Google took the wraps off their Chrome OS yesterday. The OS will be a big deal. Here are some observations that you might not have considered.

With all the industry buzz around disk based data protection and deduplication, many companies are rethinking their current investments in tape infrastructure. The problem is, many have spent years perfecting that tried and true method of data protection, and have invested substantial sums in people, training, and money in doing so.

In today's podcast: Google offers detailed look at Chrome OS; Dell sees Q3 revenue and profit slip; and US blames China for cyberattacks.

The last employee to leave this big open-plan office is supposed to turn out the lights. Unfortunately, one worker doesn't know where the light switch is -- but she sees a big handle marked "power."

Facebook and Zynga are facing a class-action lawsuit over their 'scam' advertising strategy. It's alleged that they 'cheat' users of games like Farmville and Mafia Wars. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers re-arrange the furniture to watch the show.

No doubt they're breathing a big sigh of relief at Microsoft right now, after the world has had a first look at the Google Chrome operating system. Chrome represents absolutely no threat to Windows for the foreseeable future, just at a time when Microsoft is vulnerable.

Google and Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, have been working together on Chrome since before the project was announced and they'll continue to do so.

Google today will make available automatic speech recognition captioning for its YouTube video selection.  You can also add captioning manually by following directions on YouTube's site here.

Starting at 1 PM EST, Google will be unveiling its Chrome desktop operating system. Follow the blow by blow here.

In today's podcast: European Ombudsman accuses EC of maladministation in Intel case; Sony e-reader won't arrive in time for holidays; and Chinese defense ministry's Web site gets attacked too.

After applying some updates to a Windows 2003 virtual server, this pilot fish comes in the next morning to find the server unresponsive. Then it happens again a few days later -- and soon it's happening every morning.

A man and a woman have been arrested in England, for allegedly spreading banking malware. They were charged with using the ZeuS (or Zbot) Trojan to steal bank passwords. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers cheer the Brits for cracking down.

OK, this is actually the rumor I wanted to hear. Last night TechCrunch reignited the Google Phone rumor. Today they are saying it is, in fact, a VoIP smartphone.

I've just put the beta of Microsoft Office 2010 through its paces for a Computerworld review, and while there's plenty to like, there's plenty that should be made better as well. Here are five ways it can be improved.

It's time to download the beta of Microsoft Office 2010. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers put it through its paces and play "guess the release date".
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