Dell has its own version of Google Chrome OS on the mini laptop Mini 10v. This is an experimental version based on the source code that Google previously released.

Doug Anson from Dell made it public through his blog post and also said it is stability. The startup currently takes about 12 seconds where as the startup only took about 7 seconds in the Google demonstration.

Furthermore, it takes 5 to 10 minutes before the connection can be made with a wireless network.

Doug has also posted a self experimented ISO, which can be found at http://linux.dell.com/files/cto/.

The file name is: “ChromiumOS_Mini10v_Nov25.img.”  It contains a functioning image of my USB key loaded with ChromiumOS.  In addition, dough has made best effort attempt to get the Broadcom Wi-Fi adapter working in this image and says it’s definitely not perfect, for all you DareDevils try it :)… You can find more information on the Dell Blog.

Ninite (ninite.com) is a small tool that allows you to easily and quickly combine several programs into a single setup installer. This is useful when you reinstall the OS on a computer.

Usually, after installing Windows follows the ritual of downloading various programs such as Messenger, Skype, an alternative browser, etc. Then you would have to go to the respective websites, and download programs and install it.

Ninite makes this process easier and provides an overview of a series of free programs. You check the website on the programs that you want to install and you click the button below to ‘Get Installer’. You get a customized installer of the checked programs in one download. Then you can simply run and install all the software’s at once. This works on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

We recently reported a Google bomb on Obama. When you search for ‘who is failure’, it shows the white house URL on the top and Obama’s name. Likewise there has also been many Google Bombs in Google image search lately, for example Michelle Obama was targeted.

Now Google puts up a disclaimer of the search algorithm and here is what it says:

Sometimes Google search results from the Internet can include disturbing content, even from innocuous queries. We assure you that the views expressed by such sites are not in any way endorsed by Google.

Search engines are a reflection of the content and information that is available on the Internet. A site’s ranking in Google’s search results relies heavily on computer algorithms using thousands of factors to calculate a page’s relevance to a given query.

The beliefs and preferences of those who work at Google, as well as the opinions of the general public, do not determine or impact our search results. Individual citizens and public interest groups do periodically urge us to remove particular links or otherwise adjust search results. Although Google reserves the right to address such requests individually, Google views the integrity of our search results as an extremely important priority. Accordingly, we do not remove a page from our search results simply because its content is unpopular or because we receive complaints concerning it. We will, however, remove pages from our results if we believe the page (or its site) violates our Webmaster Guidelines, if we believe we are required to do so by law, or at the request of the webmaster who is responsible for the page.

We apologize if you’ve had an upsetting experience using Google. We hope you understand our position regarding offensive results.

Sincerely,

The Google Team

This disclaimer flashes whenever you search for popular people’s images on Google image search.

Google today has its own DNS server service and has started distributing its Public DNS. According to information from Google this is to ensure that the speed of the Internet will be significantly improved and also improves the security.

Domain Name System (abbreviated as DNS) is used to ensure that computers can be quickly located behind domains.

Why Google DNS?

Google believes that a faster and safer DNS infrastructure could significantly improve the web browsing experience and make it faster. Google Public DNS has made many improvements in the areas of speed, security, and validity of results. Google has also shared these improvements in the documentation, to contribute to an ongoing conversation within the web community.

Google wants to control the problem with slow DNS forward and has, therefore, under the action “make the web faster,” .On the official website you can find detailed tutorials for all major operating systems, as well as the Google Public DNS server addresses. Google wants to reach with public DNS servers that the Internet is still “faster, safer and more reliable.”

Facebook started it and now Youtube is catching up with it. Yes, it’s the Lite technique which is now called ‘Feather (beta)’ for low bandwidth users of Youtube.
According to Youtube:

This is an opt-in beta for “Feather” support on YouTube. The “Feather” project is intended to serve YouTube video watch pages with the lowest latency possible. It achieves this by severely limiting the features available to the viewer and making use of advanced web techniques for reducing the total amount of bytes downloaded by the browser. It is a work in progress and may not work for all videos.

Statistics are removed and we cannot share a video. Assign a rating to a video; it is possible to mark a video as a favorite. The footer is simplified; all links that are usually below one page are also deleted.

At present, the lightweight version only works with a certain number of videos and seen only in English. On a video on the right page is always an option to experiment again checkbox.

To join the Feather beta program just visit http://www.youtube.com/feather_beta and click on the “Join Feather beta program”.

Google sure is on the shopping spree. AppJet an online collaboration startup said on Friday that Google is buying the San Francisco firm and merging its technology with an innovation Wave communication platform the Internet giant is creating. EtherPad enables people at various computers to simultaneously edit documents shared online, with changes instantly reflected on all users’ screens.

AppJet’s EtherPad fits with Google’s vision of an innovative Wave communications platform that liberates people from the constraints of traditional email.

In September Google began inviting people to test its Wave messaging platform that merges email, online chat, social networking and “wiki” style group access to Web pages or documents.

With the Google Wave, email or instant messages blossom into shared online arenas where anyone in the exchange can edit documents, add digital content, or comment at any time. AppJet launched in December of 2007, and three members of the startup’s five-person team are former Google employees.

The purchase price was not disclosed, but unconfirmed online reports place the figure around US$10 million.

Etherpad is now being phased out according to their announcement. In addition, users cannot create free documents (no new pads can be created). Users who have paid for it, will be maintained until the end of March 2010 and get an export function and no refunds would be made.