Google Unveals Chrome OS

Google has finally gone and done it. After years of rumors, it is finally releasing its own operating system. It will be, in typical Google fashion, Open-Source. Not much is known yet, since Chrome OS is set to release in 2010.

Chrome OS will be "fast, lightweight...start up and get you on the web". This will be a welcome change since other OS's (*cough* Windows) take forever to load because of personal settings, tons of programs, and other crap. Oh, and Chrome will be based on Linux so it will be familiar to other Linux users and will have many of its great applications (OpenOffice, Firefox, etc.).

Chrome OS will most likely largely be based on web apps, using Google's applications (Docs, Wave, Gmail). Hopefully, since it is running with Linux as a base, it will have a large amount of applications it can run offline. With lightweight netbooks in mind, it will most likely use little CPU and hard drive space.

Google already has some sponsors lined up to run this OS, mainly netbook manufacturers. There may never be a Google supported downloaded, a "simple" Os may not be able to handle all the variations in computers. This begs to question whether this Os will ever take off (like Linux). You can read the official post on it on the Google Blog.

iPhone OS 3.0 Out Today

Apple's new OS for the iPhone, 3.0, comes out today.  iTunes will prompt you to download it and I strongly suggest you do so.  If, by some reason, you don't want to upgrade to a faster OS with MMS, cut and paste, and loads of other new features; go do so.  Though your friends will all be laughing at you as they preorder their iPhone 3GS's (which are sold out on AT&T by the way) on their Macbook Pro's.  Oh, and now we have a Twitter page.

Linux turns 15 today

The good ol' geeky OS Linux turns 15 today. Since its first line of code it was made to be great (and under appreciated). Here are some of the things that happened in its life: (from Gizmodo)

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• 1987: MINIX, the more dangerous and hardcore older brother you've always idolized, was born.

• 1991: Linus Torvalds is pissed he can't access his university's UNIX servers to his liking, so he wrote the code that would become your DNA. Which I guess is better than your parents just getting blind drunk and conceiving you in their Vegas drive-through honeymoon suite.

• March 13 1994: Judging by this pretty hardcore looking log file, your version 1.0 was release on this day 15 years ago.

• 1996: You're two years old, and you already have a logo. Tux the penguin is created.

• 1998: Richard Stallman, kind of like your step dad, shaves his beard. It grows back to the same fullness the next day.

• November 2000: The first Linux-powered cellphone is announced, the IMT-2000 in Korea. It was developed by SK Telecom, Seoul National University and "PalmPalm Technology."

• 2003: IBM releases those creepy ads comparing Linux to a sponge-like kid soaking up all the world's knowledge.

• 2004: Ubuntu's first release. You're going mainstream kind of!

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Cool Site of the Week 3/2/09: AstraNOS

AstraNOS is a powerful web os. A web os in a web based operating system. It means you can access your files, data, and desktop just by going to a web site. AstraNOS is basically Windows 98 mixed with a Mac dock. It has many powerful applications, a calculator, a very powerful and rich text editor. You can also add applications, and play a few games, and customize your desktop's look with AstraNOS's sleek and easy to navigate menus. If you are always on the go, or just like the idea of accessing your files from anywhere, I would highly recommend you check this out. You can check it out at astranos.org.