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Today, I read about a new netbook (running Linux, of course) that stores its operating system on a USB key, presumably so that you can take it out and bring your file and settings to any computer. The first time I skimmed the article, I misread it and didn’t see that it ran Linux. Later, I realized that it must run Linux, since you just couldn’t do that with Windows. It does, in fact, run Linux, but that got me thinking: what would happen if you tried to keep your Windows installation on a USB key and use it on any computer you ran into, like many people do with Linux?

It would probably go something like this:

Windows has found new hardware. Please insert driver CDs.

Windows must be re-activated. Please enter the license code on the back of the original box.

Windows is running low on space on your 32GB flash drive. Please delete files to free up space.

Windows has been activated too many times. Please sit on hold for an hour and explain your situation.

And, finally… Windows got a virus and has been spreading it to every machine you’ve touched.

This is just in case you didn’t believe that anti-piracy measures hinder innovation.

In a shocking revelation today, millions of Chrome fanboys across the web have realized that Google has not yet lost interest in their one month old browser. In fact, since the original release, Google has actually released a number of updates.

When Chrome was first released, most analysts believed that the project would be abandoned soon after the fun of creating the comic book release notes subsided. One professional Google fanboy said that “Google Chrome rules! It’ll probably be abandoned in a couple weeks, but Google Chrome rules!” Now, millions around the world are discovering that, in a rare move, Google appears to have maintained interest in a new project for more than a month. The last time in recent memory that this happened occurred with GMail, although, due to its beta status, it is still unclear if Google will eventually forget about it too.

“The implications of this could be huge, but it is too soon to tell,” said one analyst. He points out that, although most projects are abandoned within the first few days or weeks, some survive three or four months before their developers move on. If Google Chrome makes it past this point, however, most see it as highly likely that Chrome will quickly take over the world. While many see this as good news, one person warned us that allowing Google to take over our lives and our government could be a bad idea. The morning after finding his or her cryptic note, we attempted to ask for further comment, however he or she had mysteriously disappeared.

Overall, it seems that no one really knows what to think of this unprecedentedly good memory on the part of Google, which, some argue, hasn’t happened since they first launched their search business out of a garage*.

* All high-tech companies start in a garage. Google is a high-tech company. Google started in a garage.

Seriously, there may actually be something to be said for Google’s see-what-sticks approach, as it may actually allow for more innovation. Who knows.