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Recently, Google gave out the code for it’s OS for developers to tinker and toy with. Microsoft also recently released it’s Windows 7 which has been known to be what Vista should have been from the get-go. We found this article that is worth reading.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Google and Microsoft have long competed for talent and the attention of Wall Street, but the two have never taken each other head on. Google’s main business is search. Microsoft’s is Windows and Office software.

This year, Google signaled it is ready to take Microsoft on on its home turf with an operating system called Chrome OS. Microsoft is like Starbucks when McDonald’s started selling espresso.

Built for netbooks, Chrome OS is a free operating system designed to take users to a Web browser. It promises to turn a computer into a Web-only machine, much like a television that shows only video.

“We’re dealing with legacy systems when all people need is the Web,” said Caesar Sengupta, product manager director for Chrome OS at Google.

So Google is betting Chrome OS will ride the explosion in cloud computing – where software will be stored on the Internet instead of on a computer.

While observers see Web-based cloud computing as the way of the future, however, some question whether Chrome OS has come too soon.

“I do think it’s the future. I just don’t think it’s the near-term future,” said analyst Rob Enderle of The Enderle Group, a consultancy in San Jose, Calif.

Microsoft declined to talk about Chrome OS in interviews. The company put out a statement reiterating how Windows 7 sells twice as many copies as other operating systems.

“From what was shared (about Chrome OS), it appears to be in the early stages of development.

From our perspective, however, our customers are already voicing their approval of the way Windows 7 just works – across the Web and on the desktop, and on all sizes and types of PCs,” the statement said.

No computer-makers have announced plans to sell computers with Chrome OS yet, but Google is planning on netbooks with Chrome OS to start selling in the fourth quarter of 2010. It recently demonstrated how the software works and began sharing the code with the open-source development community last month.

Chrome OS began as just Chrome, a Web browser from Google.

“The Web was evolving, Web apps were evolving, but not a whole lot of stuff was happening on the browser,” Sengupta said. “That’s why we did Chrome.”

At its most basic, a computer-operating system powers a computer, connects it to a network and provides the software to connect the computer to monitors, keyboards, printers and other devices.

Windows also manages software stored on the computer, such as Office, the Web browser, an instant messenger, iTunes and Photoshop. The success of Windows, and growth of Microsoft, was driven, in part, by the number of applications available for Windows, and not available for its competitors.

Chrome is built to store nothing on a computer, nary a photo, a Word document or song. The engineers are still working on how to connect it to a printer.

The one thing Chrome does is take the users directly to a Chrome Web browser screen and it does it fast. In early demonstrations on prototype netbooks, Sengupta said it took seven seconds to boot – the time required to get from pushing the power button to opening a browser screen.

“We want to get to a point where when you open a computer, it’s on,” he said.

Sengupta acknowledges the shortcoming of the Web is that it does not work offline, and that it is difficult to play high-quality PC games. It won’t run iTunes, but it will have streaming music such as Pandora.

Sengupta says users can depend on Web apps instead of applications stored on a computer – go to Google Docs, for instance, instead of Microsoft Word. He says they have 100 million Web apps to choose from. (Those apps also generally work on Windows-run computers.)

The other way Chrome OS differentiates itself is on price. It’s free to users and to netbook-makers who want to install it on computers. Several computer manufacturers declined to comment on whether they would sell netbooks with Chrome OS.

Even though Chrome OS is free, Google expects it to generate revenue anyway – by increasing the market for search advertising. A faster way to connect to the Internet, Sengupta said, would encourage people to use the Web more and consume more ads.

“What’s good for the Web is good for Google,” Sengupta said. “I live in Sunnyvale (Calif.). There are three routes I can take. But I have to boot up the computer. If we make it easier to get to the Web, you will use it a lot more.”

It’s ironic Google has now built an operating system that only browses the Web, when Microsoft has spent more than a decade battling antitrust concerns in the U.S. and Europe because it bundled its Internet Explorer browser with Windows.

Microsoft last week agreed to a settlement in Europe to give users easier access to competitors’ browsers on Windows.

Analyst Enderle predicts the optimal infrastructure needed for Chrome OS – a high bandwidth wireless network and robust cloud-based applications – will not be in place until after 2015.

“This is a product that will best exist in a world that doesn’t exist yet,” he said.

Until then, a Chrome OS user would have to give up the ability to use a computer offline, such as on the airplane.

It would also be difficult to differentiate a Chrome OS netbook from a Windows netbook on price, considering wireless carriers have been offering netbook for as little as $50 this holiday, he said.

“Chrome OS’ problem is, well, jeez, with a netbook today you can kind of have your cake and eat it, too,” Enderle said. “You can do all the online stuff that Chrome OS promises, then you can do all the offline stuff that you’re going to do for the next five to 10 years.”

(c) 2009, The Seattle Times.

Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

Clearly, Google is ahead of the trends – setting the trends. Were big fans of Google here though. And we would loved to hear what you have to say about it. Here’s a few questions for you:

Is Google stepping in the right direction? What’s your reasoning?

Do you feel that it’s too early for them to be making such a risky step? Or is it even risky at all?

Do you think all of Google enthusiasts will get on the bandwagon as well?

Please share with us your thoughts. We can debate, agree or just have fun contemplating what this will lead to!

Some people that live near farms may experience escaping livestock, bad smells, and so on. Although, how many people have experience a cow doing damage to their home by licking?

Well, we now know that at least one person has. A resident in Tennessee now has about $100 in damages due to a cow licking their house through the fence!

Needless to say, home insurance does not cover cow licking.

Piece of advice to farm owners – be so kind to keep your fence a good distance from a neighbor’s home even if it’s close to the property line, they can’t just pick up their home and move it (at least if it’s not a mobile home).

The safe market is so over-saturated with safes and for common folk it is very easy to buy a safe that isn’t safe at all. Fortunately, people are using the internet to share their opinions about the product they have purchased. So this is great way to avoid any disasters, but you should pay attention what they say. Some people complain about the service they received instead of talking about the actual product.

Now that you have that in mind it’s time to start your search for a new safe. Before you start your search, you should be thinking about what you will be placing into your safe. Once you know, then you will know exactly what kind of safe that you will need to buy.

Details on home safes:

You will find that the typical home safe will provide 1 hour fire-resistance protection. Fire-resistance and theft-resistance often is lower in home safes than in office safes. Home safes tend to be lower price and with that you get lower protection. This is something to think about. Will a home safe provide you with the security that you are expecting? Will you need to consider buying an office safe instead?

For home safes you have a few different types of safes to choose from, such as:

* Wall Safes
* Floor Safes (ask about the wear and tear on these kinds of safes when you talk with a sales representative.)
* Gun Safes
* Chest Safes
* File Safes
* Vehicle Safes

Office safes tend to be bulkier although more fire and theft resistant. These safes are built with business requirements in mind. So while they are much more secure they can be easily accessed by employees.

For office safes you have a few different types of safes to choose from, such as:

* Rotatory Hopper Safes
* Front Depository Safes
* Data Safes
* Under-counter Safes

Obviously, you can buy safes that are fire-resistant, theft-resistant, and water resistant. Be sure that what you are buying suits your needs for now and later on if you plan to add more things to the safe.

You want to make sure that whatever safe you pick, is made with the best materials as possible. You do not want to buy a safe that easily pried open by a burglar. Trust me, safes like this are out there.

We found a trust-worthy site selling safes, they include many details about the safes – dimensions, resistances, times of resistances, even drop tests. Here’s the site: Sentry Safe. If you aren’t looking to purchase one yet, at least use this to see a better idea of what you should be looking for in a safe.

Looking to have digital locks installed in your home or business? It’s a good idea! Here is a video outlining the installation process.

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