Chrome OS Imminent
Rumor has been circulating the web about a possible release of Google's Chrome OS within the coming week. Chrome OS is an open source operating system built on top of a Linux kernel that focuses on web-driven applications. It is believed that the OS will initially be geared towards netbooks with full desktop and laptop support coming shortly.
Launching the OS as soon as possible makes sense, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "I would expect the Chrome OS will show up shortly because they need the ecosystem ready by the end of 2010," he told TechNewsWorld.
Launching the OS as soon as possible makes sense, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "I would expect the Chrome OS will show up shortly because they need the ecosystem ready by the end of 2010," he told TechNewsWorld.
Despite Patent Suit, Microsoft Still Sells Word
Ah, you gotta love patent cases. Microsoft was sued by a company for infringing on a patent that allowed for the processing of custom XML in Word documents. A jury awarded the plaintiff $200 million and required Microsoft to stop selling Word until the offending code could be removed. Since such changes would take months to complete, Microsoft filed an appeal requesting time to rework the Word program. The court has now granted Microsoft's request.
In the lawsuit, i4i alleges Microsoft willingly infringed its patent on processing custom XML when Microsoft included the technology in Word 2003. i4i, which sells software add-ons to Word for using custom XML, has said its business shrank significantly when Microsoft added custom-XML support to Word.
In the lawsuit, i4i alleges Microsoft willingly infringed its patent on processing custom XML when Microsoft included the technology in Word 2003. i4i, which sells software add-ons to Word for using custom XML, has said its business shrank significantly when Microsoft added custom-XML support to Word.
GMail Outage Gives Some Second Thoughts
The other day I was thinking how GMail hasn't had any real problems lately. A day later and the popular web app was outage galore. As we shift more towards the clouds and remote hosting, we will need multiple backup options should one of these services fail.
This latest outage --Gmail's last large-scale failure didn't garner as many headlines because it happened when most folks were asleep-- raises valid questions about the viability of cloud computing, and the vulnerabilities we take on as we shift applications and data from their traditional homes on client PCs and servers to unseen resources on the Web.
This latest outage --Gmail's last large-scale failure didn't garner as many headlines because it happened when most folks were asleep-- raises valid questions about the viability of cloud computing, and the vulnerabilities we take on as we shift applications and data from their traditional homes on client PCs and servers to unseen resources on the Web.
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