Google Announced Chrome Operating System

While the entertainment industry is still talking about Michael Jackson’s memorial, the tech world is rocked with the latest announcement made by Google:

“…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 aimed at people who spend most of their time on the web and will initially be targeted at netbooks. They said that it will be extremely lightweight and fast just like the Chrome web browser, and it will be very secure.

As expected, Google Chrome OS will utilize the Linux kernel with a new windowing system on top of it.

With Google’s plan to release Chrome OS as open source software, should we be happy or sad?

How about you our dear readers? Share with us your thoughts via comment. By the way, you can read the full release announcement HERE (googleblog)

4 Firefox tips

1. Delete visited URL’s

When you drop down the box underneath the address bar, you can see your recent browsing history. But what if you want to remove one URL from that list? May be you’ve been looking at a naughty site and you don’t want your girfriend to know? Or may be you’ve been shopping for your loved one online and you want to keep it a secret? Just drop down the URL box, highlight the URL you want to zap then press the “delete” button on your keyboard. The URL will then be removed from the list.

2. Browse privately

Another solution for the above privacy is private browsing mode of firefox in which Firefox enters a temporary mode so that browsing information is not stored in your computer. To enter private browsing mode, press CTRL + SHIFT + P.

3.Navigate to browser tabs using the keyboard

Instead of using the mouse to click on a tab, why not use the keyboard instead? Pressing CTRL + TAB together will bounce you from tab to tab, starting from the one in the far left and working its way along. Or if you want to go to a specifc tab straight away, you can do that too. CTRL + 2 will take you directly to the second tab from the left. CTRL + 5 will take you to the fifth tab from the left.

4.Grab files off webpages, even protected webpages

Have you ever wanted a picture, file or video off a webpage but you can’t, because it’s been protected? Just right-click on the page, choose “View Page Info” then the “media” tab. Find the file you’re looking for from the list and click on “save”. (note : this doesn’t work for everything but It still works for most pages).