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    Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Will be nice to follow how much the optimizations in 2010 will make it harder, better, faster, stronger... more »
    natural selection: I am really starting to worry about Google. Maybe it's paranoia from using my Volcano, but Google is competing with all areas of the tech industry. ... more »
    Alfisted: Of course it's slower. It takes time to secretly cache every keystroke. more »
    pz: An unreleased, unoptimized build of an OS doesn't match up against existing releases. Thanks for at least pointing it out, but this isn't newsworthy. more »
    fleebailey33: so this is why microsoft never used web standerds, its been a long plot to thrawt google os! more »
    JC Whitless: If everything is going to be 'cloud' and ran off of 'servers' at other locations, who is paying the bills on those servers? Who is keeping them up an... more »
    OCEntertainment: I don't know about this analysis. I mean, don't get me wrong, a lot of stuff here is good. For a truly web-dedicated device, bandwidth would, as alway... more »
    KhaiJB: "Before you get mad at me, forget about Rhapsody and Napster, and think more about your cable company, " I am. and the bandwidth caps and overage cha... more »
    iElvis: Chrome is Skynet. You have been warned. more »
    slim934: Number 5 will never happen. As long as people can buy their own harddrives and programmers can make their own aps to capture streaming media it will ... more »
    Yuppers: I love you: Don't forget security. Passwords will become more important than ever, figuring that all you have to do is log into your Chrome OS and everything abou... more »
    jepzilla: I think what ChromeOS really needs is a compelling form factor. I'm thinking something along the lines of all the iTablet ideas we've seen floating ar... more »
    Kaiser-Machead: Part of me wants to like it, while the other part says "lol it's useless!!11!!" I must download this and try it out. more »
    Zinger314: The Chrome OS needs to be able to play Doom. more »
    yantelope: I would like to be more skeptical about all of this but seeing as to how Apple does most of this stuff with the iPhone and how much people love it I c... more »
    Gators15: OMG!! Speedy Gonzales!!! I used to LOVE him!!! Then the stupid broadcasters decided that Looney Tunes were too violent for children. I know it's late,... more »
    I see the light. It burns!: Rapido!! Rapido!! Mas website es mas dinero!! Cleek por cash! #googlespdy more »
    bustedchain: Great, so now the clicky click sound IE makes is going to turn into "Ariba Ariba". Good thing I use FF. #googlespdy more »
    thehacker123: I kinda wish google would make a new web protocol (and transport layer... ) TCP 2.0 (if teh internets were invented today). TCP was invented in 1974. ... more »
    kingbob337: Ahh...seeing banned stereotypical looney tunes characters takes me back. #googlespdy more »
  • #chromeos

    64-bit Chromium Now Available for Mac Users

    Up until now, the unofficial Google Chrome for Macs, Chromium, has only been available in a 32-bit download, but today you can grab the ChromiumOS64 if you're more RAMmed-up. More »
  • #chromeos

    Google Chrome OS Benchmarked Against Ubuntu and Moblin, Comes Up Slow

    Chrome OS dev code only just went public, but Phoronix has already thrown it on a Samsung NC10 netbook to test its performance and battery-life against Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10, Moblin 2.1, Fedora 12, and openSUSE 11.2. Interesting results ahead. More »
  • #chromeos

    What Google Needs for the Chrome OS To Succeed

    Google made an announcement! It was an OS, in case you haven't heard. But it was also something else: a long-term, high-risk bet about the future of the internet. Here's what Google needs to happen for Chrome to make it. More »
  • #google

    Google's SPDY To Make Websites Load Faster

    Google's working on a new application-layer protocol dubbed SPDY (pronounced "SPeeDY") which is intended to improve how content is transported over the web. In initial lab tests, they've already managed to speed up page loading times by 55%. More »
  • #btw

    You Can Use Google Chrome for Mac Right Now

    Google CEO Eric Schmidt says Chrome for Macs is coming in a couple months, but if you're impatient and only mildly adventurous, you can run it a surprisingly solid early version right now. More »
  • #browsers

    Google Chromium on Mac Kicks Every Other Mac Browser's Ass

    Google Chromium 4.0, the pre-alpha version of Chrome, may still be buggy and crashy as all hell, but it's also incredibly fast, according to benchmarks: 34% faster than Safari, for one, and more than twice as fast as Firefox. More »
  • #chrome

    Google Chromium Alpha Builds Available for OS X, Linux

    GoogleThe Chromium team has posted early alpha builds of the ported browser for OS X and Linux, along with some explicit instructions: "DON'T DOWNLOAD THEM!" But really, you should. More »
  • #browsers

    Google Chrome Passes into 2.0 Beta, Chromium For Linux Gets a Simple Install

    Removing Chrome's 'beta' label couldn't have been easy for Google, but it looks like they're bringing it right back. Chrome 2.0 beta is now available for Windows, along with a little treat for Linux users. More »
  • #opensource

    Unofficial Google Chromium Now Available for Mac OS X, Linux