whedon. Letting Whedon be Whedon would unleash the awesome.
- Spidra Webster
"The application is called "DockRunner". You can search for it in Android's Market and it is a fairly simple process to use. Once installed, select "DockRunner" once will put it in "Dock Mode", select it again to place it back to normal mode. While you are in "Dock Mode", play around and get used to all of the buttons. The one with the light bulb activates nite mode, that dim the screen and change the contrast. All of the features are pretty neat!"
- LANjackal
from Bookmarklet
Somehow it seems the iPhone will always win on hardware. You know, unless they make a Droid phone brown and able to squirt songs to other Droid phones.
- Alex Bourt
ikisinide pek sevmem ama fark var hakkaten yannız Obamayla poz veren bebekte işini biliyor hani bebeklikten itibaren her fırsatı degerlendiriyor:)))
- Duygu Çetin
"With a front-engine, four-door layout, the family-sized Lambo wouldn't be able to share much with either of the company's current models."
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
from Bookmarklet
خوبه نیما :))))))) رنگیاش خوبه میچینیم تو ظرف بلور دورش هم با گل تزئین میکنیم خوب میشه :)))
- وارش
آره موافقم باید دید از کجا میشه پیداش کرد :دی
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
:O هنر آشپزی منو دست کم گرفتین؟ اصلا خودم با کمک پرستو جان ، شیرینی ها رو آماده میکنیم
- وارش
وارش تا 88/8/8 برای 200 نفر دعوتی میرسید آماده کنید؟ مهمونا هم کم و درجه اول باشن ترجیحا :)) این تاریخش اسمایلی ساقی اینا :
- Nimaa
نیما فقط این جور شیرینی که نمیخوایم بذاریم جلو مهمون. بقیه رو اقای ابراهیمی خودشون زحمت میکشن میارن:))) تو نگران نباش
- وارش
نیما امسال ساله اصلاح الگو مصرفه عروسی باید سبک برگزار بشه :))
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
بله بله صحبتهای وارش تایید میشه ... من همین الان از تو آشپزخونه اومدم تازه :))
- پـرستووو
مهدی درسته هر مهمونی که اومد تو براش یه پلاکارد میزنیم دم در که سال الگوی کم مصرف کردن همینی که هست میخوایی بخواه نمیخوایی در اون طرفه :))) انتظار هم زیادی ندارن دیگه :دی
- Nimaa
نیما مثل اینکه تنت هوس رافت اسلامی کرده :))
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
آقا خوراکی ها رو وارد عرصه سی ا ست نکنین :)))
- پـرستووو
i can think of a good few reasons angrykeyboarder...and seems like so have they
- Zee.
the apps are free. I played around with myStarbucks and like it. several times I've wondered where the nearest Starbucks with wifi was located. also, I like creating my favorite drinks so I remember the best way to order them - and can send to friends when they get my order so they don't have to remember the details.
- jbrotherlove
I miss it so much... dream on their frappuccinos every day! why do I live in a country with no Starbucks?!? sigh sob...
- Lui(gi) ►►
Once they get ordering like the Chipotle app they'll do well.
- John Wang
Survey: In jocular vein, do you prefer $tarbucks or Fourbucks? Does the iPhone app give you access to the legendary Short Cappuccino?
- sjjh
"Much like push e-mail, Twitter mentions and DMs would be more useful if the user was instantly notified of a new message. Boxcar is a very simple app, yet it is probably one of the most important apps on my iPhone now. Rather than trying to be a replacement Twitter app, Boxcar is rather limited in what it does: upon first launch, you are asked to give the app permission to send you push notifications, link to your Twitter account using OAuth, and that’s it. There’s a minimal settings screen where you choose which Twitter app you use."
- Andrew Trinh
from Bookmarklet
AppNotifications is good too // $1.99 // I use'em both.
- George Dearing