• The Chromebook FAQ

  By TechWorld staff | 13 May, 2011 10:48

  One of the big announcements at Google's I/O developer conference is the release of notebooks running the search giant's Chrome OS.

• Google I/O so far: Android, 'Chromebooks' and smarter cars

  By TechWorld staff | 12 May, 2011 11:25

  Google's I/O developer conference, held 10-11 May in San Francisco, has already been the site of a swathe of announcements by the search giant and its partners.

• How to turn Chrome into gold

  By Howard Wen | 26 February, 2011 06:43

  Though Google is pitching it as an operating system for netbooks and lightweight notebooks, Chrome OS is essentially the Chrome Web browser bolted on top of a bare minimum version of Linux. The following extensions can improve the user experience of Chrome (OS or browser) to give you some of the functionality found in a traditional operating system.

• First look: Chrome OS beta's Achilles' heel is its reliance on the Web

  By Galen Gruman | 13 December, 2010 22:10

  Computers and their software today are too complicated, and users are increasingly looking at iPads and cloud-based services such as Google Docs to handle the basics that most of us stick to: document editing, photo management, emailing, Web browsing, and the like. Running Office on a PC or Mac is beyond overkill for most people. Google proposes we do away with the PC altogether, at least part of the time, and replace it with Google's cloud-based laptop -- an appliance in which the Chrome browser serves as operating system. With the Chrome OS, all actions occur in the browser and the cloud.

• Google's Chrome OS doesn't support Java yet

  By Jon Brodkin | 14 December, 2010 04:33

  Google's prototype Chrome OS laptops do not yet support Java, and support for Flash Player 10.1 is being called a "work in progress."

• In depth: Google's Cr-48 Chrome notebook

  By Howard Wen | 11 December, 2010 10:08

  My holiday gift giving season started early Thursday morning when the UPS guy pounded on my door and handed me a package. Inside was a notebook -- Google's much-discussed cloud-based Cr-48 Chrome OS laptop, which was announced by the company on Tuesday.

• Google CR-48: Unboxed and started up

  By Edward N. Albro | 10 December, 2010 10:46

  The CR-48 has landed! This morning, we received one of Google's first Chrome OS-powered laptops. As you'll see in our video, the CR-48 looks a lot like an old black Apple MacBook that's trying to sneak past customs -- it's all flat black with no stickers or even product logos anywhere to draw attention.

• Chrome OS may fail even as it changes computing forever

  By Tom Spring | 18 July, 2009 07:39

  Google says it is working on an operating system designed for netbooks that boots in seconds, is impervious to viruses, and is designed to run Web-based applications really well. What's not to like? Plenty--if you're the number one software maker, Microsoft. Expect a showdown. Google faces an uphill battle rolling out its operating system, Chrome OS. The irony is, Google may not care if Chrome OS succeeds or fails. Here's why.

• Google: the world's most successful failure?

  By David Coursey | 10 July, 2009 02:36

  The amazing thing about Google is how a business that makes 97 percent of its revenue selling advertising has people convinced that it is a technology company. And then gets a free pass despite a series of failures outside its core competencies in search and online ad sales.

• Chrome OS could offend the open source community

  By Keir Thomas | 10 July, 2009 23:36

  The announcement a few days ago of Google's new Chrome OS was simultaneously shocking and expected. It's a typically understated and quietly ambitious move on behalf of Google. It's also proof -- if it were needed -- that Google people are supremely smart. They have their sights firmly set on the future as well as the here and now.

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