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Google Chromebook

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Google is planning to release Chromebook laptops with their home grown Linux based Chrome OS. they’ve partnered with Acer and Samsung for manufacturing these Laptops. Does this really make sense for Google to release another “me-too” Laptop OS while there are plenty of Linux based open source alternatives available? For a mobile user the existing ChromeOS I downloaded feels too restricting. As I mentioned in my feedback it is a totally new usage model for a user who is familiar with using a regular laptop or a tablet computer. Chromebook seems to be creating a new device segment that is not a tablet or notebook or netbook.

  • What should Google Do?
    • Ditch concentration on Laptop OS
      • Wireless connectivity is not pervasive
      •  Customers will weigh this laptop against much more flexible tablets
    • Promote this as Desktop OS alternative
      • Work with SAAS vendors to prepopulate the links to their applications
      • Wired networking only option to start with.
      • Target Education, Retail, Call Center market where the mobility of work force is not a concern.

This week in Tech Business

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  • Cisco Reorganization announced.
  • Intel introduced new 3D design for future chips
  • Applied Materials Acquires Varian
  • RenRen’s  IPO a Succcess.
  • Patent fight betwen ZTE vs Huawei, Samsung vs Apple and everyone vs everyone else!
  • RIM signs up Microsoft for search deal
  • Police raid Google office in Seol
  • Sony PS3 users data breach
  • A Tiny PC – with HDMI  and USB ports, costs $25 – Link

Term 4 ended today and… Term 5 started already!!

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Today is the last day of the Globalization Block week. I was wondering if Prof.Stiglitz going to be in the class today. Sure enough, it was only Prof.Greenwald discussing the Benetton and Tricon cases. I was under the impression that the class is going to end at 2:30. However, Prof.Greenwald ended the class before noon. We didn’t get a chance to discuss Tricon case. He just gave us summary and key learnings from the case. I saw Prof.Stiglitz outside uris hall talking with couple other professors. I had his book “Globalization and its discontents” ready with for getting his autograph. They were discussing something quite seriously. I thought about asking for an autograph but gave up the idea at the last minute.

Received an email from Prof.Goodson with course syllabus and case readings for Block 1 of M&A classes. He has the “world’s largest syllabus”, his words!.

Term 5 starts now…

Wave your flag – K’Naan

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A great song in every sense. It accurately captures the essence of worldcup, the world coming together and celebraA great song in every sense. It accurately captures the essence of worldcup, the world coming together and celebrating a sport that is played in every corner of the world. K’Naan is a Somali born Canadian, who couldn’t speak English till he moved to Canada in his teens.

Here is the original from the album “Troubadour “. You will hear the voice of oppressed but hopeful soul with simple lyrics but powerful message. BTW, this is the first song I ever bought in iTunes, after using iPod/iPhone for the last 8 years!. That speaks for the quality of this song.

Coco-Cola celebration version in English.

Live during opening ceremony of Worldcup 2010.

Arabic (Nancy Ajram is awesom)

Spanish (Love the voice of David).