Google laptop

With the introduction of the new Google laptop, the CR-48 Chrome Notebook, I have a feeling that Google is planning to take over the world of Technology. At first there was only a Google search, then suddenly we have Gmail, Gtalk, Google translate, Google calender, Google Reader, Chrome, Chrome OS, Nexus Android phone and etc. etc. From hardware to soft wares, Google has a foot in every market pie. Thankfully, Facebook is doing a good job of keeping them out on the war front of social media; permanently taking out Google Wave.

The most distinctive mark about the Chrome notebook is that, there is NO CAPS BUTTON (caps pun intended). If you want to read more about the origination of the CAPS button, you can read it on Slate: Google's Decision to abandon CAPS lock. Basically, it originated from typewriters as there was a need to elevate and lock the carriage to type in caps. Since most of us do not type in CAPS anyway and with the introduction of the SHIFT button, it has made the CAPS Lock button redundant to most consumer. Before I heard people from Banking Operations scream in distress, there are ways to go about typing in caps instead of permanently holding the SHIFT button down with your pinkie; like for example configure your computer keyboard settings. So what is in place of the CAPS button now, is the super cool SEARCH button. See the magnifying glass below? I bet I am going to use it a lot, soon I might be hitting the SEARCH button as intuitively as hitting ENTER.

"see! no caps!"-cj

Do we call users ourselves Googlers, Googlets or Googlelites?