Short post today, but Google is officially entering the arena as a major contender to Microsoft on all fronts.

Microsoft has been trying to steal Google's search dominance with bing, the latest iteration of search from Microsoft. Now Google has announced that they will be designing and releasing their own Operating System (OS). What is an OS? Well, Windows XP and Windows Vista are both OSes from Microsoft. Microsoft currently dominates about 85% of the OS market. The remaining 15% is divided between Apple and Linux.

So, just like Microsoft is in Google's arena with Bing and internet search, Google is now in Microsoft's Arena with its new OS.

You can read the full article on the Google Blog here.

I'm paraphrasing, but the goal of the new Google OS is to make the fastest OS possible, that starts instantly, and is designed to be used on the web/around the web. The post also mentions redesigning security so that with the Google OS, antivirus software will no longer be needed. This announcement might even ruffle Symantec's (Father of Norton Antivirus products) feathers!

Well, there is now a news ticker at the top of the page, courtesy of Google News. Obviously, since this is my blog, it features cool stuff from the Science and Technology corners of the world.

Also, an embedded Grooveshark playlist app is coming into existence, and will be placed on my sidebar, probably near the top. It will likely feature a rotating playlist of songs I enjoy listening to at the moment.

To get the Grooveshark embedded playlist add-on, you will need to create a Grooveshark account, then create a playlist of your favorite music (double check the songs, as occasionally you may find multiple versions of the same song), and then click on the "i" button next to your new playlist. From there you should see the "Embed Playlist" button. That will take you to an in depth embedded player creation, where you can customize the size, colors, and more of your special Grooveshark embedded player app. After all that is over with, you will get the code which you can then paste into your Blog's sidebar.

And if you want some cool background, then hopefully you can find something with a Google Search for Blogger templates