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Google announced yesterday that they will be releasing a new operating system called "Google Chrome OS," for the time being. The operating system sounds quite promising and is due to release in the second half of 2010.

Google is designing the operating system for those who live of the web and are always searching for information, checking email, catching up on the news, shopping or just staying in touch with friends.

The OS will be light weight and targeted for notebook computers and focus on speed, simplicity and security. The user will no longer have to worry about downloading updates for their OS either. With the Google Chrome OS, they are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates.

Google will be releasing the source code for the OS later this year so keep your eyes open for that if you are a developer. The new OS should give Microsoft and Linux a run for its money.

People want to get to their email instantly, without wasting time waiting for their computers to boot and browsers to start up. They want their computers to always run as fast as when they first bought them and Google Chrome OS sounds like the answer we have been waiting for.

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Microsoft released the Windows 7 RC today and can be downloaded and given a test drive from this link: Download Instructions for Windows 7 RC. I think Windows 7 is much smoother and snappier than Windows Vista and enjoy its overall use. It is very easy to install and I also hear can boot from a 2 GIG thumb drive. This is covered over at Crunch Gear: Click Here.

Here are some videos for Windows 7 and what is to come: Click Here

• See the latest Windows 7 news
• Introducing the future of Windows
• Device Stage
• HomeGroup
• Touch
• The experience

Additional Notes

Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 7 Enterprise provides the capability to run a virtual PC such as Windows XP Mode right from your Windows 7 desktop: Take a look: Click Here.

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This is a neat program I downloaded a few years ago for calculator delay tempos for your projects. There are often times where I used to find myself having trouble finding the exact tempo I needed for a delay on a vocal track or instrument track. Now, without any hassle, I use Delay Calculator by AnalogX and cut out the extra time I used to waste.

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Have you ever wanted to get a tap delay sounding just right, and fiddled for hours with millisecond delay, trying to get it tight? Or have you ever wanted to quickly know what the delay time should be for a certain BPM (tempo)? If so, then behold the Delay Calculator! A cool little ditty that you just load up, type in the tempo, and it does all the work, giving you delay times down to a 32nd! Super fast, super small, and super easy to use - that’s our motto here at AnalogX! Both GUI and command line version of this utility are available.

Delay works on all versions of Windows, from Window 95 to Windows 7 and everything in between (including XP, Vista, Win2k, etc). If you have a general question related to any of the programs on the site, or would like some additional info related to the downloads in general, then check out the downloads FAQ.

Download the application: Click Here
Visit the website: Click Here

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I recently did some major updates on my music production computer which included finally biting the bullet and installing all of the Microsoft Critical System updates which I have been neglecting for over  a year now. I wanted to get my system ready before I install my Cakewalk Sonar 8.3.1 Producer Edition Updates that were recently released. Anyway, after installing SP3 I ran into a life or death situation, well not really but you know what I mean!

The infamous Windows XP Boot Cycle. You can imagine how upset I was!!! Every time I hit the Windows Logo during the boot of my system, it would reboot and there was nothing I could do about it. I tried everything after spending some time researching online. I spent over an hour with technical support with my computer manufacturer and still no luck. Eventually, I tried unplugging all USB and FireWire devices and “wah lah” I narrowed the search. It was a driver issue…

To fix this issue, I went into the Device Manager and deleted all USB drivers and rebooted the system. Then I plugging in my USB keyboard and mouse and Windows reinstalled the drivers. This did remedy my issue (you may have a different issue altogether). I have successfully installed all my Sonar updates and my system is back to normal again, thankfully! I hope this helps anyone else that runs into this issue! Have a great night…

Some links I wanted to share as well:

• Pre Service Pack 3 Hotfix: Click Here
• Service Pack 3 Network Adiminstrator Download: Click Here
• Cakewalk Sonar 8.3.1 Updates: Click Here

Note: Now please take caution here, it is important to install the hotfix which I gave above before installing SP3.

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