Google Updates Chrome OS, Offers It to CR-48 Owners Through OTA

Anyone using Google's CR-48 netbook can now update their systems with the company's newest OTA version 0.12.433.48 which brings with it some much needed fixes. Included in the update is Flash 10.2.158.22, a new file manager context menu ... continue

Introducing The Google Cr-48, The First Chrome OS Based Netbook

Google today took some time to debut the Cr-48, the first netbook to feature the company's new Chrome OS. The netbook, in a surprising move by Google will feature no branding anywhere on the device and will be ... continue

Google Announces December 7th Chrome Event

On December 7th in San Francisco Google will hold a press conference to discuss some "exciting news about Chrome." While we can't be sure the news will focus on Google's soon to be released Chrome OS, it would ... continue

Google confirms Chrome OS release in ‘late Fall’

Yesterday, reports circulated that Google had banned internal use of Windows due to "security flaws." Today, Google confirmed a Q4 release for the much-anticipated Chrome OS at an Asian trade show: "We are working on bringing the device later ... continue

Report: Google ditches Windows over security concerns

A report from the Financial Times says that many Google employees are indicating that Windows has been restricted from use within the company over security concerns. Two unnamed employees were briefly quoted in the piece about the decision, ... continue

Google Preparing An iPad Killer Says CEO Eric Schmidt [Rumor]

Google, like myself, has accused Apple of making nothing more than a large iPhone via the iPad, while adding a few new OS features to let the device stand alone, now the companies CEO Eric Schmidt has ... continue

Chrome OS available as VMWare download

Google had an event yesterday to give us deets on the upcoming Google Chrome OS, and Steven told you a bit about it here. If you are, as Steven said, swimming in the "ocean of Google kool-aid" and ... continue

Event Thursday at Google HQ demos Chrome OS, Chrome extensions

Rumors of an initial, possibly developer-centric release of Google's Chrome OS this week have been swirling, but that looks like a less likely outcome, for now. We do know Google is hosting an event tomorrow at Google Headquarters where ... continue

Chrome OS to launch within the week?

After several spurious sightings in the wild, rumors intensified this morning that the hotly anticipated Google Chrome OS might be released within the week. Google said earlier in 2009 that the open source operating system would be available ... continue

Chrome OS gets ‘mounting library’ but doesn’t change the fact a Web OS is dumb

I was reading Sarah Perez's post at ReadWriteWeb about some clever folks at the DownloadSquad who have found some goodies in the Chrome OS code that seems to indicate that the new web-based operating system will be ... continue

Google’s secret to taking over the world

There is no denying the fact that Google is a big believer in cloud computing and web based software. In fact much of their future growth is built on the principal of getting as ... continue

Mossberg Puppet rips Chrome OS, TechCrunch

Hoggworks Studios have followed on from their Colbert puppet series with a puppet parody of Wall Street Journal tech writer Walt Mossberg. In this episode the Mossberg puppet rips Google Chrome OS and TechCrunch. I was tempted not ... continue

Considering Google Chrome OS with a serious pinch of salt

Some 24 hours after Google surprised no one and announced Google Chrome OS, the tech blogosphere has experienced its own equivalent of a Royal Wedding. While there's been a full spectrum of opinion, the coverage is tending ... continue