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Is Google and HTC working on a Chrome OS tablet ?

by Dinu

google chrome os Is Google and HTC working on a Chrome OS tablet ?

If the answer is yes,  Google competing directly with Apple and Microsoft now.

First they made the browser and OS, chrome, then came the Nexus One, a possible iPhone killer. Now, rumors say that they are working with HTC to bring a Chrome OS multi touch tablet to the market, right when everyone is waiting for the announcement of Apple’s multi touch tablet, “iSlate” ( which is again, another huge rumor )

Gizmodo reports

Smarthouse, an Australian publication, reports that HTC and Google have been collaborating “for the past 18 months” and have produced “several working models of a touch tablet,” including one outfitted with Google’s Chrome OS.

If the news is true, 2010 is going to be the most exciting year for both google and apple, competing each other, on software and hardware market. We should wait and see what Google does, to enter the hearts of billions of apple lovers.

For online services, google might be the winner, but when it comes to devices, Apple has g a strong dominance. It is not going to be easy to make people leave their iPhones and move to Nexus One, the Google Phone. For Apple, the tough job will be to compete with those online services, and cloud computing that Google will provide to the owners of their devices. When Cloud computing gets more popularity and reliability, it will be tough for Apple to retain its customer, just because they have devices that look cool.

Google Chrome Browser Cloud Sync is Coming

by Dinu

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Friends, its time to take our Google Chrome browser to the “clouds”. Making a step closer to the cloud-synced browser based Google Chrome os, Google announced a new feature for Google Chrome, ” Cloud Sync”. This feature will let you save your browsing data on google servers, and access it from any computer from anywhere in the world.

  • What is it ?
  • How do I use it ?
  • Is that helpful for me ?  …. read on for your answers

Cloud Computing : A Quick “Know How”

If you are really new to this, and was wondering what is ” clouds” and syncs, etc, let me first help you clear up this confusion. The simple way to understand cloud computing is, read clouds as servers, so, when we say, it’s on cloud computing, its really on a “server”.

Usually, when you create a new file, you save it on your computer. So, it gets stored on your computer’s harddrive. If you need to access it again, you must come to this computer.

But, on cloud computing, you save the file on a server. So, next time you need to access that file, you don’t really need to be on the same computer, you can access it from any computer, because it was saved on the “server”

What’s Google planning to Do now ?

Google is planning to offer you a cloud syncing service for Google Chrome browser. You can opt to save your browser data on Google’s servers, and access it from any other location, any computer, using your Google account. Don’t worry, I will explain it and make it even easier for you to understand.

First, let me tell you what is browser data. It includes your browsing history ( websites and pages you visited ), cookies ( small files browsers save to remember something you did on a website ), Your bookmarks etc.

Now imagine this. You use your computer at work during office hours, come back, and login from your home PC, now what if your browser remembers websites you visited when you were at office, whatever you bookmarked from there, etc ? What if this is possible with any other computer that you login from ? Now, that’s What Google Chrome going to offer you. It will save everything related to your browsing on their servers, and let you access it using your gmail account.

Initially, Google is planning to give this feature only for Bookmarks. Later, you will be able to carry your browsing history and cookies etc with you.

This feature will be available on Linux and Windows development versions later this month (this is not ready for Mac yet ). And guess what, I’ve got both linux and windows dev versions running on my laptop, that means, I can bring you more updates on this later this month !! So, stay tuned.

I am all excited about this .. are you ?

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