Google Chromium OS is available as source code, which you can download and compile by yourself to create an image file compatible with any virtual machine solution, such as VMware or VirtualBox. It’s based on Linux, starts up in seconds and is mainly designed for the Web.

This is exactly the most outstanding feature in Google Chromium OS. In Google Chromium OS everything is web-based, or if you prefer it, in “the Cloud”. It is meant to be used with online web application and you will store all your files online. That’s what makes it so fast and lightweight: the OS doesn’t need to install anything on your computer, because you can access everything online.

This is the perfect Operating System for low-spec computers like notebooks. After logging in with your Gmail account, you are ready to start. Google Chromium OS may look a bit peculiar at first, but it’s also very intuitive. Peculiar because it’s completely different from any OS you may have tried so far – it’s just a web browser –, and intuitive because a web browser is where we spend most of the time on any other OS, so there’s no learning curve at all.

Google Chromium OS is certainly a revolutionary operating system that challenges us users to change our image of computers, and the way we’ve been using them so far.

This is a really great resource for designers learning how to design logos and also for dissecting the making of some of the world’s best logos:

http://desizntech.info/2009/04/40-logo-design-tutorial/

“Logo design is a sophisticated and complex process. The hardest thing to do is to come up with the concept behind the logo. Once you know what kind of logo you want, you sketch and design it. Logo design is one of those thing that has to be perfected, because a logo represents an idea, a brand and an identity. In recent contest I asked Desizn Tech’s reader what kind of post they would like to see, some readers asked about logo design tutorial. In this post, you will find 40 different kind logo tutorial from beginners to advanced level. Beside logo design, some of the links includes broad analysis behind the logo design process which should be helpful for graphic designers and web designers.” Read more >

I am excited about this release: I believe that a 3D API for the web will allow web developers to create powerful, immersive 3D apps, that are comparable to the experience offered by client applications and game consoles. This will make the web better, not to mention more fun!

Google chrome team member has announced that a few weeks ago, we joked about creating a special version of Google Chrome that made the web 3D. Well today, all joking aside, a team at Google is actually taking a step in that direction by introducing O3D: a shader-based API for 3D graphics in the browser.

This API allows for the development of sophisticated 3D applications that rival experiences one would expect in native applications. Technology like this will eventually make launching high quality games as easy as clicking a link in your browser.

What is O3D?

O3D is an open-source web API for creating rich, interactive 3D applications in the browser. This API allows for the development of sophisticated 3D applications that rival experiences one would expect in native applications. Technology like this will eventually make launching high quality games as easy as clicking a link in your browser.

Read more about O3D on the Google Code blog or explore the API at code.google.com/apis/o3d.

With three genuine installments on the Web, it’s naturally time for the parodies of Microsoft’s “laptop hunter” ads to start rolling in.

The first one I’ve seen is from LandlineTV. It features Frank, a homeless guy with $1,000 to spend on a laptop.

Frank’s first stop is the Apple store.

“These are beautiful,” he says, spotting a MacBook Air that is “so thin” but costs $1,700.

“What can I get for $1,000?” Frank asks. Eventually, he winds up in front of a Windows PC.

“Windows Vista Home Premium…This is (BS),” Frank says.

“Is this plastic?” he asks, before noting that the computer has “second-rate Korean components.”

In the end, he uses the Windows laptop to cover his face while sleeping on the street. I’ve embedded the video below, but you should click play only if you don’t mind some coarse language, partial nudity, and complete PC bashing.

Microsoft, for its part, declined to comment on the parody. As for Landline, it is a three-person outfit that has been doing Web video since September. Among its earlier videos was one called “Hockey Moms for Truth.”

“We’re sort of a Saturday Night Live meets the Twitter Age,” CEO Jared Neumark said in an e-mail interview. Neumark said the company aims to crank out about two videos per week.

Just came across an interesting website done in flash

http://www.thecoronabeach.com/

Check out the preloader where the numbers are created in sand. Also explore the interactive flash when you get in. The site does not have any menus and a user has to interact to find surprises. The site is slow to load and animate though– Something Flash developers need to work on when putting lot of large images, audio, video and code in a flash movie. Overall a great idea. Enjoy.

http://groups.adobe.com/

 This is the latest news coming out of Adobe Max 2008 in San Francisco. Its a great place for designers and developers to meet.

This list will serve as a good education for students of viral marketing and also help professionals think of ideas that go above and beyond these videos.

Check them out here — http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15958470/

I came across this cool application that allows you to create your baby by combing the photos of mom and dad. Its a viral ad for VW.com It’s hard to figure out the connection between the concept of this ad and the car company. But it does get your attention. I also found this application to be too slow.

Check it out–  http://www.vw.com/vwhype/babymaker/en/us/

This one took me by surprise. Its amazing how we can find creativity.  from familiar things. See the large size– http://www.flickr.com/photos/18697966@N00/2982281565/page4/

These are some great examples of posters urging viewers to go and vote. It is something that we as designers do not do so often. We simply take a conservative approach and do not go out of the way to explore more Artistic options.  View this site– http://abduzeedo.com/inspiration-to-vote for more amazing posters

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