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	Microsoft online chief: I would never log into a Chromebook Google's love of inside jokes was on display this month at the Google I/O conference, where a demo of Google's new "Chromebook" computers used the login name "Tom Rizzo." Rizzo is the senior director of online services at Microsoft who has claimed that Google is "failing" in the enterprise. When told about the demo, Rizzo said Google can keep using his name in demos because "me logging into a Chromebook will never be a reality." 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