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4 Substantial Risks That Google Takes With Chrome OS

Google is a company well-known for taking risks with various kinds of software projects, and the upcoming Chrome OS will be one of its most ambitious projects yet. The open source operating system, which Canonical and the Ubuntu team have contributed to, includes some bold gambles from Google. These include automatic wipes of the operating system with subsequent reinstallation whenever malware is detected, no hard disks on netbooks housing Chrome OS and more. GigaOm has the four big risks Google is taking with the new OS.


Crazy Google Kids at it Again with Chrome OS

Google kicked off the launch of its Chromium OS project today with a presentation on Chrome OS. The first thing you'll notice is that the name of Google's consumer product will be Chrome OS, while the open source project is named Chromium OS. My guess: Google will bless the usage of the Chrome OS name by granting trademark rights to those who comply with Google's standards. Google didn't say that, but that's what I would do. Word is that the video of today's announcement will be available on YouTube in a day or so.

The next thing I noticed is that Chrome OS will be completely cloud-based . As in, no local data. As in, all web apps all the time. As in, it's only useful to the extent that there's an internet connection. This will likely prove to be a Google Rohrschach test. Those already predisposed to disliking anything Google does will find this horrifying. Those who think Google is the bee's knees will conclude that it's not completely evil and, indeed, is the next logical evolution of desktops-in-the-cloud technology.?



Chrome OS Unveiled, Source Code Now Available

As GigaOm reports, Chrome OS is a natural evolution of the work that?s been done on the Chrome browser, Sundar Pichai, VP of product management, and Chrome OS engineering director Matthew Papakipos said when they unveiled it at Google?s Mountain View campus today. The operating system is designed to imbue web applications with the ?full functionality of desktop applications,? they added. It also features a lock-down security model, where it will download a new image of the operating system and install it if malware is detected. Cached data will subsequently be retrievable in the cloud. Source code for the OS is avaialable now. For more details, see the GigaOm story.


Chrome OS Will Be Shown This Week

Rumors have been swirling for days now about possible delivery of Google's much discussed Chrome OS this week. GigaOm pinged a few people at Google to get confirmation on the rumor, and while they didn't get back a specific answer on whether the download will arrive this week, there was an invitation to a press event at Google's Mountain View campus on Thursday morning, billed by the company as an update on our progress with Google Chrome OS. It sounds like everyone will get to try it very soon. Check out GigaOm for more details.


What Lies Ahead for Chrome OS?

So rumor has it that Google's Chrome OS, which had been slated to arrive some time next year, is about to arrive as a beta release. As I pointed out this morning, netbooks based on it may help preserve open source influence on a hot hardware category, but is Chrome OS likely to be a smash hit?


Don't Count Linux Netbooks Out

The announcement last week of a Linux-based smartbook from Lenovo was just one of several signs I'm seeing that Linux will maintain a foothold in emerging portable computing categories, including netbooks and smartbooks. Many people predicted that, with the arrival of Windows 7, which is squarely aimed at netbooks, Linux would fade on low-cost portable computing platforms. Here are several reasons why that is probably not going to happen.


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Google has Chrome Frame plug-in for Firefox up its sleeve, says Mozilla. Source code is present for a possible 'browser-in-a-browser' plug-in for Firefox and Opera.

Waiting for Chrome OS. In China, there's a story of early devices running alpha Chrome OS and some Linux fans have made their own version.

Zimbra notches 100 percent growth. Its collaboration suite offering now sports more than 50 million paid mailboxes.

Garmin takes a new tack with Linux-based Nav phone. Is there a market for a $300 proprietary Linux-based navigation device?



Could Chrome OS Land Google in Microsoft-Like Antitrust Trouble?

Following TechCrunch's recent post showing alleged photos of Google's upcoming Chrome OS, which don't seem to show much beyond the fact that the operating system may have very large icons, there are some new clues emerging about it. As Download Squad cites, based on notes in a post detailing changes to the Chrome browser's Chromium core, Chrome OS sounds a lot like a bootable browser running on Linux. There are reasons to believe that as soon as you start the operating system, you'll be in the Chrome browser, and reasons to believe that you won't have the choice to use other browsers. That could potentially cause Google trouble.


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Wikipedia pushes for Ogg Theora. Wikipedia?s move to support Ogg Theora for video uploads may be the last chance to break the proprietary video monopoly.

Amazon shows need for open eBook standards. The company violated the privacy of Kindle users when it remotely deleted copies of Orwell?s 1984 and Animal Farm from Kindle Readers.

An open alternative for Palm Pre iTunes users. How about the KDE Amarok 2 media player?

Open source and social media: community, collaboration, freedom. Open source is the natural platform for fast-evolving social media and social networking.

Whom does the Google Chrome OS really threaten? Could the real targets be you and your privacy?



8 Good Resources for Google Chrome, Including Alternative Versions

Google's open source Chrome browser is steadily maturing and heading for true cross-platform status as Mac OS X and Linux versions progress. Google has confirmed that many extensions are coming for it and put up instructions for extension developers. Meanwhile, it remains among the fastest of all browsers. If you're running Chrome, here is our updated collection of eight resources for customizing it, getting the most out of it, and even benefiting from alternative versions.


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