chromeos

Hello I would like to see and use the Chrome OS before buying a Chromebook for my wife who is not pc literate. I am fair but know nothing about virtualization except it can help me accomplish my goal -with some advice. I have provided a link which I think I can follow with the laptop by my side...

Here north of the USA, we honestly don't seem to keep up with tech trends as much as our American and even British friends. We think Blackberry 10 is the greatest thing since sliced bread and most people in Canada have probably never heard of the Microsoft Surface, or even Windows Phone for that...

Acer is having more success with Chrome OS in the last two months than it has had with Windows 8 since its October debut. Source: Yahoo! News

Here I have put together a list of all the Chrome OS keyboard shortcuts, if any shortcuts are missing feel free to post them. I hope these will help you guys out! TAB AND WINDOW NAVIGATION Ctrl+N - Open a new window Ctrl+Shift+N - Open a new window in incognito mode Ctrl+T - Open a new tab...

News Analysis: The new Chromebook notebooks introduced by Samsung and Acer with considerable fanfare at the Google I/O conference the week of May 9 will be available for order on June 15. But their chances of survival just aren’t all that great. Link Removed this week, Google announced that...

Google I/O Google co-founder Sergey Brin has said that only about 20 per cent of Google's employees are still using Microsoft Windows, and that all of those users are on Windows 7. He stressed, however, that he is not sure of the exact percentage. Rumors had indicated that within the...

News Analysis: A lot of chatter emanating from Microsoft headquarters indicates Windows 8 could be released as early as next year. Microsoft needs to make sure that it doesn’t stumble with this new generation coming as it seems close on the heels of the successful Windows 7. As 2011 continues to...

Last month, those who signed up for Google’s small Chrome OS pilot program got an early Christmas present when they received a Cr-48. The Cr-48 is a machine specifically manufactured for Google to allow the company to put laptops powered by the Chrome OS into the hands of users to solicit...

My Google Chromebook landed via FedEx just about an hour ago. Naturally, I couldn’t resist firing that puppy up. Now this isn’t a full-blown review, but immediate impressions of what I liked and areas that are going to take some work to get used to. The ultimate judge of this thing will be...

So what if the Libretto exited the common consciousness almost as quickly as it entered it while the Folio 100 was bad enough to get its major UK retailer to discontinue it ? Toshiba promised it'd have a family of tablets for us by the end of 2011's first quarter and the plan apparently hasn't...

It’s a morning of tablets today, with Motorola’s Android slate getting flaunted, iPad 2 production being teased, and now Toshiba’s latest tablet ambitions leaked. According to DigiTimes, Toshiba is readying three new tablets for CES 2011, individually running Windows 7, Chrome OS and Android...

Chrome operating system (OS) will be able to run applications from other operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows. The procedure is a relatively simple technical solution, though one which has practical limitations. The Chrome operating system, which has been released in a form developers...

Google said it is planning to release its free Chrome operating system to go head to head with Microsoft Windows, later this year. Sundar Pichai at CompuTex Taipei, Asia's biggest IT trade show said the OS will be available in the Autumn and he expects it to be downloaded by millions of users...

We’ve heard a lot lately about Apple and its “walled garden” approach to its computer platforms. When you think about this approach, however, this is the same thing that Microsoft has been doing for years. While they do not have hardware specifications set in stone like Apple, the ability to run...

Microsoft: Windows 7 will trump Chrome OS, Apple : News : Software - ZDNet Asia Although the conventional wisdom is that the rise of the netbook is hurting the Windows business, a Microsoft executive said Tuesday that lower-cost laptops can actually be a good thing. Speaking at an investor...

I’m not one of those ready to write Windows an RIP certificate now that Google has finally taken (some of) the wraps off its Chrome OS. In fact, after reading through industry watchers’ questions and Google’s answers about it, I’m thinking that Chrome OS may not...

Warning: This is a completely speculative post. But stay with me as I paint a possible scenario Microsoft is launching Windows 7 seven days from today on October 22. This evening, Google is holding an open house which, it turns out, is open to everyone but the press during which company...

Google has announced that they plan to release a Chrome based OS. Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Google plans to open-source its code later this year and offer Google powered netbooks in 2010. Company officials...