Hot on the heels of a bug report which revealed details about Acer’s upcoming Chrome OS notebook, the folks at ChromeNieuws.nl have spotted a bug report with information about a new Samsung notebook designed to run Chrome OS. Here’s what it reveals: The computer appears to be called the Samsung Alex. It’s powered by a […]
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Google Chrome OS gets a stable channel… is release imminent?
Google has been working on Chrome OS since 2009, but the browser-based operating system is still in beta. Now it looks like a full release could be coming soon. Testers have started to notice that in addition to Beta and Dev channels, there’s now a new Stable channel. The company uses the same three channels […]
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Talk to your browser: Google Chrome 11 beta adds support for speech input
Google has announced that the latest beta version of its Chrome web browser adds support for the HTML5 speech input API. That means developers can write web apps that will convert speech to text, allowing you to interact with a web page by speaking into your computer’s microphone. The technology could let you search a […]
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Google Chrome OS ported to the Apple iPad
We’ve seen hackers install Google Android on the iPhone, so it it any surprise that someone decided to cram Google’s upcoming Chrome Operating System onto an iPad? That’s exactly what one hacker named Hexxeh has done. Hexxeh is probably best known as one of the first people to compile early builds of Google Chrome OS […]
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Google Chrome OS to launch this fall
If you were expecting computer makers to start showing off netbooks and tablets running Google’s Chrome at Computex this week, it looks like you’ll have to wait a little longer. When Google first announced it was working on an operating system last year the company said it would be ready in the second half of […]
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Google Chrome OS gets an app launcher — and so does the Chrome web browser
Google’s upcoming Chrome Operating System is designed to put the net back into netbooks. It’s basically an operating system built around a web browser. While it will have some offline capabilities that will allow you to do things like watch cached videos and read cached web sites while you’re not near an internet connection, the […]
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Jolicloud looks to challenge Google Chrome OS’s speedy boot time
Jolicloud might not have Google’s marketing clout or the giant Google fanboy base which Chrome OS is going to, but they can still put up a good fight. If Tariq Krim and company stick to their guns and respond to the community, Jolicloud could very well garner some mainstream success in the netbook OS business. […]
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Acer to launch Google Chrome powered netbook in 2010
Acer is apparently aiming to be one of the first companies to launch a netbook with the Google Chrome operating system. DigiTimes reports that the company plans to release a netbook running Google’s netbook-focused OS in the second half of 2010. While early pre-release builds of the Chrome operating system are already available for download, […]
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Google chart shows which netbooks run Chrome OS best
You can’t run out and buy a machine with Google Chrome OS just yet – and you wouldn’t want to anyway, since it’s still in the very, very early stages of development. Still, if you’re anxious to try Chrome OS out but aren’t into compiling source code and tinkering in a Linux terminal window Google has […]
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Google Chrome netbook announcements could come later this year
When Google announced it was working on an operating system specifically targeted at netbooks earlier this week, the company said the source code would be available later this year and netbooks running the OS would hit the streets in the second half of 2010. But a funny thing happens when you open-source an operating system. […]