Tag: CHROMEOS

Google loves to make people solve puzzles. The company often posts them in obvious places for all the world to see, so it was a bit of a surprise when Sylvain Zimmer, and a few of his co-workers at music site Jamendo, spotted an equation hiding in the background of one of the new Chrome OS marketing videos. Zimmer immediately started trying to decipher and solve the lengthy string of symbols and ...

As if we hadn't already had enough Google news this week -- with Android Gingerbread, eBooks and the Nexus S hitting yesterday -- the Mountain View crew just served up a heaping helping of Chrome news. While updates to the Chrome browser look great, the new Chrome Web Store and Chrome OS led the event. Part of Google's push for an increasingly Web-centric computing experience, these products ...

Although it's only been a few months since November, it seems like forever ago that Google announced Chrome OS, its lightweight Linux plus browser operating system that is aimed at the growing netbook and tablet market. Over the past couple of months, we've caught a few tantalizing glimpses of its Web-app based future, including interface mock-ups and the announcement of an app store. We've even ...

While it still hasn't given a precise date, Google has come closer to specifying when Chrome OS will launch. According to an AFP report, the free operating system, which is based on Google's Chrome browser, will launch this autumn. Sundar Pichai, Google's VP of product management, recently revealed this information at CompuTex Taipei, an Asian trade show. "It's something which we are very excited ...

Google is clearly betting on the Web being the platform of the future. We're all marching towards a day when it will no longer matter whether you use OS X or Windows or even Linux. But finding top-notch applications has largely required users to search across blogs, visit several sites, and generally have boat-loads of patience. So the Web giant has developed several products and tools for ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Nintendo recently suffered through its worst profit period in six years, but the downward trend definitely wasn't isolated to the industry leader. Video game profits, as a whole, dipped significantly last month, as the NPD Group revealed that April demonstrated the worst monthly sales decline since July of 2009. [From: CNET] ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Apple has endured a week of mysterious iPhone 4G leaks and sightings, but it isn't the only company receiving free smartphone publicity. Engadget awesomely gained access to some incredible Dell tidbits, including details about the Lightning, a Windows Phone 7 "portrait slider." [From: Engadget] The resounding success of 'Avatar' ...

Earlier today, Google gave us all a little hint as to how it plans to handle printing on Chrome OS and other mobile devices. Google Cloud Print aims to let users print from Web-connected device to any Web-connected printer. Rather than trying to support countless combinations of hardware, operating systems and printers, Cloud Print will handle requests directly from the Web. Google will send ...

Though the Chromium OS team (the open source side of Google's Chrome OS project) posted these mockups on January 25 (it took until now for the blogosphere to take notice). One thing is clear, though: Chrome OS has the iPad in its sights. The concept images and video show what a multi-touch enabled Chrome OS might look like. While there is nothing truly Earth-shattering about the images, the ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... The recent Chinese Google hacks and various global Internet censorship campaigns have forced Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to adopt a hard-line stance on Web freedom. Clinton vowed that the "United States will protect our networks" and will fight for a "single Internet." [From: Ars Technica] The rumors that Hulu may start ...

Yesterday, Google finally took the cover off Chrome OS and, in so doing, gave a bunch of foamy-mouthed tech journalists an idea of what to expect once consumers are able to get their hands on it late next year. There weren't many surprises in the announcement. Chrome OS is a tweaked Chrome browser running on top of a streamlined version of Linux -- exactly what most were expecting. We can already ...