Google OS Chrome Leaked.
TechCrunch earlier today had reported that a Google Chrome OS folder was online publicly with some information on the upcoming Operating System. After that information leaked a user found a way of getting the source code and compiling it which leaked even more information and snapshots of the OS. And now it is available to download from RapidShare.
Be warned that this is not guaranteed that it will work for you seeing as its a leak and not made for the public. The images don’t show anything exciting. Overall it looks like Google Chrome browser with some extra buttons. I will have to wait and see when more information is available to make a better judgement about it. As of now I don’t see this as a hit.
Yasser
The Bing Challenge.
If you haven’t heard by now, Microsoft revealed a new search engine called Bing which is set to compete with Google. I have realized that I am extremely used to using Google. Every time I am going to visit a website and I’m not 100% sure of the name I would google it and even for simple things I find myself using Google all day long. But because Bing has been growing so strong lately I have decided to give it a shot more than just looking at it. I’ve been using Bing for a bit over 24 hours now. I do find myself using Google every now and then without even noticing it but I’m slowly getting better at using Bing. I haven’t really found anything that really beats Google so far except for the Image Search. The way Bing shows you images makes it really easy to look through hundreds of images at a very quick paste. I have also heard that looking for flights and hotels is very easy and useful through Bing but I have not given it a try yet. I think everyone should try Bing for at least 24 hours and then make a judgment if they like it or not. I know I will be using the Image Search that Bing provides.
On another note…It seems like many users have been using Bing a lot lately seeing as I have been getting a very good amount of traffic coming from Bing lately.
Yasser
Google Will Launch Operating System Called Chrome.
By Federico Fieni
Google recently made the biggest announcement that it has made in a while, they are going to release an Operating System in 2010. This might just be the greatest competition that Microsoft will ever have in terms of regular users. It seems like Google Chrome the browser was just a small part of what is going to be Google OS. Google on their blog said that it will an Open Source OS which will be made to take full capacity of the x86 architecture. That is one of the main reasons they just didn’t use their Android OS.
Chrome is going to be targeted for Netbooks so they can run light and faster Operating Systems. This could take a good market share and later expand to bigger and more robust Desktops. We all are expecting Google Chrome to have a simple and light way of working. Google already has a bunch of online Applications which they could easily integrate with their Operating System. This is already creating a lot of buzz on the internet and I can not wait to see what other details will they be giving about this new Operating System.
Update (7:22pm): The partners that are supporting Chrome OS have been announced and Google has announced a small FAQ answering some of the questions that have been going around the internet. The first question asked is the one that many were hoping to hear, Chrome OS will be free. And the list of partners supporting Chrome OS say a lot about what we could expect. Just to mention a few of the sponsors are Adobe, ASUS and HP. Two of those are one of the biggest creators of NetBooks. This gives a bigger answer to everyone, Chrome OS will come out strong.
Cartoon by Federico Fieni
Yasser
Google Voice, What Is It?
Google bought a company known as Grand Central that was dedicated to providing Voice Over IP to users. Each user would get a specific phone number to which they would be associated and different features would be provided with this service. It allows you to make free calls everywhere in the United States and you can forward calls from your GV (Google Voice) account to one of your phones. It has screening services and other cool things. ReadWriteWeb wrote a great article on things that you can expect from this new Google Service. One thing that people will be looking forward to will be making International calls and the cost associated with it. As of now Skype offers this service for a small fee.
Google Voice has started as an “open beta”, similar to how GMail started. Invitations have been starting to roll out to specific group of peoples on waiting list and after that more invitations will be sent until it has reached a great amount of the market and probably just let anyone register for the service. It seems like it will be a great success so far. I’m just hoping that international calls will be cheap enough.
Yasser
Google Knol, Still Alive.
In late 2007 Google had announced a product called Google Knol. It was meant to compete with Wikipedia and help users make money by posting pages. Most of us thought that this idea had died but Mashable has an article saying that Google Knol now has 100,000 pages which i a quite impressive number. But still very few people know about this product or simply don’t remember. The content is there but the visitors are still not getting there. Maybe in a few more years Google Knol will become more popular and “useful”.
Yasser
What Did People Google In 2008?
As the year comes to end it is time to slowly start rolling out those list of “what happened in 2008″ and those sort of things. So to start the list we shall look at what were people interested in finding this year. Google Zeitgeist has the list by global searches and by certain countries. It also gives us a list of things that rose fast during this year. Obviously it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that what was probably most searched was Obama and Sarah Pahlin. In other news, hybrid cars had a huge peak when gas prices were hitting top prices but as soon as prices started settling they went back down. For a second there people actually started thinking about how to save energy but now everyone is back to not caring.
Later in December I will post a list of important events and things I blogged about.
Yasser
Google Chrome, The New WebBrowser.
It seems like Google has done it again. This time Google has caught everyone by surprise with the release of a new beta program called Google Chrome. It is a new Web Browser developed by Google with a very clean and simple look. It seems to be based of Mozilla and taken some Firefox ideas and a mix of Internet Explorer. So far the reviews have positive things about it besides the fact that it has limited capabilities. But seen as it is the first beta release a lot is expected from it. So far the best feature it has is its simplicity and quickness. It also runs every tab in a new “application” so if a tab/website crashes the whole application won’t go down with it. As far as memory goes it seems efficient so far beating the heck out of Firefox. I’m actually posting from it right now and haven’t had a problem with any website that I’ve encountered so far. Give it a try and judge.
Yasser
Customize Your Gmail.
GMail Theme
I was reading Tinta Fantasma where they found a website named Globex Designs for customizing your GMail account. It works with Firefox and Flock only. It seems to load a specific CSS for your GMail and changes the “theme” of your email. In order for it to work you need a plugin named Stylish for Firefox. I’m surprised that Google didn’t come up with the idea of letting users customize their user accounts. It seems like I might have to try this Flock application that I keep reading about…
Yasser
Will Google Be The Internet ?
Everyone has always praised Google of its accomplishments, of how it is one of the best things that happened to the internet, it was defined as the true competitor to Microsoft. But as Google keeps rising people start debating is the best thing over or the worst nightmare ever? It was recent in the news that Google just indexed 1 Trillion Pages. Lets face it, if we don’t know something most of us ask Google. A few years after Google Search success came GMail also changing the whole e-mail market, they keep raising the bar.
On “latest” events they have joined the online software market competing with companies like Zoho, specifically in the online Office Products. Among many other things there is also the Google Groups for people to gather and discuss topics and what not. There are very few things that Google hasn’t done yet, they are all over the market from making websites to the amazing maps. With all this control over the internet market we should start wondering what that means for everyone else? If they control the searches and what can we find in the internet then it is obvious that there products will always be first in the list. It is a scary thought that they are becoming “the internet”. Are we in the era of a new monopoly? I’m not saying that Google is evil. I love Google, I use plenty of their services. But if Google would be able to become “The Social Network” then will there really be a need for all the other websites? Little will be left.
Yasser
Google Knol, Wikipedia killer and money maker.
The new hot topic on the internet is the announced Google Knol which is meant to be a Wikipedia “killer”. Wikipedia has been announcing a search service that would be able to compete with Google in most categories since most people already look in Wikipedia for “accurate” information and homework. But they have had a long time developing it and we still haven’t seen anything. Another plausible reason why Google wants to do Knol is because Wikipedia doesn’t have advertisement in their site. If they would Google would of probably be used or would of made an offer to put their adds in their site.
Because of all of this and maybe some other reasons Google has announced their project Knol. It’s supposed to be better than Wikipedia in terms of finding content and creating content. Users who post content can make a profit out of what they write. This is a great motivation for Knol to get content quick. But not only will the users make money by putting add on what they write but Google would make a profit because it’s its ads that it’s showing. It is a small monopoly where Google is the winner no matter what. So read some more info about Google Knol and then take your personal decision of what Google is doing and how it’s working.
Yasser
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