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We've barely heard anything about Chromebooks over the past few months, but it looks like the idea hasn't completely been abandoned.
We don't base this conclusion on anything official, not really, even though Sony is, essentially, the one that enabled us to draw it.
What happened was that a certain ... |
24 March 2012
05:35 GMT |
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The latest version of Chrome OS Linux has been released. Not to be confused with the similarly named operating system built by Google, Chrome OS Linux is an openSUSE remix which focuses on the Chrome browser and uses a number of other Google software that is available for Linux. The latest update, Chrome OS Linux 1... |
27 January 2012
09:21 GMT |
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It appears that Samsung tried to make its CES 2012 exhibition as varied as possible.While Blu-ray devices and TVs were expected, a Chrome OS PC (that isn't a laptop) was not as easy to foresee.Nevertheless, a Chrome OS-powered Chromebox is exactly what Samsung is demonstrating.Measuring 193 x 193 x 32.6 mm (7.59... |
11 January 2012
09:14 GMT |
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The Chrome OS developers announced today, November 17th, the immediate availability for download of the Chrome OS 1.7.932 Live CD operating system, which brings the new Google Music Manager.Chrome OS is a free Linux Live CD distribution built around the revolutionary Google Chrome web browser and based on the openSUS... |
17 November 2011
19:31 GMT |
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Microsoft will continue to build its Android and Chrome OS licensing program throughout the remainder of 2011, having added two new agreements just this week. In fact, it’s nothing short of a safe bet that in the coming months the Redmond company will ink additional intellectual property licensing agreements ... |
9 September 2011
16:11 GMT |
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It looks like Windows 8 won’t have much of a competition from rival operating systems, both traditional and emerging OSes, since the Windows platform is expected to continue its dominance through this year, and most probably the next few years as well. Gartner is forecasting that Microsoft will sell approximat... |
9 August 2011
12:51 GMT |
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It seems that not only browsers, but next generation operating systems are also in an open web race. Earlier this week, Mozilla announced a new project designed to build an open web platform dubbed Boot to Gecko (B2G) which would, at least during its early embryonic phase focus on blending Firefox’s Gecko rend... |
27 July 2011
12:41 GMT |
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Security researchers have identified vulnerabilities in Chrome OS extensions that allow attackers to steal sensitive data and access the victim's accounts.According to Reuters, researchers Matt Johansen and Kyle Osborn of WhiteHat Security originally discovered the hole in a Chrome OS note-taking application.Goo... |
1 July 2011
03:46 GMT |
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After starting shipping the Series 5 Chromebook in the US, Samsung is now getting ready to launch the netbook on the European market, where it should become available for purchase tomorrow for as low as €399.Samsung is one of two partners selected by Google for the consumer launch of Chrome OS, and its Series 5 ... |
23 June 2011
03:17 GMT |
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Just as announced a month before at the Google I/O summit, earlier today both Amazon and Best Buy started shipping the Samsung's Series 5 netbook which was specially designed to run the Chrome OS cloud operating system.Samsung is just one of the two companies chosen by Google to be their launch partners for the ... |
16 June 2011
03:46 GMT |
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Expected to arrive in just a couple of hours in the US, Samsung's Series 5 Chrome OS netbook was recently listed by two major European retailers that will sell this laptop from June 24 with prices starting at €399.
Samsung is one of two partners selected by Google for the consumer launch of Chrome OS, an... |
15 June 2011
05:32 GMT |
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When it first introduced its Cromia Chrome OS netbook at Google's I/O summit, Acer announced that the WiFi version of this laptop will retail for $349, but it now seems like the company has quietly increased the price of the unit with $30.
Acer hasn't issued any press release to notify anyone about the p... |
13 June 2011
08:50 GMT |
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Samsung and Google have just kicked off a special program that allows those interested in buying a Chrome OS notebook to place a pre-order for Samsung's Series 5 portable a week before the laptop will become available from retailers across the US.In order to qualify for this program, consumers will have to find ... |
8 June 2011
10:20 GMT |
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The Windows 8 SKU (stock keeping unit) prices will most probably be one of the last details that Microsoft will share with the public, save perhaps for the retail boxes, if the company’s history of Windows releases is to be taken into account. It will certainly be interesting to see the pricing strategy for th... |
7 June 2011
11:30 GMT |
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Has Microsoft already been at work on a Chrome OS rival platform, even before Google released its browser-based operating system?The Mountain View-based search giant recently announced that Chrome OS will start being available to customers on the first Chromebooks as soon as next month, in June 2011. What users get... |
27 May 2011
13:31 GMT |
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Some netbooks running Google's Chrome OS have already been formally or unofficially announced, but it looks like the software will land on desktops soon enough, although the first model will have a modular architecture instead of a standard one.That Chrome OS-loaded laptops would eventually appear is something ... |
23 May 2011
04:17 GMT |
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As end-users know, the past few days finally saw the emergence of netbooks powered by Chrome OS, Google's newest operating system, but as products get launched, the question arises on just how it will fare considering current and future development.The Chrome OS operating system is something that has been the s... |
13 May 2011
09:45 GMT |
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Google's Chrome OS operating system is set to launch this summer together with a series of notebooks developed by Acer and Samsung, but the company's plans for Chrome OS don't stop here as, during the Google I/O developer summit, it has also revealed its intention to bring the operating system to deskt... |
13 May 2011
04:11 GMT |
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Google introduced the first Chromebooks, notebooks running Chrome OS, at its Google I/O developer conference. The first two devices are hitting the stores in several countries in mid summer. As far as netbooks/ultraportables go, the two devices from Samsung and Acer are up to spec and priced reasonably, but the far m... |
12 May 2011
10:40 GMT |
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When Google first announced Chromium and Chrome I said that the search giant was positioning the new browser as a Windows killer and not necessarily as an Internet Explorer competitor. How can a browser take on an entire operating system? Well, fast forward a few years, and get ready for the first Chromebook (expect... |
12 May 2011
04:40 GMT |
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The second day of the Google I/O 2011 conference was all about Google Chrome. But, while Google didn't have much to say about the web browser, aside from touting its performance, features and so on, it did have plenty to say about Chrome OS and the devices it's going to run on.More than six months late, Goo... |
12 May 2011
04:00 GMT |
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In the second and final day of the Google I/O developer conference, the Mountain View, California search giant revealed to the world the highly anticipated Samsung Series 5 netbook which was specially designed by the Korean company to run the Chrome OS operating system.
Samsung is one of two partners selected by G... |
12 May 2011
03:47 GMT |
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After a leak has detailed most of the hardware specs of Samsung's upcoming Chrome OS notebook, it now seems like the company is getting ready to make official the device later this week, on May 11 to be more precise.
At the end of last week, the PCMag publication received an invitation to a Samsung event, whi... |
9 May 2011
08:56 GMT |
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It was just a few days since a certain Acer Chrome OS machine was detailed, to some extent, and now it looks like Sansung's own such project fell under the eye of watchful web entities, a leak having provided some of the details on it.Google's Android OS is a success and, though it hit a stumbling block th... |
29 April 2011
08:54 GMT |
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That Acer has been working on a netbook set to run Chrome OS is not exactly that big a piece of news in itself, but it looks as though some actual hardware details on the so-called ZGB have now been spotted.By now, many end-users will no doubt at least have heard about the Chrome Operating System.Made in the style o... |
27 April 2011
10:34 GMT |
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At the start of this week Google updated the Beta Channels for both the Chrome browser and the Chrome OS. The new Chrome 11.0.696.34 is available not only for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux but also for the latest Beta Build of Google’s open source operating system. According to Orit Mazor, from the Google Chrome ... |
5 April 2011
05:10 GMT |
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While Windows is running rampant on the laptop market as always, Google's Chrome is making overtures of its own, and it looks like top-tier PC makers are planning to use it in some of their new notebooks.Google has been promoting its Chrome operating system as an alternative to Windows and Android for quite a w... |
30 March 2011
08:55 GMT |
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It seems Sony's been quite actively leaking more or less secret info lately since, beside the rumored MacBook Air rival we've talked about earlier, the Japanese company is allegedly also working on a new netbook running Google's Chrome OS.Of course, the report leading to this rumor (coming from So... |
21 March 2011
15:51 GMT |
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While Asus' Eee PC netbooks are among the most affordable portable computing systems out there (both in terms of price and actual performance), it seems that the Taiwan-based company plans to actually take things to a whole new level, by making these tiny mobile companions even more affordable.So, as Digitimes r... |
17 March 2011
03:52 GMT |
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Without a doubt, Google's Cr-48 netbook running the Chrome operating system has managed to demonstrate what the future OS is all about, and now, it seems that might have reached the end of life status.
Right from the start, while not providing any significant information related to the actual number of Cr-48 ... |
14 March 2011
01:19 GMT |
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Google's Cloud Print is making its first steps in the real world with the launch of support for cloud printing in the mobile versions of Gmail and Google Docs. While Cloud Print is still not being rolled out completely, the new features are a big step in the right direction. Cloud Printing was announced last yea... |
25 January 2011
05:10 GMT |
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Without a doubt, Google's Chrome OS notebook, dubbed Cr-48, has been one of the hottest arrivals of late 2010, as it offered the world a glimpse at what Google's brand-new operating system for notebooks/netbooks would be able to offer, as well as the level of performance we are to expect from these machines... |
30 December 2010
09:42 GMT |
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Google's Chrome OS-running Cr-48 netbook is quite a hot item nowadays, so coveted that, despite only being available directly from Google, it's already become available for sale in China.As you will certainly remember, search-engine giant Google officially introduced a couple of weeks ago its first-ever net... |
23 December 2010
08:21 GMT |
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Google is offering a series of updates across all releases of its open source browser, be them aimed at early adopters or offered to end users for everyday browsing. In this regard, the Mountain View-based search giant revealed that testers can now grab new versions of Chrome through the Dev and Beta Channels. User... |
14 December 2010
09:12 GMT |
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Google has pushed Chrome 8.0.552.224 as a security update to the stable and beta channels in order to address several vulnerabilities, including high risk ones.In total there were five vulnerabilties fixed, two of which were rated with a high severity level, two with medium and one with low.One high impact vulnerabil... |
14 December 2010
02:32 GMT |
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Introduced a short while ago, Google's Chrome OS packing Cr-48 netbook managed to build quite some hype around it in this last few days, all this notoriety leading some folks to quickly pull it apart just to see what they can find inside of this thing.
This latest report comes from the engadget website, that ... |
10 December 2010
07:00 GMT |
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Google has been praising its Chrome operating system for quite a while and, now that its first Chrome netbooks are shipping, it released a video in which it demonstrates the advantages of having all progress saved in the cloud. Netbooks have been selling very well and growing as a market, but there has been a certa... |
10 December 2010
06:12 GMT |
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It appears that the so called long time coming dream of seeing a Google Chrome OS netbook in the flesh has finally come true, or will soon enough, now that the Cr-48 has actually started being delivered.The Google Chrome operating system has been known to be in development for quite some time, for well over a ... |
9 December 2010
11:25 GMT |
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With all the talk about dual-boot options on mobile PCs nowadays, some may naturally wonder if Google's Chrome OS will support such a feature, and it seems that the answer to that question may be less than likable for some.So far, only a few netbooks with two operating systems have been released, most, if not a... |
9 December 2010
10:42 GMT |
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Google's Cr-48 Chrome OS netbook has certainly been quite a pleasant surprise, but given the fact that the search-engine giant has kept mum on the computing systems' hardware configuration, rumors regarding the components that might be powering this thing have already started to abound, the latest claiming ... |
9 December 2010
04:55 GMT |
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Without a doubt, this has been one of the busiest weeks in quite a while for Google, the search-engine giant revealing not only a new Android handset and OS upgrade, but also its first-ever Chrome OS netbook, the Cr-48, which will be available in a limited edition through the company's open-beta-like Pilot progr... |
8 December 2010
07:38 GMT |
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On Tuesday, Mountain View-based Internet giant Google unveiled to the world a series of new details on its Chrome OS, which is nearing the final stages, and which should become available on devices sometime during the next year. It appears that the company is set to bring the platform to the market in the first half... |
8 December 2010
04:19 GMT |
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Google has been extremely active over the past few days, and beside all of those Android-related surprises they've provided (you can read more about those in our Telecoms News section), they've also officially unveiled what just about everyone's been waiting for quite a long while now, namely the first... |
8 December 2010
01:17 GMT |
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Microsoft is pushing Windows into the Cloud, and for the time being, the company’s focus is on Windows 7, and understandably so.
Also for the time being, Windows 7’s connection to the Cloud is largely limited to the rich clients packaged into the Windows Live Essentials 2011 suite.
At least this ... |
7 December 2010
11:59 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that spam emails suggesting a joint prizes giveaway campaign from Google and Facebook eventually lead to a variant of the Zbot banking trojan.The fake emails purport to come from “Google and Facebook team” and bear an uninspired subject of “From the Google and Facebook team... |
7 December 2010
04:58 GMT |
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Windows vs. Chrome OS, so it begins, or at least it’s about to. At the end of the past week, Google started sending out invitations to a Chrome team event on December 7th, 2010, in San Francisco. The promise from the Mountain View-based search giant is that some exciting news about Chrome will be made public. ... |
6 December 2010
12:01 GMT |
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Microsoft’s next iteration of the Windows client will come in a world a tad different from today, in the sense that there will be a new rival to take into account beyond Linux and Mac OS X. Google is putting the finishing touches on Chrome OS, its Chrome browser-based open source operating system, designed wit... |
26 November 2010
12:29 GMT |
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While the exact date when Google will release its first self-branded netbook (or netbooks) is still unknown (although most industry signals seem to indicate that we're talking about late 2010, not early 2011), it would seem that we're not talking about a single platform, but two, undergoing tests as we spea... |
26 November 2010
08:54 GMT |
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While just about everyone thought it had Google's plans for Chrome OS and Android pretty much figured out, it would seem that the search engine giant's agenda might just be a tad different, the company actually planning for their future operating system to spread way beyond the realm of netbooks and other s... |
26 November 2010
03:47 GMT |
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