Google Chrome

You can also right click/ctrl click on an image and go to 'Copy image URL' - any good?

I just right-clicked your avatar, went COPY and pasted it into Paint.

And then you draw a cock on it.

print screened.

A Samsung I might be tempted to own. Chromebook ^

12.1-inch, 300-nit display. "All-day battery usage." Headphone jack. Built-in WiFi, and there's a 3G option from Verizon in the US, other carriers overseas.

Out of curiosity - where are we on the Chrome browser user sweepstakes? I would be interested to see how far things have changed.

8% Usage in Sept 2008
May 2011?

Chromebook starting price at $359. If they can translate that in to sub £250 I''ll be buying one for sure.

Ha! Like all US tech companies they just replace the symbol - $359 -> £359 and then blame it on VAT

B!tches.
So a Chromebook and my external hard drive= better,safer, faster pc, right?

Out of curiosity - where are we on the Chrome browser user sweepstakes? I would be interested to see how far things have changed.

8% Usage in Sept 2008
May 2011?

Safari = 28%
Firefox = 28%
Chrome = 21%
Internet Explorer = 19%
Opera = 1%
Others = the remainder

Ha! Like all US tech companies they just replace the symbol - $359 -> £359 and then blame it on VAT

Uncanilly accurate, the Samsung one will be £349, Acer TBC.

Still want a Samsung one though.

The web is abuzz with naysayers talking about how they are doomed to fail. I think they will ultimately succeed, but not convinced I want to be an early adopter as I'm sure they'll get better quickly.

How can they get better if everything is cloud based?

(serious question)

I like the look of the Samsung as well. 3 are going to be doing bundle deals with data plans. Waiting for more information. I like the idea of a tablet, but this seems more useful to me since I want a keyboard.

If you have netbook that isn't doing much you can give Chrome OS a whizz now.

Oh another thing I was wondering about was Google decision to stick with Intel based hardware. Last year Google delayed Chrome OS because they were waiting for cheaper ARM based hardware, yet now both of the models shown at I/O are Intel based hardware. Hence they are not much different to a netbook. In fact I'm sure you will be able to wipe these and put any other Linux distro on them, though space is very limited.

How can they get better if everything is cloud based?

(serious question)

Well I meant the hardware, these are only the first generation of Chromebooks, they will improve the hardware.

But, that aside, you just answered your own question, kind of. The cloud improves all the time, so your experience improves 'in real time'. Also the software that is on the machine automatically updates*.

*according to this rather nice video anyway:

YouTube - Introducing the Chromebook

Oh another thing I was wondering about was Google decision to stick with Intel based hardware. Last year Google delayed Chrome OS because they were waiting for cheaper ARM based hardware, yet now both of the models shown at I/O are Intel based hardware. Hence they are not much different to a netbook. In fact I'm sure you will be able to wipe these and put any other Linux distro on them, though space is very limited.

What I want to know is the opposite:

Can I wipe my netbook and put Chrome on it? Or will I be able to?

I've got a Dell Mini 10v and at one point there was an early Chrome build floating round for it, but I never got it to work. I'd still like that software in my hardware. Must be doable.

give Chrome OS a whizz now.

Oh, just saw this. Hmm. Not seen this before, will have a read.

What I want to know is the opposite:

Can I wipe my netbook and put Chrome on it? Or will I be able to?

I've got a Dell Mini 10v and at one point there was an early Chrome build floating round for it, but I never got it to work. I'd still like that software in my hardware. Must be doable.

Simple how to here:

http://lifehacker.com/5801328/make-your-own-chromebook-on-the-cheap-by-installing-chromium-os-on-any-netbook

for this reason, I don't really see the appeal, why not just buy something cheaper and better specced and put the chrome OS on that?

Simple how to here:

http://lifehacker.com/5801328/make-your-own-chromebook-on-the-cheap-by-installing-chromium-os-on-any-netbook

for this reason, I don't really see the appeal, why not just buy something cheaper and better specced and put the chrome OS on that?

Exactly! - This why I raised the point about shifting to ARM hardware since the idea was to get the cost down below $200 - But google seems to have changed their thinking on this. Technically for a netbook at the same price you get equivalent hardware with a bit more storage.

X-posting

On a different but similar note:

Use Ghostery to spy on ad networks as they spy on you

To the right of that big red arrow above is a tiny ghost icon. That’s Ghostery. It’s a browser add-on. By clicking on it after visiting a site — like, say, Huffington Post, now owned by AOL — I can see the names of ad networks and other companies that are surreptitiously trying to collect information about my online behavior.

Ghostery exposes the otherwise “invisible” web and allows people like me, my mother, my neighbor and other everyday web consumers to know more about how we’re being monitored online.

Most of us don’t fully grasp the technical dimensions of Internet privacy, so even with Ghostery in place, few people, including me, would be familiar with the obscure companies that turned up as we traveled across the web. For example, a trip to HuffPo reveals VoiceFive Networks, Tacoda and Quantcast. Ever heard of them? (If you work for Wired.com or the Wall Street Journal, be nice and don’t answer.)

On the other hand, the mere presence of Ghostery and the pop-up it generates each time I visit a new site is a constant reminder that even if my name and social security number aren’t being nabbed by marketers, much of the rest of my experience online is.

Want!

X-posting

On a different but similar note:

quite interesting

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/aknpkdffaafgjchaibgeefbgmgeghloj

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/aknpkdffaafgjchaibgeefbgmgeghloj

laggy on my iMac... come on

I shall have a word with Mr Google and have him see to it immediately.