Informal version of Chrome OS

donph — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:34:34 +0000

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.

Friendship Google and Apple come to an end?

donph — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:22:19 +0000

For several years the Boards of Directors of Google and Apple were a few members in common. As soon as the activities of Google and Apple are increasingly overlap, the companies were under pressure from U.S. antitrust authorities. They were forced to abandon the friendship.

Arthur Levinson, recently left the board of directors of Google, was the last manager, who was the head of both companies. Earlier, from his post at Apple declined to Google CEO Eric Schmidt.

Under American law is the same person can not enter the leadership of competing companies. In the last two years of Google and Apple are increasingly overlap. Search engine released mobile operating system, appeared guglofony. In addition, Google is going to create its own operating system.

But the relationship Google and Apple can spoil not only because of the pressure of competition authorities. So in Android do not support multitouch, but it is in the iPhone, which makes guglofony less competitive compared with phones Apple.

Apple is not so long ago acquired a startup Placebase, which specializes in mapping software. Currently, Google Maps is preinstalled in the iPhone. It is possible that in the future Apple will complete the phone’s own navigation software.

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Informal version of Chrome OS

Friendship Google and Apple come to an end?