The winners of the first round of andriods Developer Challenge have been and can be pleased about every 25,000 U.S. dollars prize. Google as the most prominent member of the Open Handset Alliance, had been Initiated in late 2007 several prizes for the best programs for the new smart phone platform Android.

Google had concretized its mobile plans in November 2007 and announced in conjunction with others in the Open Handset Alliance organized company, the open system platform Android. Shortly thereafter, the company introduced a preview version of the development environment, which has since learned – including for security problems – some updates.

Almost a month after the end of the first round of the competition, the total is now 125-member jury reviewed all the 1788 entries and selected the 50 most promising candidates. They can participate in the second round of competition, however, starts only when the first Android devices are available. With the first premium to finance the development of the programs will be made possible. The developers of the top ten applications, waving at the end of the second round of reward per 275,000 U.S. dollars, ten more will be at a premium of U.S. $ 100,000.

The winners list is still provisional – so that Google pays the money must be made by the participants in the next three months or several documents. Otherwise the premium.

Rumors that Google will sooner or later begin to create its own operating system for personal computers, were awash with a long time. In early July, the corporation has officially confirmed this information and stated that the new platform, dubbed Google Chrome OS, will be based on the kernel Linux, it will be preinstalled browser Chrome, and the system will vary the speed, ease and safety when working on the web. After this news Google admirers as his chain broke down: the Internet began to be published feykovye screenshots OSes, appear not claim to authenticity comments and other dubious information developed in the margins of the Google software solution. The apotheosis of all this hype around the “axial chromium, the implementation details of which have not yet advertised the company began production enthusiasts forgery Chrome OS based on SUSE Linux, which confirmed the fact that even linuksoidam not alien to the thought of someone else’s popiaritsya expected product.

What is the artisanal Chrome OS? If poizuchat resource where dodgy friends with a way to insert a file system, you’ll find a barely discernible reference to the online designer SUSE Studio, through which, in fact, been a few mouse clicks assembled distribution forgery. There are no other markings, reading that downloaded a site’s product has nothing to do with this Chrome OS, no. About insidious deception user learns only downloading LiveCD-distribution system, the size of 500 MB and running the OSes on your computer. His eyes appear to whittle down open SUSE Linux GNOME desktop environment, and “beaten” icons of applications, organizer, Evolution, an office suite OpenOffice.org, automatic start at boot Linux Web browser Google Chrome, and some other applications.

Who Should open SUSE-yourself assembly with an integrated browser and Googley tempting name – Strongly unclear. Experts immediately otmetut forgery aside and will not even click on the link Download. Ordinary users, tormented with the curves of distribution and widespread pop-up error messages, choose to install on your computer, this Linux, but not the bride who gathered hastily fake. Is it that there are those who bite on the grandiose name of the operating system and placed on the desktop, corporate logo Google Chrome. But are there many be typed?

In general, whatever one placed in the web version of Chrome OS is yet another ploy, organized, apparently, those who like to pour oil on the fire and watch the general hysteria around the new product renowned corporation. To be on a leash of pranksters and not to succumb to such provocation, we recommend only trust the official information from Google and verifiable sources. For example, such as “Computerra-line. Such is the morality of our little note.

The things in the market for operating systems are changing. Proof of this is that Microsoft offered the beta version of Windows 7 for download recently or who is preparing a specific version of the netbooks. The domain of the windows is overwhelming but analysts predict that Android will get away with it.

When the market began to emerge netbooks, manufacturers chose to offer cheap Linux to reduce costs, the ‘leitmotif’ of these teams. However, given the reluctance of consumers began to offer alternatives with XP. However, despite that the market has managed to damage in part to Microsoft, you’re looking for strategies to avoid losing ground in this market.

A port of Android for these computers, cheap netbooks, would be one of the keys to its success hypothetical because, for now, this is a mobile operating system. Android is based on Linux but has been sponsored and funded by Google, which guarantees you a position and supports the industry much better.

“Without a strong support, Linux is just a niche platform. Now, with the help of Google, Android is a much better chance to win Microsoft users,” said Daiwa Securities analyst Calvin Huang, in an interview with ZDNet Asia .

Android would take advantage of Google’s push in combination with the advantages of Linux, including support of manufacturers and low rates. “The payment of import licenses and the manufacturers really do not like the price of Microsoft,” Huang pointed out. The analyst has predicted a boom as long as Android, which could eventually “kill Microsoft” in this field.