All Things Google

So you get a seven second boot time but get to do nothing offline at all in exchange - thats not a good deal. They should have all that too to win. I am sure thay have something in mind. - Gaurav Bansode

On this end, yes. Among the Google Zealots, not so much - LANjackal from IM

"Google’s new playable music search feature was just a hint at the future of Google’s musical ambitions, if its new concept demonstration video of next year’s Chrome OS netbooks — featuring an embedded Lala music playback app — is any indication [...]" - Guilherme da Rosa from Bookmarklet

Let me know if you're planning 2 try using the ChromeOS. - polou/indigo_bow from Bookmarklet

I'll give it a go at some point. - Kol Tregaskes

usage of my phone is 99.9999% data so yes, it would be appreciated :) - Mike Chelen

"# To enter, please submit your video by uploading it to a video sharing website like YouTube, Vimeo, whatever your choice is. You may password protect the video if you would like, just be sure to give us access. # Please email the link to your video to droidvideo at boygeniusreport dot com — if you email us an actual video attachment, we will delete it and not count it. # This contest is open to anyone in the U.S. over the age of 18 years old. # By submitting a video to the BGR DROID giveaway contest, you assume all responsibility and liability for your entry and indemnify BGR. # This giveaway will run for one week, until Friday, November 27th, 2009. We will announce the winners sometime shortly after that." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

Can Google OS really replace desktop or more competition coming? - polou/indigo_bow from Bookmarklet

"Glu Mobile (NSDQ: GLUU) says it plans to invest in new social games for both the iPhone and Android, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) shut down mobile service Yahoo Go, and will be building apps for smartphones running Android as well. Publishers like CBS (NYSE: CBS) have also recently launched Android apps, signaling a gradual shift toward the platform, not away from it." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

Nothing new here... you can already do all this things right now with chrome - Alessandro from Bookmarklet

"Pundits want to make Chrome OS a Google vs. Microsoft thing, but it does not have to be that way. Chrome OS may give Microsoft a way out of some of its problems--like how to move to a cloud-based computing model--at the same time it helps level the playing field between the two rivals." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

Only SSD? Deception arose... ;p - ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,

They said it twice in the preso, they will 'only support ssd drives' [excluding conventional hdd's = (E)IDE/SATA/SCSI-drives] - My guess is, this is pr-lingo for "the netbooks/devices with the Chrome OS logo have to apply to this". The video should be up but is still missing on their blog: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009... - Alex 'BuckyBit' Covic

Sorry everybody for the group flooding amount of posts. I thought it would be ok to see it in real time - while you might not be able to watch it. You can block me, but I've stopped now. - Alex 'BuckyBit' Covic

I think it was perfect, as I'm working and can't yet take time to see the footage. Thanks again M. Covic. \o, - ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,

War of the clouds - war of the operating systems? No, no - "it's about user need - not about strategies" - Alex 'BuckyBit' Covic

"The inability to recognize the new smartphone audience is another one of Microsoft’s flaws, Rubin said. Microsoft’s mobile OS history is rooted in personal digital assistants, which were marketed toward enterprise audiences. Today, the smartphone has shifted into the mainstream as a consumer device, and yet Windows Mobile is still largely focused on enterprise features." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

And as Eric @ CS Techcast said, it missed something that wasn't that appealing to mainstream users. People in 2004 that were using those beginner smartphones were obviously business related. Or the geek watching DivX movies on it by wireless, oh, got a call ;p - ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,

Funny to read that now, I've read yesterday that there was no such thing, but you can surely use one of the extensions I discovered spawned IN MASSES those last couple months, I remember there was one for translation, hope one gets to do that type of work... - ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,

Thanks for the info. If you happen to find one that's great let me know. I will obviously do my due diligence to look for one in time :) #smlthankyou - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

"Google just announced that YouTube can now automatically generate captions and subtitles for videos in English. For now, this feature is only enabled on a handful of partner channels, but Google plans to make this feature available for all users in the future." - Arnaldo M Pereira from Bookmarklet