This is what real programmers can do in 4096 bytes. Keep in mind that most probably the homepage of Skunkworks now is around 70-80Kilobytes
The demogroup website is at R G B A
I saw a lot of very impressive stuff done in 4K or 64K in the last 10 years but this is without a doubt the most spectacular one.
BTW do yourself a favor and go to Youtube to see the HD version of this clip.
I’ve got the news about the new Google endeavor from their official blog yesterday morning. After reading all sort of comments on the net I’ve realized that I don’t see any need for Google Chrome OS and most probably is just a preemptive strike against Microsoft at one level and probably Facebook at a different level.
Let me explain. Most probable Google Chrome OS will consist in a Linux kernel, a new window manager and Google Chrome browser on top of all these. Keep in mind that Ubuntu as of 9.04 has an official release for ARM processors. If you need a similar experience today you can get Ubuntu Mini iso (which is a 12 MB download) for x86 architectures. Most probably starting with 9.10 release it will be available for ARM architectures also.
Then, check the instructions from this ubuntu forum . Idea is that you need to install a few packages from the command line:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-core gdm network-manager-gnome fast-user-switch-applet human-theme x11-xserver-utils tangerine-icon-theme gnome-themes-ubuntu ubuntu-artwork jockey-gtk gnome-screensaver gnome-utils
apt-get install laptop-mode-tools ubuntu-laptop-mode wpasupplicant # this one is for supporting a laptop
apt-get install maximus # this one is for achieving the maximizing effect from the Ubuntu Netbook Release .
Then using Ubuntu Tweak and Add / Remove Programs from Ubuntu desktop environment you can install Firefox 3.5, Google Desktop (with gadgets support), Google Gears, AWN and Firefox Prism . I’ve also installed Pidgin and VLC. The bottom line you get an web oriented OS which takes around 80 MB of RAM (at idle) and is very responsive.
On the other hand take a look at all these links:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10282037-56.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10280270-56.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10006582-56.html
http://friendfeed.com/scobleizer/3a1eac42/why-did-google-announce-chrome-os-this-week-well
And all these announcements from Google related to Google Apps out of beta this week and Google Chrome OS makes more sense.
So the way I see things Google won’t be able to change the status quo in the OS world.
But if Google some how succeeds we will run a Google OS on a Google aproved device using only (is going to be only a matter of time ) Google services (no Facebook or Twitter for you). And btw you will probably have Google Analytics at desktop level 
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For all these reasons I will stick with the Web OS option that I described at the beginning. If I am wrong in my assumptions let me know in a comment.
