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Chrome Notebook Test User

Posted on 12/8/10

I knew that Google were going to award me to be so committed of its products. I've been using Google products since I had my first gMail account. gMail, Google Wave, Blogger, Google Calendar, Chrome etc.

I'm an ambitious Google user. I think, being a Google user, used to mean being against Windows monopoly. It might have changed recently but I'm still a Google user. Anyway, I was waiting for Chrome OS since they launched the project in 2009.

Then, I've received a mail from Google says :

You’re eligible to receive a free Chrome notebook

Greetings,

A while back, you signed up to receive news, updates, and launch information about Chrome and Chrome OS. We have good news: Chrome notebooks are here, and you’re eligible to receive one!

Chrome notebooks are for people who live on the web and want a faster, safer and more secure experience without all the headaches of ordinary computers.

To apply to get your Chrome notebook, please provide your US mailing address by clicking the link below no later than Friday, December 10, 2010 at 11:59 PM PST.

Request a Chrome notebook

Cheers,

The Chrome team

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First, I was indecisive if the mail is real or spam but the link that put was from Google server. So, it's real.

Apparently Google launched a pilot program to get feedbacks from real users about Chrome OS. That's why they created Chrome Notebooks and giving it to "qualified users".

Google thinks that I'm eligible to apply but unfortunately I'm not even eligible as I don't live in the States at the moment. Otherwise I'm totally qualified=) So, it's a total failure...

I couldn't request a Chrome notebook but it made me happy for a moment that Google sent me a mail =) It would have been really cool to be one of the first user of Chrome notebook.

This also means that we have to wait for Chrome OS until the second half of 2011 :(

New Era for Operating Systems

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Posted on 6/14/10

If we evaluate operating systems, 2 operating systems created the biggest change in information technologies, and the 3rd one is on the way.

Windows 95 was the biggest evolution for the operating systems history when it was created in 1995 after Windows 3.1. Windows 95 was an operating environment that sits over DOS operating system. The basic elements of the interface introduced in Windows 95 including the taskbar, start button and menu and the Windows Explorer file manager, fundamentally hasn't changed for more than 15 years.

Windows XP was the first successful new NT generation OS which means an OS wasn't a DOS base. It also brought a lot of new features such as auto driver recognition, new editions of Windows Media Player and IE and of course better user-friendly interface.

After Windows XP, Microsoft launched other OS's such as Vista and Windows 7 but none of them created a major change in OS's.

While Microsoft was developing its products, slowly a new technology giant started to take over Microsoft in many areas. Yes, Google... Google started as a Search Engine but after that its products became indispensable in our lives. I don't know any internet user who doesn't use at least 3 of these following products GMail, Gtalk, Google Maps, Google Docs, Google Books, Blogger, Google Buzz, Picasa, Google Calendar, Google Wave, Chrome Web Browser and Youtube. We even have a new word as "Googling"

Now, Google is introducing new Operating System Chome OS in the 2nd half of 2010.

The Chrome Web Browser was a signal that the new OS is coming up and Google introduce Google Chrome on July 2009. Chrome will be an open source operating system which means that it's free. We can foresee that Microsoft's products market share will go down and Microsoft has to challange themselves to develop better and cheaper operating systems.

Let's watch what Google Chrome OS is.