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chrome OS

Posted on July 8, 2009 by admin

SAN FRANCISCO — In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google announced late Tuesday that it is developing an operating system for PCs based on its Chrome Web browser. The move sharpens the already intense competition between Google and Microsoft, whose … Continue reading →

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clouds versus pcs

Posted on April 13, 2008 by admin

George Gilder had an article in Wired on data centers as clouds. My instinct is to dismiss anything Gilder writes because of his track record of wacky ideas (e.g. feminism is destroying civilization and supply side economics makes sense). But, … Continue reading →

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Google’s engineering culture

Posted on January 17, 2008 by admin

Article in the New Yorker on Google contains a fascinating description of a product design meeting: Page and Brin had wanted an upgrade of an existing product, and they were unhappy with what they were hearing from the engineers. At … Continue reading →

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