Google Chrome OS: A New Paradigm

When I say computer, what is the first thing that comes into your mind?

That answer defines today's Tech-world.
Many people need computers to browse. This is web 2.0 already!

Although there are people needing super fast computer for some serious research, most of the consumer, who are buying PC, are using it to browsing the world wide web. This is one of the fundamental change in the approach to computer. There is clearly heavy weight to browsing to computing. Google has understood it and thus has come up with the idea of the Google Chrome OS. The extension to it's web use is provided by the fact that most of the stuffs one needs for offline browsing is already there: by Google (provided you sync it when you go online).

Check your Email by using Gmail, prepare slides for presentation by Google Docs, Mark your calendar by using Google Calendar, Chat with friends using Google Chat, Google Voice, G Messenger, Upload your pics by using Picasa (Google Picasa)... All through Google Chrome browser in Google Chrome OS.

Did I hear a lot of Google up there? and you tell me that this is not monopoly.

However, besides being open source, I have a confusion...
How is this different than Microsoft going open-source? (I know, I know: just throwing out!) Does this answer the then concerns of monopoly by Internet Explorer/ Microsoft OS?






I know, the web products such as hotmail, yahoo, facebook etc are not owned by Google and can be browsed by using Google Chrome browser in Google Chrome OS.

Link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_OS

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Why Cell Phone is Expensive in USA?

One of the striking question to international student as well as resident american people in USA might be the question posted in the title:

Why Cell Phone is Expensive in USA?

India, for example has very very cheap price on cell phone services. Sujan jee had a nice post on this topic http://sujanacharya.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post.html .

For the people living aboard, calling home by calling card is another painful story. That can be written in different post. However, the question on why cell phone is expensive in USA had been ringing in my head for long time.
My first had approach was the following:

• USA is a big country
• needs a lot of resources to relay calls
• Making average cost per call go high

However, since there are many big service providers such as AT&T, Verizon, T-mobile, Sprint etc. one would expect fierce price war. Where is the price war???

Below is the NY times article which discusses why not?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/business/15price.html?_r=1

Well, one of the factor is consumer itself.

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