Data points: IE 9 gets 99%, Chrome gets 3%, Funded by Microsoft. What a beautiful line.

No I haven't looked at how the study worked, on Slashdot being first is better than being right.

To cache the website requires a net connection, or a lot of hacking. Though it can still be used as a short range flashlight.

Im not sure what your point is, the levels of sarcasm elude me. The OP clearly has no knowledge other than from the summary but is making market predictions. It may as well be gibberish.

Also netbooks are currently better than my laptop from 5 years ago, which was definitely worth the money.

Gears or HTML5 allow for offline use of apps that will sync with the cloud once reconnected. Gears has been used in google docs for years.

To me the advantage of Chrome OS is an easy, cheap, secure computer. It would be great for my parents who seem to get a incredible amount of viruses just from browsing the web. Granted it wont replace their current PC.

Do you know what Chrome OS is? Its a browser for an operating system, without net access it may as well be a brick.

How did this get promoted?

At the very least he is reducing the price of books, though in some cases he could be saving a book from sitting on the shelf for years till it is finally recycled. He is adding efficiency to the book market.

Normally talk show hosts are the whores of TV, but for there guests all services are free of charge.