[imidiot]

This maybe the future of the computer. Makes you wonder where we are going.

It's coming. It'll be great. You'll hate it.
By Paul Boutin
Posted Monday, July 3, 2006, at 1:13 PM ET

YouOS screenshot. Click image to expand.For a sneak peek at the future of computing, go to YouOS and click "Try a Demo." Your browser window turns into a desktop of its own, with sub-windows for e-mail, chat, and Web browsing. There are also links on the YouOS desktop for a sticky-notes program and a rich-text editor. But these programs aren't on your hard drive—they're running somewhere in the vast unknown Internet.

YouOS is the fledgling startup of four recent college grads with a bit of angel funding. Its simplicity makes it a great demo. Anyone who logs on can instantly spot the big idea: You don't need Windows! You don't even need a PC! You can login and work from anywhere using any gadget with a screen and a keyboard.

article is here: http://slate.com/id/2144896

YouOS is here: https://www.youos.com/

[ferrija1]

I saw that in a PCWorld screenshot of how some site shows news and I wondered if was real. That sound cool and is though you need fast internet.

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You acually don't need really fast internet the artical says.

[ferrija1]

Technology never stands still does it?

[ferrija1]

If Google rolls out enough Web apps before Windows Vista ships, it might persuade people not to blow $2,000 on a new Microsoft machine.

Wow thats soon!

Unless you're playing Grand Theft Auto or watching HDTV, your network isn't the slowest part of your setup. It's the consumer-grade Pentium and disk drive on your Dell, and the wimpy home data bus that connects them. Home computers are marketed with slogans like "Ultimate Performance," but the truth is they're engineered to run cool, quiet, and slow compared to commercial servers. Google's Web search is blindingly fast because your requests get handled by a sprawling array of loud, hot, power-hungry server racks that you'd never allow in your house. All your home computer has to do is draw the results of Google's massive data-mining process on its screen—that's the easy part.

Let Google do the work with hot, loud servers that are far away from us.

But the real deal-breaker is trust: Are you going to let someone else handle all your data? If you use a Google-served computing environment, everything you upload, download, or type potentially passes through Google's computers. I'll be the first to sign up, but that's my blind faith in statistics. If there's a privacy breach at Google, I figure I'll be about 10 millionth in line to get hurt. How about it: Would you trust Google to protect your e-mail, your tax documents, and your family photos?

You have to think about that because already Google is putting cookies on peoples computers that don't expire until 2038 and they could match them up with your e-mail if they want http://www.gmail-is-too-creepy.com/gcook.html


Good idea, though I wonder how much this all would cost. There would probably be different packages that give you different amounts of storage, programs, ect.



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I'm browsing in a browser:

[ferrija1]

I joined (for free!!!! ) and its pretty cool so far, but they give you some password like uht57t5ui but you can change that.

Also when loging in it shows some weird quote like "Nothing is friendlier than a wet dog. ~[Guys Name]"