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After a few months of speculation, Google today finally decided to show us just what Chrome OS is going to be.  Contrary to what some were hoping, there is no real beta to be had as of now, and Google doesn’t expect to have one for another year.  What we… Continue Reading »

We heard the latest Chrome OS rumor last week, and it looks like it will at least be partially true. The news is official and comes courtesy of Google who have stated that they will be offering a “complete overview” of Chrome OS and giving some demos tomorrow November 19,… Continue Reading »

The official word on the Google’s Chrome OS mentioned that we would see “more updates in the fall” and that it would not be available for download until the “second half of 2010.” That said, things sometimes change, and sometimes they become the subject of rumor. In this case, we… Continue Reading »

According to an exclusive retrieved by Shanzai.com from a “reliable” unnamed source, Acer and Lenovo plan to release a new operating system installed on a new form factor while running on a new platform.  The rumor is that the manufacturers plan to release Nvidia’s Tegra based devices running Google’s Chrome… Continue Reading »

The easiest way to get anybody to use your software is to pack it into their brand new PCs.  While most of us hate the software pre-packaged trial software that comes bundled with a new PC, there’s no doubt that its an easy way to get the software out to… Continue Reading »

Yesterday was a big day for Chrome in terms of being able to sync and backup your bookmarks.  We saw not one, but two methods for syncing and backing up your bookmarks get announced.  Unfortunately, at this time both options require the user to be running the latest dev build… Continue Reading »

Google released a new beta of their Chrome browser today posting a claimed 30% gain in speed as well as some new feature improvements.  One of the big additions is themes allowing the browser to more like Microsoft’s Bing search engine that has been moving up the search charts.  Bing… Continue Reading »

Before we continue to get all hyped up on Google Chrome OS, we must remember that it is not going to be available until the second half of 2010, which means we still have a year to wait and at this point we only have a few facts in regards… Continue Reading »

It seems as if Google is trying to shake things up, first they remove the beta tag from Google apps such as Calendar, Docs, Gmail and Talk and now they have unveiled their latest project—Google Chrome OS. “Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their… Continue Reading »

If you’ve decided to take the netbook plunge, you’re probably going to want to streamline the programs you use and get rid of any “crapware.”  The real question is what applications do you really need for a netbook?  Netbooks are meant to browse the web and take advantage of web… Continue Reading »