The Chrome Notebook Needs No Anti Virus B.S.

Image via CrunchBaseChrome Notebook Pilot User?

There's nothing to infect. What are you going to infect? There is no desktop. It is like every time you start your machine, you are loading the operating system afresh.

That is such relief. The anti virus business has always felt like a scam to me. I have always felt like that annual 45 bucks ought to go to Microsoft instead and Windows ought to be free.

I told them. They did not listen. And now the Chrome OS is going to kill Windows.

Chrome Notebook Pilot User?

This morning I logged into my Gmail account and my first reaction was, oh no, my Gmail account got hacked. My inbox was flooded with emails from just one address. Looked like someone had taken over.

eRockit: Super Bike

Validation From Fred Wilson: Froth

Image via WikipediaWatch the first video here. Fred has come around to using my word: froth.

But then I have also inched a little in Fred's direction. I recently used the phrase mini bubble burst.

I think we are both still blind men trying to figure out the elephant. But at least we are trying to figure out. Most others are simply making wild jumps.

Some real wealth creation is taking place. But every new emerging sector will necessarily be accompanied by froth. That is the nature of the beast.

There will be a slew of sob stories in a few years but I don't see any imminent collapse. We are in the first year of a boom decade.

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