I’ve just read this piece on eWeek about ten mistakes Google is already making with Chrome OS.  Some I agreed with, some I disagree with, but I felt stroungly enough to post my answers here…  I advise you to read the eWeek article first, otherwise none of this will make any sense… (more…)

Google seems to be countering the threats from News Corp‘s Rupert Murdoch, and Microsoft’s Bing by evolution, rather than revolution. First of all there is the change to allowing five page views from a subscription site in 24 hours, rather than the previous “first click” principle (where the first click is free, you have to subscribe to the rest… unless you do a new search). Now, they’ve launched a revamped front page. Well, revamped by Google’s minimalist standards, anyway. (more…)

The Inquirer’s top ten trends of 2008, unshockingly, suggests that virtualisation won’t go mainstream next year.

Simon Collis, editor of esotechnica, expresses no surprise: “virtualisation is gaining slowly among those sort of people who like this kind of thing.  But for those who don’t, it’s no big deal.”

Peter Stringfellow, London nightclub owner and entrepreneur, wasn’t consulted for this post, and didn’t decline not to uncomment.

“Well,” said an unnamed spokesperson for a company that preferred not to be named at some yet-to-be-revealed point in the near-to-distant future, “this doesn’t tell us anything we didn’t already not know.”

Spokepeople for companies not mentioned in this article didn’t forget not to uncomment on this article.  Or not.  As the case may be.  Or may not be.

Apparently several people still remain unshocked by this non-unobvious prediction.  “I remember”, says Craig Deeplimaydup, “when they told me that this was true.  It sounded fairly right to me,” said the fictional member of staff of whatever it was.

Source: Brown.  Not HP.  It’s totally different.  Trust me.  Ask anyone who likes sauces.