Location-based operating system concept: “Locus OS”
Just as I’m about to leave for Mobile World Congress, an interesting video caught my attention that seems to be more timely than ever considering Microsoft’s upcoming announcements about its future mobile strategy.
The video by Barton Smith, a designer from Australia of all places, appears to be a prototype UI for a conceptual “Locus OS” which is described as a “location-based operating system”. What makes it special is that it appears to be Microsoft branded, however without any background information I can’t say for certain if this was commissioned by Microsoft or not.
The video itself presents some very interesting concepts, the main focus of which is a multiple “desktop” arrangement that is location-aware – giving you flexibility in the widgets and applications you see based on your location and what you might be doing. Although some elements of the UX appear inspired by the iPhone, Palm Pre and Android, the designer points out that this was created in 2008 making many of the ideas original at the time. Nevertheless, definitely worth a look.
Google had a low-key event today to preview Chrome OS, its new operating system based on Linux and the Chrome browser. Things are still pretty early — it’s not even in beta yet, let alone on shipping products — but that’s the first official screen shot right there, and the big features are all roughed out. The entire system is web-based and runs in the Chrome browser — right down to USB drive
contents, which show up in a browser tab, and the notepad, which actually creates a Google Docs document. Web apps are launched from a persistent apps panel, which includes Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, and Hulu, among others, and background apps like Google Talk can be minimized to “panels” that dock to the bottom of the screen. Local storage is just used to speed up the system — everything actually lives in the cloud, so all it takes to swap or borrow machines is a login, and you’re good to go. Google also said it’s “very committed” to Flash, and that it’s looking to hardware accelerate whatever code it can — although Google didn’t have a solid answer to give when asked about Silverlight. Overall, Google was upfront in saying that Chrome OS is focused on very clear use cases for people who primarily use the web, and that it’s not trying to do everything: “If you’re a lawyer, editing contracts back and forth, this will not be the right machine for you.”
As far as going to market, Google’s not talking details until the targeted launch at the end of next year, but Chrome OS won’t run on just anything — there’ll be specific reference hardware. For example, Chrome OS won’t work with standard hard drives, just SSDs, but Google is supporting both x86 and ARM CPUs. That also means you won’t be able to just download Chrome OS and go, you’ll have to buy a Chrome OS device approved by Google. Interesting move, for sure — but since the entire OS is totally open-source as of today, we’re sure it’ll be hacked onto all kinds of hardware soon enough. (And for the record, the demo was run on an off-the-shelf Eee PC.) Check Google’s intro videos after the break!
Google Inc has unveiled more information about the Google Chome OS. The Google Chrome OS will be faster in booting and Google plans to market the blazing fast speed OS for the future. The new OS by Google will boot more faster than any other OS. Sundar Pichai the Vice President of Product Managment for Google told that the Google Chreome OS will boot in 7 seconds.
The Google Chrome OS will be available by late 2010 and it will be and Open Source product. The people will be able to access the Google OS Codes and it is based on Linux platform. The Google Chorme OS will be browser based and notebook users will not to worry about the Malicious application. The google will take care of this. The antivirus also won’t be required on such platform.
It is likely to be a big hit once it enters the market. The price of notbook equipped with Google Chrome will range almost at same price as the conventional notebook. Unlike the current version it will not be run and install application but it will come with notebook who partern with google.
The google says the application program in future will be web based. Let us see when the Google Chrome hit the market.
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NVIDIA’s SLI Zone member stalker1 has received his Windows 7 Launch Party pack. He also happened to post pictures of the box and it’s contents. We can see the very sexy and sleek Windows 7 Ultimate box, as well as Steve Ballmer’s signature. Anyone who hasn’t received their package, should get it by October 10th.
If you were chosen to host a Windows 7 Launch Party, here are the items you get in the 4lb package:
* Windows 7 Tote Bags * Windows 7 Branded Napkins * Puzzle Pack * Windows 7 Playing Cards * Color Poster * Windows 7 Signature Edition (Signed by Steven Ballmer)
Yahoo! rolls out first video ad in new marketing campaign… about You
Yahoo! is embarking on a new marketing campaign to convince users that the company’s web services are all about “You.” The mission is to reposition Yahoo! as a consumer-focused company. A few days ago, we mentioned that Yahoo!, for example, was unloading enterprise email service Zimbra and classifieds company HotJobs, which aren’t really aligned with the new mission statement.
That said, if you look at the company’s first TV spot for the campaign, you’d be hard pressed to tell exactly what that mission was. For about 55 seconds, Yahoo! clearly wants you to hear the word “you” a lot. And that ad is certainly dynamic, features vibrant colors, and locations from five different countries.
But you have to wait until the last few seconds of the ad to even find out what the company is… and there’s absolutely nothing in the ad to explain how you’ll be able to “consumer, share, buzz, destroy, earn, flirt, or watch.” Of course, a TV spot that showed Yahoo! Messenger, Mail, Buzz, Video, or other web-services would be a heck of a lot less interesting.
What do you think? Is the new ad effective? If you haven’t visited Yahoo! in a while, does it make you want to give the company another try?
The irresistible motion-sensing technology named as Project Natal was primarily meant for Xbox 360 gaming console but recent statements from Bill Gates confirms that the technology would also launch for Windows PC as well as for Xbox 360, and it could be used in homes for managing your HTPC and in offices for presentation, communication and collaboration.
All these could be only possible when Project Natal comes to Windows and this is what Gates said in an Interview with Cnet News
“I think the value is as great for if you’re in the home, as you want to manage your movies, music, home system type stuff, it’s very cool there,” he said. “And I think there’s incredible value as we use that in the office connected to a Windows PC. “
Project Natal is a breakthrough gestures/movement detection technology which was first demo’ed at the E3, Here is its E3 demo if you have missed it
Microsoft is so excited about Office 2010 that it’s putting out an action movie based on the product. OK, that’s not true. But the company has hired Dennis Liu to create a trailer for a non-existent, action-packed and kind of funny movie called Office 2010.
Behind vision “2019?: interview with Ian Sands, Microsoft Office Labs Director of Envisioning
Microsoft Office Labs‘ awe-inspiring “2019? productivity vision video debuted a couple weeks ago introduces a lot of cool technology concepts but raises if not just as many question. Seeking to get some of those questions answered, I was fortunate enough to get in touch with someone who knows these concepts better than anyone else, Ian Sands, the Director of Envisioning at Office Labs. Here’s what he had to say.
At Opera we are always working on new ways to make your browsing faster. Eight years ago we introduced Mouse Gestures as a way to speed up your interaction with the browser and focus on what’s important: the content you’re looking at. We didn’t stop there, in 2005 we introduced Voice Navigation on the desktop and more recently we have worked with Nintendo to create a browser that takes full advantage of the “Wiimote” and later, the touchscreen in the DSi.
Looking ahead, we recognize the future importance of touch interfaces, but we believe that there is another input device that is already present in most new computers and it’s ready to enable a whole new way of user-interaction: the webcam.
Today we introduce Face Gestures, a revolutionary technology designed to make interacting with your browser easier and simpler on computers with cameras. Face Gestures lets you perform frequent browsing operations with natural and easy to make face gestures. By using an internal technology dubbed Face Observation Opera Language, we are able to recognize pre-determined facial expressions and match them to commands on the Opera browser.
You can try Face Gestures today by downloading the latest Opera 10 alpha snapshot or check out the video below to learn more.
To enable Face Gestures press F8. You will hear a beeping sound as soon as Opera finishes calibrating your passive facial expression. Please don’t close your eyes, move your head or make any facial expressions while Face Gestures is calibrating. Look at me
Among many others, the following gestures are currently included:
As always, we encourage all feedback and suggestions you may have. Please upload your gestures suggestions as a response to the above video in YouTube.
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