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(CNN) — Google is jumping into Microsoft Windows territory — and threatening to change the way personal computers work — with its own version of a computer operating system.

Google’s operating system will augment its Web browser, which is also called Chrome.

The company says the forthcoming Google Chrome OS will revolutionize how computers operate, putting more emphasis on Web functionality, making computers faster and opening them up to helpful tinkering by outside program developers.

“The operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web,” Google said late Tuesday on its official blog. “It’s our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be.”

Chrome OS will be available this coming fall or winter, Google says.

But why should you care?

A trim and speedy Google operating system, which has been buzzed about online for some time, is interesting for several reasons — even if you think it could flop out of the gate.

The first is that Chrome OS will be available as “open-source” technology. That means software developers will be able to mess with the code behind the system, allowing them to develop new applications for it.

via Google takes on Windows with Chrome OS – CNN.com.

via 2038

When you want to know what’s in your tap water, look at your local water utility’s website or check your mailbox for its annual report.  You’ll find the source of the water and any chemical pollutants remaining after treatment.

IT’S THE LAW.

When you pay a premium price of up to 1900 times more for bottled water, you expect more.

But with rare exceptions, you get less.

All too often, you get nothing.   Unless you count hyped advertising come-ons like “crisp,” pristine” or “essential.”

In our book, empty rhetoric means zero.  Zip.  Nada.   Pure drinking water is all about the facts.

An 18-month Environmental Working Group investigation of bottled water labels and websites has found that:

Only 2 bottled waters disclose water sources and treatment methods on their labels and offer a recent water quality test report on their websites.  These best performers are:

• Ozarka Drinking Water
• Penta Ultra-Purified Water

Just 18% of bottled waters disclose quality reports with contaminant testing results.  Among them are all 8 Nestlé domestic brands surveyed:

• Poland Spring
• Nestlé Pure Life
• Arrowhead
• Calistoga
• Deer Park
• Ice Mountain
• Ozarka
• Zephyrhills.

None of the top 10 U.S. domestic bottled water brands label specific water sources and treatment methods for all their products.

via Is your bottled water worth it? | Environmental Working Group.