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Microsoft’s Ballmer says new ‘cloud’ Windows OS coming

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Why do I get the impression that this is just going to be Windows with some ‘cloud computing’ window dressing (pardon the pun)? Steve Ballmer says they’ll show it off at their developer conference this month.

Yup, it sounds like an attempt to cash in on the buzzword du jour. I’m not slighting ‘the cloud’. After all, we all already do so much completely online (ex: e-mail, address books, social networking, to do lists). I’m just wondering what an OS brings to the table, when all you really need is a good Web browser. Who cares about OSes any more?!

Google enters Web browser market with Chrome

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Google sure knows how to light up the news sites and blogosphere – release a brand new Web browser! Called Chrome, it’s Google’s foray into a once-crowded market that is now dominated by just 2 players (at least on Windows) – Microsoft and Mozilla.

Everyone else has reported on and given their opinion, so why not another?! I did download and test out Chrome. I would have been disappointed if I was not impressed by at least one feature of a brand new Google product and the big G did not let me down.
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Even Intel says no to Vista

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As an IT guy myself, I do find it rather telling when a prominent business partner of Microsoft’s, Intel, has decided that they’re not going to ‘upgrade’ to Windows Vista. I can’t say that I blame them. The change isn’t compelling and according to most reports, more of a pain than a benefit.

For those home users buying a new computer, Vista isn’t an absolutely terrible thing to stomach, but for those power users who are now fully acclimatized to XP, Vista doesn’t offer them true advantages.

Microsoft luring users to its search engine with cash back

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Microsoft is at least for now, aiming to become the Discover Card of search engines by bribing… luring … ummm.. encouraging users to its Live Search site with the cha-ching sound of cash.

Just one catch. You need to follow links off of Live Search to vendors associated with the program and make a purchase.

Oh yeah, you gotta get up to $5 worth of rewards before you can claim it. That tells us that you shouldn’t expect to make very much money back from this. Time will tell if they actually make any inroads into Google and Yahoo’s search engine market share.

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