RE: Google Chrome
I won't get into any huge debates here, I just want to point out something which doesn't seem to have been brought up.
Chrome is a named browser, but it's ability to browse the web is simply the smallest feature it offers. This is not a web browser as such, it is an O.S. that is meant to allow google calendar, docs, mail and all other apps to run. I don't believe Google will take over the world, I simply believe they have a futuristic view of where technology is headed, and they take advantage of that.
Microsoft has a monopoly in offline computing, Google is changing that default thinking by bringing everything online. They don't care about browsing the web; they've always promoted firefox. What they care about is to keep on pushing their web os. Chrome allows them to do so.
Yes Google privacy issues is nothing new, and it should not be taken lighty (because all computers log everything and that internet usage is never 100% private doesn't mean it has to be easier for them than others) but the reason I actually am loving this browser is not because of it's lack of vulnaribilities (all browsers had and will keep on having some from time to time, and so they will be fixed eventually) neither it's perfection in privacy issues (every huge company has these and it will be fixed) but I love this because it brings web O.S. a step further and pushes it to be not only a concept of future, but a concept of reality.
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