Its coming due to google has been changed the login from
www.google.com/accounts
to
accounts.google.com
Solution: Open up toolbar.js with in some editor.
Find: www.google.com/accounts
and replace ALL with: accounts.google.com
Restart Firefox
Login through the toolbar.
-----------------------------------------------
You can find toolbar.js file on below location.
->open run command
->go to %AppData%\ location
->search toolbar.js
----------------------------------------------
Have fun :)
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
invalid command-line parameter: Files\Android\android-sdk\tools/emulator-arm.exe. Hint: use '@foo' to launch a virtual device named 'foo'. please use -help for more information
Problem :
invalid command-line parameter: Files\Android\android-sdk\tools/emulator-arm.exe.
Hint: use '@foo' to launch a virtual device named 'foo'.
please use -help for more information
Answer : You can fix with by changing SDK path
just change SDK location in eclipse preferences: C:\PROGRA~1\Android\android-sdk
Thanks
invalid command-line parameter: Files\Android\android-sdk\tools/emulator-arm.exe.
Hint: use '@foo' to launch a virtual device named 'foo'.
please use -help for more information
Answer : You can fix with by changing SDK path
just change SDK location in eclipse preferences: C:\PROGRA~1\Android\android-sdk
Thanks
Labels:
Android development
Monday, July 4, 2011
Google Plus threat to Facebook, Twitter
That is, of course, only one way of looking at Google's labour of over one year, when the team guys sat writing codes, eager to make as big an impact in the social media sector as in the mail, search, photo and document storage domains.
This time, they were also hoping to do one better than Orkut, which was literally steamrollered by Facebook in popularity and functionality, and certainly better than its disastrous Wave. The idea, one supposes, was to create a product that would make a mash of its prime competitors Facebook and Twitter and wipe them out. Will Google + do that?
Google + is still in its snooty, exclusive, I-will-call-you-don't-call-me phase, but let us remember that was Mark Zuckerberg's strategy initially as well. Facebook was the privy of exclusive Ivy League schools in the U.S. and the U.K. until the blitz happened. So, invitations are still scarce to come by, not all those in the Plus can extend invitations to friends who are still nonplussed. However, for sure, there are many more being added to my circles every night, nearly thrice the number than I started off with.
But when you are in, you may not notice this; it automatically signs you in on a secure (https) server, significant if you consider the recent controversies over Facebook taking liberties with users' privacy. So far, so good.
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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Microsoft launches Office 365 in India
Microsoft has announced commercial availability of Microsoft Office 365 in India. Offering attractive prices starting $2.0 per user per month, (excluding applicable taxes) this will allow SMBs and enterprise customers to access Microsoft’s popular e-mail, collaboration, conferencing and productivity capabilities online.
Labels:
microsoft.com,
office
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
microsoft.com, msdn sites are not opening
Below step will solve this problem:
1. Go to ControlPanel
2. Click Administrative Tools
3. Click Services.
4. Right Click on DNS Client service and STOP it.
It worked for me.
1. Go to ControlPanel
2. Click Administrative Tools
3. Click Services.
4. Right Click on DNS Client service and STOP it.
It worked for me.
Labels:
microsoft.com,
msdn,
Operating System,
services
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
An unhandled win32 exception occured in svchost.exe[1008]
Getting following exception on my machine form few days
OS: Window XP with SP3
An unhandled win32 exception occured in svchost.exe[1008]
An unhandled win32 exception occured in svchost.exe[1950]
Please help ?
OS: Window XP with SP3
An unhandled win32 exception occured in svchost.exe[1008]
An unhandled win32 exception occured in svchost.exe[1950]
Please help ?
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Debugging is not working in VS 2008 Project
You may have accidentally changed your Web Site configuration from Debug to Release. Change it back and debugging should start work again.
- Click Build and select Build in Configuration Manager value
- Change the Active solution configuration from Release to Debug and click Close.
- Try debugging and see if your breakpoints are hit.
Hope this helps.
- Click Build and select Build in Configuration Manager value
- Change the Active solution configuration from Release to Debug and click Close.
- Try debugging and see if your breakpoints are hit.
Hope this helps.
Labels:
Debugging VS 2008
Monday, July 5, 2010
Unable to start debugging. The silverlight managed debugging package isn't installed.
Suppose you installed latest version of Silverlight (Silverlight 4), It may break the your current silverlight development environment with VS 2008. After in the Silverlight 4 installation, if you try to debug any Silverlight 3 project, you will get a message from Visual Studio 2008, saying "Unable to start debugging. The Silverlight managed debugging package isn’t installed"..
Solution :
To fix this error, install the Silverlight Developer Run time. You can get it from here : http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=188039.
Solution :
To fix this error, install the Silverlight Developer Run time. You can get it from here : http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=188039.
Labels:
Silverlight with Vs 2008
Installation failed with error code: (0x80070643), Fatal error during installation for VS 2008
While I was installing Silverlight. I got following error.
Problem:
Exe (d:\d7baf3d2979ba5016553d37455c7664c\PurgeSLTCache.exe) succeeded.
Exe (C:\DOCUME~1\JAIPRA~2.SIL\LOCALS~1\Temp\Silverlight Tools RTW\Silverlight.2.0_Developer.exe) failed with 0x80070643 - Fatal error during installation. .
Exe (d:\d7baf3d2979ba5016553d37455c7664c\PurgeSLTCache.exe) succeeded.
Final Result: Installation failed with error code: (0x80070643), Fatal error during installation.
Solution :
1- After installing VS 2008 SP1 restart your system.
2- Remove all the previous version of Silverlight.
3- Run setup again
It will work.
Problem:
Exe (d:\d7baf3d2979ba5016553d37455c7664c\PurgeSLTCache.exe) succeeded.
Exe (C:\DOCUME~1\JAIPRA~2.SIL\LOCALS~1\Temp\Silverlight Tools RTW\Silverlight.2.0_Developer.exe) failed with 0x80070643 - Fatal error during installation. .
Exe (d:\d7baf3d2979ba5016553d37455c7664c\PurgeSLTCache.exe) succeeded.
Final Result: Installation failed with error code: (0x80070643), Fatal error during installation.
Solution :
1- After installing VS 2008 SP1 restart your system.
2- Remove all the previous version of Silverlight.
3- Run setup again
It will work.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Validation (): Element "elementname" is not supported in ASP.NET WebForms in Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2005
Sometimes application will compile and run properly but in IDE you got following warning message on each control.
"Validation ():Element is not supported"
Solution:
Visual Studio 2008 - Delete all files from below location in your machine,
1:- C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Application Data\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\ReflectedSchemas
2:- C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Application Data\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\ReflectedTypeLibs
Visual Studio 2005 - Delete all files from below location in your machine,
1:- C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Application Data\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\ReflectedSchemas
2:- C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Application Data\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\ReflectedTypeLibs
Thanks
"Validation ():Element
Solution:
Visual Studio 2008 - Delete all files from below location in your machine,
1:- C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Application Data\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\ReflectedSchemas
2:- C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Application Data\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\ReflectedTypeLibs
Visual Studio 2005 - Delete all files from below location in your machine,
1:- C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Application Data\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\ReflectedSchemas
2:- C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Application Data\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\ReflectedTypeLibs
Thanks
Labels:
visual studio 2005,
visual studio 2008
Friday, January 29, 2010
Microsoft Top Benefits of Microsoft Office 2010 Beta
1-Express your ideas more visually
Office 2010 opens up a world of design options to help you give life to your ideas. The new and improved picture formatting tools such as color saturation and artistic effects let you transform your document visuals into a work of art. Combined with a wide range of new pre-built Office themes and SmartArt® graphic layouts, Office 2010 gives you more ways to make your ideas stick.
2-Accomplish more when working together
Brainstorm ideas, provide better version control, and meet deadlines faster when you work in groups. The co-authoring experience for Microsoft® Word 2010, Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, Microsoft® Excel Web App and Microsoft OneNote shared notebooks let you work on a file with several people at once - even from different locations.2
3-Enjoy the familiar Office experience from more locations and more devices
With Office 2010, you can get things done more easily, from more locations and more devices. Using a smartphone or virtually any computer with an Internet connection, you can work when and where you want to work.3
Microsoft Office Web Apps
Extend your Office 2010 experience to the Web. Store your Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote files online and then access, view, edit, and share content through the web.
Microsoft Office Mobile 2010
Stay current and respond quickly using enhanced mobile versions of Office 2010 applications, specifically suited to your Windows Mobile-based smartphone.
4-Create powerful data insights and visuals
Track and highlight important trends with new data analysis and visualization features in Excel 2010. The new Sparklines feature delivers a clear and compact visual representation of your data with small charts within worksheet cells. Filter and segment your PivotTable data in multiple layers using Slicers to spend more time analyzing and less time formatting.
5-Deliver compelling presentations
Captivate your audience with personalized videos in your presentation. Insert and customize videos directly in PowerPoint 2010—trim, add fades and effects, or bookmark key points in the video to call attention to selected scenes. Videos you insert are now embedded by default, relieving you from managing and sending additional video files.
know more
Office 2010 opens up a world of design options to help you give life to your ideas. The new and improved picture formatting tools such as color saturation and artistic effects let you transform your document visuals into a work of art. Combined with a wide range of new pre-built Office themes and SmartArt® graphic layouts, Office 2010 gives you more ways to make your ideas stick.
2-Accomplish more when working together
Brainstorm ideas, provide better version control, and meet deadlines faster when you work in groups. The co-authoring experience for Microsoft® Word 2010, Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, Microsoft® Excel Web App and Microsoft OneNote shared notebooks let you work on a file with several people at once - even from different locations.2
3-Enjoy the familiar Office experience from more locations and more devices
With Office 2010, you can get things done more easily, from more locations and more devices. Using a smartphone or virtually any computer with an Internet connection, you can work when and where you want to work.3
Microsoft Office Web Apps
Extend your Office 2010 experience to the Web. Store your Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote files online and then access, view, edit, and share content through the web.
Microsoft Office Mobile 2010
Stay current and respond quickly using enhanced mobile versions of Office 2010 applications, specifically suited to your Windows Mobile-based smartphone.
4-Create powerful data insights and visuals
Track and highlight important trends with new data analysis and visualization features in Excel 2010. The new Sparklines feature delivers a clear and compact visual representation of your data with small charts within worksheet cells. Filter and segment your PivotTable data in multiple layers using Slicers to spend more time analyzing and less time formatting.
5-Deliver compelling presentations
Captivate your audience with personalized videos in your presentation. Insert and customize videos directly in PowerPoint 2010—trim, add fades and effects, or bookmark key points in the video to call attention to selected scenes. Videos you insert are now embedded by default, relieving you from managing and sending additional video files.
know more
Labels:
MS Office 2010
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Increase Followers in your twitter account
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Labels:
increase followers,
twitter
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
The server rejected the sender address. The server response was: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first
Cause: When you are going to send mail in asp.net 1.1 by using google smtp server.then generally following error come.
Error:"The server rejected the sender address. The server response was: 530
5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. f42sm2050000rvb.9"
Solution: Basically problem is SSL and Port. you need to set smtpusessl true and smtpserverport is 465.
C# Code:
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
mail.From = "fromjai@gmail.com"; // put the from address here
mail.To = "tojai@domain.com"; // put to address here
mail.Subject = "Test"; // put subject here
mail.Body = "Testing 12345 "; // put body of email here
mail.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate", "1"); //basic authentication
mail.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing", "2"); //port to launch send
mail.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername", "reporting@domain.com"); //set your username here
mail.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword", "yourpassword"); //set your password here
mail.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport", "465"); //set your port here
mail.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver", "smtp.gmail.com"); //set your password here
mail.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpusessl", true); //set SSL option to true
// send the mail
SmtpMail.Send(mail);
hope this help.
Error:"The server rejected the sender address. The server response was: 530
5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. f42sm2050000rvb.9"
Solution: Basically problem is SSL and Port. you need to set smtpusessl true and smtpserverport is 465.
C# Code:
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
mail.From = "fromjai@gmail.com"; // put the from address here
mail.To = "tojai@domain.com"; // put to address here
mail.Subject = "Test"; // put subject here
mail.Body = "Testing 12345 "; // put body of email here
mail.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate", "1"); //basic authentication
mail.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing", "2"); //port to launch send
mail.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername", "reporting@domain.com"); //set your username here
mail.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword", "yourpassword"); //set your password here
mail.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport", "465"); //set your port here
mail.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver", "smtp.gmail.com"); //set your password here
mail.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpusessl", true); //set SSL option to true
// send the mail
SmtpMail.Send(mail);
hope this help.
Labels:
asp.net 1.1,
Mail
Sunday, September 20, 2009
: Could not load type 'System.Web.UI.ScriptReferenceBase' from assembly 'System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3
Installed Microsoft Framework 3.5 SP1.
Labels:
visual studio 2008
Thursday, September 17, 2009
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\...' is denied
This exception is a very common exception. It usually occurs when we move our application to IIS server.
This exception occurs because IIS uses ASP .Net (IIS_IUser in Vista) user account and ASP .Net is not authorized to access that location.
To give a quick fix to this, follow these steps:-
1-Give read/write rights to ASP.NET user to C:\Inetpub\yourfolder\ folder:-
1- Right Click on Folder and Select Properties
2- Go to Security Tab
3- Click Add, then click Location.
4- Select your pc name, usually first item.
5- Press Ok, then press advance and then Find Now.
6- Select ASP.NET user if not exist then select Authenticated Users.
7- Press Ok. And Select Read/Write/Modify/List Folder Contents
2- Go to IIS->WebSites->DefaultWebSite->YourWebSiteName->Properties, and at Virtual Directory Tab check 'Read' and 'Write' button.
This exception occurs because IIS uses ASP .Net (IIS_IUser in Vista) user account and ASP .Net is not authorized to access that location.
To give a quick fix to this, follow these steps:-
1-Give read/write rights to ASP.NET user to C:\Inetpub\yourfolder\ folder:-
1- Right Click on Folder and Select Properties
2- Go to Security Tab
3- Click Add, then click Location.
4- Select your pc name, usually first item.
5- Press Ok, then press advance and then Find Now.
6- Select ASP.NET user if not exist then select Authenticated Users.
7- Press Ok. And Select Read/Write/Modify/List Folder Contents
2- Go to IIS->WebSites->DefaultWebSite->YourWebSiteName->Properties, and at Virtual Directory Tab check 'Read' and 'Write' button.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Operation must use an updateable query.
Hi one my friend is getting this error "Operation must use an updateable query"
Solution:
Error Message:
Operation must use an updateable query. /file.asp 12
Cause:
The most common reason this error is generated is the database or directory containing the database you are trying to access does not have the correct permissions.
Resolution:
Either move the database to the "access_db" directory or add read/write permissions to the directory where the database resides.
Solution:
Error Message:
Operation must use an updateable query. /file.asp 12
Cause:
The most common reason this error is generated is the database or directory containing the database you are trying to access does not have the correct permissions.
Resolution:
Either move the database to the "access_db" directory or add read/write permissions to the directory where the database resides.
Labels:
access database,
godaddy
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging on the web server. The project is not configured to be debugged.
Error: Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging on the web server. The project is not configured to be debugged.
Cause: Either debug is not enabled in your web.config (OR) For some reasons IIS is not considering your web application as a virtual directory. Instead it is considering it to be a normal folder.
Solution 1:
Step 1: Open the web.config
Step 2: If debug is set to "false" change it to "True".
For example: In web.config I have a line like this I would change it to
If at all this doesn't work. Try out the next solution.
Solution 2:
1.From the Start menu, choose Programs, then Administrative Tools, and click Internet Information Services.
2.In the Internet Information Services dialog box, click the tree control for your machine, open the Web Sites folder, and find your web site.
3.Right-click Web Site and choose Properties.
4.In the Web Site Properties window, select the Directory tab.
5.Under Application Settings, look for the Remove or Create button. If the button says Remove, your website is already configured as an application. If the button says Create, click the button to configure your website as an application.
6.Click OK.
If it also doesn't work, try the next solution.
Solution 3:
If you are running Visual Studio 2003 (or ASP.NET v1.1) you should setup IIS to use ASP.NET v1.1 and not ASP.NET v2.0
May be you have installed .NET framework 1.1 as well as 2.0 in your box and trying to run an application via VS.NET 2003. If so, then do the following:
Step 1: Start >> Run >> inetmgr
Step 2: Navigate to the virtual directory of the project which is throwing this error.
Step 3: Right click on the virtual directory and choose "Properties"
Step 4: Choose the tab ASP.NET
Step 5: The first dropdown would read "ASP.NET Version", choose 1.1.4322
Solution 4 :
1. go to the C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\
2. and run aspnet_regiis.exe /i
That's it. Hope this helps.
Cause: Either debug is not enabled in your web.config (OR) For some reasons IIS is not considering your web application as a virtual directory. Instead it is considering it to be a normal folder.
Solution 1:
Step 1: Open the web.config
Step 2: If debug is set to "false" change it to "True".
For example: In web.config I have a line like this
If at all this doesn't work. Try out the next solution.
Solution 2:
1.From the Start menu, choose Programs, then Administrative Tools, and click Internet Information Services.
2.In the Internet Information Services dialog box, click the tree control for your machine, open the Web Sites folder, and find your web site.
3.Right-click Web Site and choose Properties.
4.In the Web Site Properties window, select the Directory tab.
5.Under Application Settings, look for the Remove or Create button. If the button says Remove, your website is already configured as an application. If the button says Create, click the button to configure your website as an application.
6.Click OK.
If it also doesn't work, try the next solution.
Solution 3:
If you are running Visual Studio 2003 (or ASP.NET v1.1) you should setup IIS to use ASP.NET v1.1 and not ASP.NET v2.0
May be you have installed .NET framework 1.1 as well as 2.0 in your box and trying to run an application via VS.NET 2003. If so, then do the following:
Step 1: Start >> Run >> inetmgr
Step 2: Navigate to the virtual directory of the project which is throwing this error.
Step 3: Right click on the virtual directory and choose "Properties"
Step 4: Choose the tab ASP.NET
Step 5: The first dropdown would read "ASP.NET Version", choose 1.1.4322
Solution 4 :
1. go to the C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\
2. and run aspnet_regiis.exe /i
That's it. Hope this helps.
Labels:
.Net framework,
C#,
visual studio 2008
Error message when you connect to an instance of SQL Server: "Cannot open user default database"
Solution : 1
1- Go to database server -> security->login->username
2- Go to user property page and assign respective database or go to user role tab and give sysadmin permission to the user.
Solution-2
refer - http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307864
1- Go to database server -> security->login->username
2- Go to user property page and assign respective database or go to user role tab and give sysadmin permission to the user.
Solution-2
refer - http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307864
Labels:
ms sql server 2005
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Can Google Chrome OS ceates problem for Microsoft OS: What do you think ?
NEW YORK (Fortune) -- It's highly unlikely that the operating system Google announced yesterday -- dubbed Google Chrome OS -- will rocket to the heights of its chief competitor, Microsoft, right away. But it doesn't really matter. In a world obsessed with all things Google, the new OS will certainly get its fair share of attention, and the frontal assault on Microsoft that it represents will serve at least as a great distraction to the tech behemoth.
We only know a few details about Google's plans for the operating system, which won't actually launch until the fall of 2010. It will target netbooks initially and then expand to the larger PC market. It will combine the Google Chrome browser with a Linux kernel. Though there's some overlap with Android, the company's operating system for mobile devices, this system is intended for computers. And it will be fast, accessible, efficient, and -- though Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) hasn't said as much -- it's likely the operating system will be free.
Google's announcement is riddled with subtle jabs at its Seattle rival, even going so far as calling the Chrome OS necessary because "the operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web."
But there's a lot to suggest Google won't be able to pull this off. The company's only breakthrough success has come with the AdWords and AdSense products related to its core business -- search. While Google's launched plenty of products over the years, it's sometimes hard to tell immediately whether they're designed to dominate a field or entertain technologists.
And many of those products have not risen to prominence. Google Apps just came out of beta this week, but it's hardly affected Microsoft Office's dominance in productivity. Google product search -- you may remember it as Froogle -- was a flop. Google Checkout hasn't overtaken PayPal, and Knol was far from a Wikipedia-killer. Does anyone even remember Orkut, an early contender for the market Facebook has captured? And the list goes on.
Still, Google's announcement should worry Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500). It's the biggest threat yet to the tech giant's crown jewels, and it's more evidence of the growing agitation in the tech industry: Google joins a number of other large tech companies that have quietly begun work on their own operating systems. (Intel (INTC, Fortune 500), for example, recently announced Moblin, a Linux-based operating system for netbooks.)
Microsoft has yet to publicly react to Google's announcement of the Chrome OS, which will debut at the same time as the much-anticipated new version of Microsoft's own operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, this fall. Early reviews of Windows 7 have been promising, but Microsoft faces a significant hurdle with the poor reception of its last offering, Vista. Now, it will also have to launch in the shadow of a new competitor that -- while it doesn't even exist yet -- has already begun to steal the show.
We only know a few details about Google's plans for the operating system, which won't actually launch until the fall of 2010. It will target netbooks initially and then expand to the larger PC market. It will combine the Google Chrome browser with a Linux kernel. Though there's some overlap with Android, the company's operating system for mobile devices, this system is intended for computers. And it will be fast, accessible, efficient, and -- though Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) hasn't said as much -- it's likely the operating system will be free.
Google's announcement is riddled with subtle jabs at its Seattle rival, even going so far as calling the Chrome OS necessary because "the operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web."
But there's a lot to suggest Google won't be able to pull this off. The company's only breakthrough success has come with the AdWords and AdSense products related to its core business -- search. While Google's launched plenty of products over the years, it's sometimes hard to tell immediately whether they're designed to dominate a field or entertain technologists.
And many of those products have not risen to prominence. Google Apps just came out of beta this week, but it's hardly affected Microsoft Office's dominance in productivity. Google product search -- you may remember it as Froogle -- was a flop. Google Checkout hasn't overtaken PayPal, and Knol was far from a Wikipedia-killer. Does anyone even remember Orkut, an early contender for the market Facebook has captured? And the list goes on.
Still, Google's announcement should worry Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500). It's the biggest threat yet to the tech giant's crown jewels, and it's more evidence of the growing agitation in the tech industry: Google joins a number of other large tech companies that have quietly begun work on their own operating systems. (Intel (INTC, Fortune 500), for example, recently announced Moblin, a Linux-based operating system for netbooks.)
Microsoft has yet to publicly react to Google's announcement of the Chrome OS, which will debut at the same time as the much-anticipated new version of Microsoft's own operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, this fall. Early reviews of Windows 7 have been promising, but Microsoft faces a significant hurdle with the poor reception of its last offering, Vista. Now, it will also have to launch in the shadow of a new competitor that -- while it doesn't even exist yet -- has already begun to steal the show.
Labels:
Google Chrome,
Microsoft killer,
Operating System
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