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Comment Re:So fast, so dangerous (Score 1) 139

I always use Google to convert between imperial and metric, and it even does the mach to furlongs/fortnight conversion... impressive! :D
http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&source=hp&q=mach+22+in+furlongs%2Ffortnight&aq=f&aqi=h1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=a2bb30ecf4f91972
Anyone got any other obscure units of measurement and/or time we could test? :)

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Submission + - Google introduces Chrome OS

Zaiff Urgulbunger writes: After years of speculation, Google has announced the Google Chrome OS which should be available mid-2010. Initially targeting netbooks, it's main unique selling points are speed, simplicity and security — which kind of implies that the current No.1 OS doesn't deliver in these areas!
The Chrome OS will run on both x86 and ARM architectures, uses a Linux kernel with a new windowing system. According to Google, "For application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform."
Google say that this new OS is separate from Android as the latter was designed for mobile phones and set-top boxes, whereas Chrome OS is designed "for people who spend most of their time on the web".
In other news, chair sellers in Redmond are expecting an increase in sales.

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