I have Google’s Chrome OS running on a virtual machine at home and I like it already. I’ll have a real review at a later time but for now here’s one of the best demos I’ve seen.
YouTube – Google Chrome OS Demo
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First, it’s all about the web. All apps are web apps. The entire experience takes place within the browser and there are no conventional desktop applications. This means users do not have to deal with installing, managing and updating programs.
Second, because all apps live within the browser, there are significant benefits to security. Unlike traditional operating systems, Chrome OS doesn’t trust the applications you run. Each app is contained within a security sandbox making it harder for malware and viruses to infect your computer. Furthermore, Chrome OS barely trusts itself. Every time you restart your computer the operating system verifies the integrity of its code. If your system has been compromised, it is designed to fix itself with a reboot. While no computer can be made completely secure, we’re going to make life much harder (and less profitable) for the bad guys. If you dig security, read the Chrome OS Security Overview or watch the video.
via Official Google Blog: Releasing the Chromium OS open source project
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I had some inside info that Rackspace would be announcing this and it’s significant for many reasons. First off this is all powered by JungleDisk – software Rackspace purchased that created automatic backups to cloud storage systems – including competitor’s Amazon S3.
Another reason this is big news is that it totally legitimizes cloud backup and storage for Small to Medium size businesses (SMB’s) which is something Amazon has yet to be able to do within its web services division.
So what does it do and how much does it cost?
- Store and share files between other employees and/or team members
- Synchronize folders across one or more computers
- Use Rackspace Team Sync to ensure that team members are always working with the most recent version of a file
- Set up automatic backups of your data to the Rackspace Cloud and easily restore that data in the event of a hardware failure
- Secure your data with built-in AES-256 encryption, using a key controlled by the user
At only $4 per user per month this is a great solution and alternative to tedious onsite backups and network sharing. We’re going to try it out at 48Web and let you know how it works but we think this is going to be a great tool to add to our internet business arsenal.
They are also introducing a server backup solution that seems like a win/win for IT people. As someone who used to manage a network of web servers I know backup is a pain in the ass to manage and monitor. This alleviates most of those issues by having it automagically pushed to the cloud.
Rackspace Server Backup enables you to automatically backup your Windows or Linux based server data to the cloud. Chances are, if you have a server in your closet, you also have backups running on that server already, most likely with a tape backup. Every few days or couple of weeks you have to go into the server closet and switch out the old tape for a new tape. Sound familiar? It can be a painful, manual process.
Say Hello to Rackspace Cloud Drive & Rackspace Server Backup
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Why pay $7/mo for Lifetime? Why pay for stuff you don’t want? In his recent FOWA session, Gary talks about the market desire for a la carte TV (aka pay for only what you watch) and how the cable industry is F’d. Gary says the equivalent of the cable company business is like going into McDonald’s and ordering a cheeseburger only to have the cashier say you’ll have to purchase the whole menu.
The question is – how will the model work and who will get us there the quickest? Boxee? Netflix? Amazon? Microsoft?
What do YOU think? Let us know in the comments!
Gary Vaynerchuk delivered this passionate and powerful speech at FOWA London 09 (bit.ly/fowa-london-09) and it rocked the house.
If you need a bit of inspiration (and a slight kick in the ass) don’t miss this one.
By the way, Gary is writing a book that’s about to be released: CrushItBook.com
Warning: Strong language
Now is the Time to Cash in on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk from Carsonified on Vimeo.
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“Besides some little bugs with a thumbnail plugin we’re using not related at all to Cloudfront, our page load times have been cut by between 40% and 80% the former, only when we’re loading a full image to then make the thumbnail. On one test, Pingomatic went from 8.7 seconds before to 2.9 seconds after…and that’s staggering. I don’t get the full effect in Australia because there’s no local CDN, but even I can see the difference here.”
This is how Inquitr is using Amazon’s CDN technology with WordPress to host a highly available and reliable WordPress site – via Amazon Cloudfront CDN with a WordPress Blog
We’ve been using Amazon CloudFront with WordPress for awhile – to serve ads, images, and media for our internet business podcast. What’s a content delivery network you ask? It’s a way to easily and efficiently distribute media on the web using Amazon S3 for storage.
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