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| Google to introduce its own OS later this year |
| Late Tuesday night, Google, the company that became a tech giant through search and advertising, announced that it's branching out into an unrelated direction, the operating system business. It will release next year the Chrome OS, a free competitor to Microsoft's Windows operating system. It will be targeted at Netbooks, a class of small, inexpensive computers, although eventually it will make its way to full-powered notebooks and desktop computers. It will be designed for accessing Web applications (like Google's own GMail and Google Docs), and it will take a lot of design and technology cues, as well as its name, from Google's Web browser, Chrome. What does this mean to people who are thinking about buying a new computer now, or next year? Is the Chrome OS something to get excited about, or even wait for? Continue reading about the Chrome OS  See all of CNET's Chrome OS coverage |
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This could be interesting for those people I see (and hear) who like changing the infernal noise their handy/mobile phones give out when they should really only RING!
I know people who actually pay for kinky little tunes - to be different, I suppose.
This tip says it's all free - but attention, it's from "World Start" which is American, so whether it will work in Europe, I don't know - and I'm not interested enough to try it either! Here is the link, and it's full of tips - you can sign up yourself to their letters.
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/index.phpIf you live in the USA, it may be more interesting for you, because their prices are low, AND delivery is FREE IN USA! (I call that discriminatory towards us in Europe....!)
Here is the tip:
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Tonebee
So, you have a great mobile phone, but you can’t find a ringtone you like. Well, fret no more, because now you can make your very own ringtones! In order for this to work, your phone just has to be able to play MP3s. Plus, it’s absolutely free! To get started, you just need to register.
Registration is really easy! All you need to do is fill out the form with your nickname, e-mail address and password and then click on the Sign Up button. Once you get your confirmation e-mail (mine came almost instantly), simply click on the link to confirm your registration. Once you’ve confirmed and logged in, you’re ready to get started!
Go to the Make Your Ringtone tab, let the application load and then follow the directions. It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3! Just load your song, choose the 25 seconds you want and then save it.
If you run into any snags, the Help link at the top of the page is where you need to go. It has step by step instructions with pictures, so it's really easy to follow along and create your first ringtone. Then you just download it to your phone and set it up as your new ringtone! Note: Not every phone will support this application, so just keep that in mind if it doesn't work out for you.
Have fun!
http://www.tonebee.com/
~ Amanda
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Funny old day, really.
Started by watching the Barcelona Tourist Board representatives tearing their hair out as the rain poured down in "Sunny Spain", during the Tour de France (those people who have been following me for days on their bikes).
Sipping delicately on my German beer, at home in the truly sunny South of France, I tuned a page on my PC from Holland, to the direct commentary from Cardiff (Welsh Wales) of the 1st Test match in cricket between ENGLAND and AUSTRALIA, on the British BBC Radio Player, just occasionally looking at my evening meal of lamb provencale, bubbling away on the stove.
The TV was now burbling away in Italian, on the Satellite Dish, and I was controlling e-mails in German, French, English (both American and British styles).
This evening I'll be watching football from Denmark, between Danish and German clubs, probably in German, but maybe in French -
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Google is developing an operating system (OS) for personal computers, in a direct challenge to market leader Microsoft and its Windows system.
Google Chrome OS will be aimed initially at small, low-cost netbooks, but will eventually be used on PCs as well.
Google said netbooks with Chrome OS could be on sale by the middle of 2010.
"Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS," the firm said in its official blog.
The operating system, which will run on an open source licence, was a "natural extension" of its Chrome browser, the firm said.
The news comes just months before Microsoft launches the latest version of its operating system, called Windows 7.
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I know which one I'll be using.......!
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Hey-it's only a couple of days ago I asked for this - on this blog...!They reacted quickly, and you saw it first - RIGHT HERE...! Official Google Blog | |
| Introducing the Google Chrome OS Posted: 07 Jul 2009 09:40 PM PDT It's been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome browser. Already, over 30 million people use it regularly. We designed Google Chrome for people who live on the web — searching for information, checking email, catching up on the news, shopping or just staying in touch with friends. However, the operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web. So today, we're announcing a new project that's a natural extension of Google Chrome — the Google Chrome Operating System. It's our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be. Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Because we're already talking to partners about the project, and we'll soon be working with the open source community, we wanted to share our vision now so everyone understands what we are trying to achieve. Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We're designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work. Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips and we are working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of netbooks to market next year. The software architecture is simple — Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform. Google Chrome OS is a new project, separate from Android. Android was designed from the beginning to work across a variety of devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks. Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems. While there are areas where Google Chrome OS and Android overlap, we believe choice will drive innovation for the benefit of everyone, including Google. We hear a lot from our users and their message is clear — computers need to get better. People want to get to their email instantly, without wasting time waiting for their computers to boot and browsers to start up. They want their computers to always run as fast as when they first bought them. They want their data to be accessible to them wherever they are and not have to worry about losing their computer or forgetting to back up files. Even more importantly, they don't want to spend hours configuring their computers to work with every new piece of hardware, or have to worry about constant software updates. And any time our users have a better computing experience, Google benefits as well by having happier users who are more likely to spend time on the Internet. We have a lot of work to do, and we're definitely going to need a lot of help from the open source community to accomplish this vision. We're excited for what's to come and we hope you are too. Stay tuned for more updates in the fall and have a great summer. Posted by Sundar Pichai, VP Product Management and Linus Upson, Engineering Director  |
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WITH the summer holidays here many people will be driving around France either visiting friends or enjoy a week or two away.
But sometimes things don't run smoothly and should something go wrong and you need to call on the emergency services, a little advanced preparation may help.
If you struggle with the language, or are just not confident of getting your message across in an emergency situation, then the pan-European Union number 112 is worth keeping to hand.
The number allows people to speak to the emergency services in all member states of the EU, although some people claim almost a third of callers get a poor, or no response at all.
You can call the single European emergency call number 112 from all telephones, mobile and fixed line, even if you have no money, calling credit card or even a SIM card.
More specifically you can contact individual emergency services direct, the numbers are:
Fire service/Pompiers: 18
In rural areas the fire service will be run by volunteers, who will not only deal with fires, but members of the team will have medical experience and you will often see them dealing with road accidents and crashes.
Ambulance/SAMU: 15
Each département is home to a SAMU head office, which can be reached by dialling the emergency number, 15.
Police/Gendarmerie: 17
The police service is split between those who serve in larger towns and cities, the police secours, and those who serve in the countryside, the gendarmes.
Maritime rescue/Sauveteurs en Mer: 1616
The volunteer lifesaving association provides rescue at sea, as well as training of sea lifeguards and safety campaigns.
If you want to get a list of chemists in your region then one of the easiest options is to go to Pages Jaunes, type in the word pharmacie and the postal code of your local area.
This will then produce a list of local chemists, as well as provide a map and distances from different locations which are easy to print off and could be kept for future reference.
ANYTHING.......!
Well-I never even noticed, still - I just hope it stays as good...!(mrlemarquis) | |
| Google Apps is out of beta (yes, really) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 08:06 AM PDT We're often asked why so many Google applications seem to be perpetually in beta. For example, Gmail has worn the beta tag more than five years. We realize this situation puzzles some people, particularly those who subscribe to the traditional definition of "beta" software as not being yet ready for prime time. Ever since we launched the Google Apps suite for businesses two years ago, it's had a service level agreement, 24/7 support, and has met or exceeded all the other standards of non-beta software. More than 1.75 million companies around the world run their business on Google Apps, including Google. We've come to appreciate that the beta tag just doesn't fit for large enterprises that aren't keen to run their business on software that sounds like it's still in the trial phase. So we've focused our efforts on reaching our high bar for taking products out of beta, and all the applications in the Apps suite have now met that mark. Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Talk — both enterprise and consumer versions — are now out of beta. "Beta" will be removed from the product logos today, but we'll continue to innovate and improve upon the applications whether or not there's a small "beta" beneath the logo. Indeed, today we're also announcing some other Google Apps features that we think will appeal to large enterprises: mail delegation, mail retention and ongoing enhancements to Apps reliability. We have much more in store, and IT managers can read more about how to make the switch to Apps in our Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes resource centers. One more thing — for those who still like the look of "beta", we've made it easy to re-enable the beta label for Gmail from the Labs tab under Settings.  Posted by Matthew Glotzbach, Director, Product Management, Google Enterprise     |
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