'Google Chrome OS' in the Works for Netbooks [Google]
Gizmodo — Ars Technica has received confirmation from two sources that Google is working on new software named Google Chrome OS, which will offer a cloud-based, OS experience around the browser. UPDATE: It's official. It's coming in the second half of 2010. Google says the OS is open source and lightweight, allowing users super quick access to the web. They claim the OS will be virus free, and run a newly-designed windowing system on top of a linux kernel that will be compatible with x86 and ARM processors alike. ...

Google Chrome OS for PCs: Look Out Windows and OS X [Google]
Gizmodo — Ars Technica has received confirmation from two sources that Google is working on new software named Google Chrome OS, which will offer a cloud-based, OS experience around the browser. UPDATE: It's official. It's coming in the second half of 2010. Google says the OS is open source and lightweight, allowing users super quick access to the web. They claim the OS will be virus free (the security architecture is entirely new), and run a newly-designed windowing system on top of a linux kernel that will be compatible with x86 and ARM processors alike. ...

Google Announces full-scale Operating System: ChromeOS is here
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... kernel. For application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform. Google Chrome OS is a new project, separate from Android. Boo! OMG! Lol! Introducing the Google Chrome OS [Google]

Google to launch OS that competes with Windows
The Raw Feed — Google announced the Google Chrome Operating System -- a Linux-based OS that competes directly with Microsoft Windows. Although the operating system will appear first on netbooks, Google says the software "is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems." ...

Google announces Chrome OS
Tech Ticker — ... but for computers that only know to do one thing – surf internet. Though Google is targeting netbooks for its new OS, I think it would be better with devices like Crunchpad, which is also trying to do the same thing. The Google Chrome OS supports both x86 and ARM architecture and will run in a windowing system atop a Linux kernel. Google will open-source the code later this year while devices running on this OS will start retailing from the second half of 2010. [Via Googleblog] Share on: ...

Google Chrome OS
Boing Boing — ... Chrome OS. We're designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work. Introducing the Google Chrome OS

Google announces Chrome OS, coming to netbooks second half of 2010
Engadget — ... We can't believe it's actually here. After hearing whispers of a Google OS for ages now, the company's now gone official with its plans. According to the official developer blog, it'll be an open source platform targeted at netbooks and coming the second half of ...

Google anuncia “Google Chrome OS” para netbooks
Gizmologia — ... Eso es, el sistema operativo de Google es cierto, aun no han publicado ninguna captura, pero en el blog de Google podemos leer una extensa entrada de lo que será este nuevo proyecto. ...

Google Chrome OS is in the making, Will be Open Source, Notebooks may be the first to have it
COGADGET — ... other Windows, Linux and Mac browsers giving developers the largest user base of any platform. The company said that Google Chrome OS will be very different from their Android OS. The main target of Chrome OS will be for people who spend most of their time on the web and is designed for notebooks to set top boxes to desktop systems while Android OS was developed for Mobile users. Now we have to see what Microsoft and Apple will do to compete with Chrome OS. Read Official Google Blog

Google Chrome O/S? = Wow!
The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia — Home About Archives Submit a Tip Email us The Red Ferret Journal Gadgets, cool sites, tech news and trivia Gadget Sites Free MP3 Music Free Software Cool Websites Ferret Store 8 July 2009 general Google Chrome O/S? = Wow! Googlechromeos Google Chrome O/S ? = Wow! That s all. Tags: google+chrome+o/s , operating+system Share and Enjoy: StumbleUpon del.icio.us Facebook Digg Reddit Mixx E-mail this story to a friend! ...

Google Chrome OS announced: on netbooks by 2H10
SlashGear — ... If you thought Google’s OS ambitions would end with Android, think again.  The search giant has announced Google Chrome OS, an “open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks”, and which promises a start-up to internet-ready delay of just seconds.  ...

Google Chrome OS Shining Up
Mobility Site — ... in the coffin for Linux distros on netbooks, replacing such systems as Ubuntu NBR or Moblin. The only real surprise here is I think a lot of people (including many netbook vendors) were expecting Google to beef up Android as a PC OS, rather then use Chrome. However, Google has been saying for a long time that Operating Systems had become antiquated and in the future, the browser itself would be the OS needed. Time to see if they were right. Read the full press release HERE.       ...

Google to launch Chrome operating system
T3.com News — ... applications, like professional graphics packages for example, it's unlikely to be for you. It sounds promising, but the real test for Google Chrome OS is when customers gets hands-on with it. That's likely to be in the second half of 2010, with Google already in talks with various hardware makers about getting the Chrome OS pre-installed. We suspect it might be appearing at the trade shows much more quickly. CES 2010 perhaps? Quite possibly. Link: Google Blog

Google to launch Chrome operating system
T3.com All — ... speed. If you want to use serious applications, like professional graphics packages for example, it's unlikely to be for you. It sounds promising, but the real test for Google Chrome OS is when customers gets hands-on with it. That's likely to be in the second half of 2010, with Google already in talks with various hardware makers about getting the Chrome OS pre-installed. We suspect it might be appearing at the trade shows much more quickly. CES 2010 perhaps? Quite possibly. Link: Google Blog Related links: [image]

Google Chrome OS vs Android
PR News: — ... areas where Chrome OS and Android will overlap, but Google believe that this choice will help benefit everyone. Users all want the same thing and that is for their computers to boot fast to access things like emails instantly. Often as time goes on our computers slow down with all the data that we store on it, Google aims to make computers always run as fast as the first day that we purchased it. For more information on Google Chrome and its differences to Android, visit Google’s Blog SHARE | Leave a comment | Share a problem | Get Our ...

Google Chrome OS Operating System To Bring The Cloud To Your Netbook In 2010
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Google announces Google Chrome OS in the works
Krunker — ... the second half of 2010. Chrome OS will also go open-source later this year and Google is actively talking with partners now about the OS. It’ll be interesting to see how this all plays out down the road. Netbooks have certainly created an opening for Google to enter into the OS space. WIth netbooks, consumers generally want long battery life, fast boot times, and easy access to content and web applications online – all perfect elements for Chrome OS to succeed with. [Check it out via NetbookTech.com] No Tags ...

Google Chrome Operating System (OS) for Netbooks
D' Technology Weblog — ... Google has announced a new project, a natural extension of Google Chrome called “Google Chrome Operating System”. Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips and we are working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of netbooks to market next year. The software architecture is simple — Google Chrome running within a ...

Google treads on Microsoft toes
UK Gadget and Tech News, Reviews and Shopping — ... “Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS” say Sundar Pichai, VP Product Management and Linus Upson, Engineering Director on the Google blog. ...

Google Chrome OS to take on Windows from 2010
Tech Digest — ... is the real bonus to us all. It'll also have PC manufacturers rubbing their hands with glee as they'll no longer have to pay whacking great licenses to Microsoft. Doubtless that saving will also be passed on to us. I'm not saying that Google are the good guys but it makes little difference who out of them and Gates, Ballmer & Co. has the monopoly. So, I'll stick with the one who charges me less and, besides, I've had enough of scratching around for product keys on lost CD cases. (via Gblog) ...

Google officially announces Google Chrome OS
Gadgetell — ... Sadly, though, even after a nice long post announcing Google Chrome OS on the Official Google Blog, I am still left wanting a little more of something.  Maybe it is in the details, or due to the lack of anything in terms of images or screenshots. Bottom line, while interesting sounding, it sounds like we are going to have to wait a while longer before we get anything more because unfortunately, we can expect “more updates in the fall.” Read [Official Google Blog] Full Story » | Written by ...

Google Drops the Chrome OS Onto a Netbook Near You
jkOnTheRun — ... netbook world has been peeping all around waiting for Google Android to get dropped onto a netbook. Android was designed from the ground up to be a full-fledged OS to power everything from smartphones to netbooks. It has one failing in the netbook arena though, it won’t run on x86 processors. Google isn’t concerned about that failing and the Android netbook buzz has been merely the misdirection before Google slipped the ball under a different cup. Google has announced the Chrome OS, an open source OS designed for the netbook from the ground up. It has gotten very ...

Five Things Google’s Chrome OS Will Do for Your Netbook
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... flavors of Linux. Google may use these, buy them or even roll its own. One thing is sure, though: If Google can put out a whole OS that is as clean, fast and focussed as its individual web products, the Chrome OS could be a revolution. A free revolution that could be making Microsoft extremely uncomfortable right now. Google Announces PC Operating System to Compete with Windows [Wired - Epicenter] Product page [Google] Original photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com ...

Google Announces Chrome OS for Netbooks, Android Supposedly Still in the Picture
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... tailored experience with the Chrome OS, even though Android was created with netbooks in mind. It’s not that Android will have a terrible time chilling out around phones and MIDs at the upper-end, but there were certainly high hopes for how well Android would scale upwards. In any case, netbooks running the Chrome operating system on a Linux kernel should be hitting the market in the later half of 2010, with the code going open-source “later this year”. [via Official Google Blog] Related News from IntoMobile: ...

Google Announces a Shiny New OS, Based on Chrome
Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech — ... Google is pretty clear that it wants the OS of choice for netbooks to be Chrome. Google released the Chrome browser last year. Since then, it’s continually added capabilities to the browser, but to be honest, it’s still buggy and doesn’t have many of the capabilities of Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer. Considering that Gmail just exited beta after five years, one has to wonder how long it would take for this operating system to exit beta. In their blog post announcing the Google Chrome Operating System , the company said: Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight ...

Google Chrome Vs. Google Android.
I4U News — ... This morning Google announced that they were in the process of developing a brand-new open source operating system. The appropriately-named Google Chrome OS is billed as being a totally new type of operating system, built specifically for people who spend a lot of time on the Internet. We've heard rumors of a Google operating system for a very long time, but I think most of us discounted them after the launch of the Android OS. At the outset it doesn't seem very sensible of Google to create a brand new OS when their first one is still taking its baby steps. Is Chrome OS a sign ...

Google Chrome Operating System Coming!
PCLaunches.com — ... they are without having to worry about hard drive backups, and don't want to spend hours configuring computers to work with every new piece of hardware, or have to worry about constant software updates. As its suppose to be an open source (read FREE) OS, how would Google benefit from it? Google answers, "any time our users have a better computing experience, Google benefits as well by having happier users who are more likely to spend time on the Internet." [Google Blog]

Daily Tech: Google Announces Chrome Operating System
GeekSugar — ... Google announces Chrome Operating System for PCs. - Google Blog Internet radio sites and the music industry reached an agreement over royalties. - LA Times So Facebook is for old people? - CNET The cost of buying every iPhone app is $144,326.06. - Gizmodo Bookstores aim at Amazon with their own e-readers. - Wired Panasonic ups the ante with greener CRT recycling. - Unplggd Pandora caps free streaming at 40 hours a ...

Sony PSP, PSN has nothing to do with Google Chrome OS
CrunchGear — ... While we’re all thrilled to see Google throw a new coat of paint onto the Linux kernel, there are, in fact, other things going on Out There, like, say, the quickly evolving PSP. Yesterday’s ...

Google Gmail, Calendar, Docs, and Talk — Now With 100% Less Beta!
The iPhone Blog — ... Makes the kind of sense that doesn’t, but whatever. Opaque, non-standard definitions of beta aside, it’s still good news. What’s next, announce a second operating system or something? ...

Google Enters Netbook Race With "Chrome" OS
iPhone Savior — ... match the petite 7" to 10" screens of some popular netbooks, it would not take a grand leap for Apple to introduce a new product aimed at filling the gap between their iPod Touch and MacBook laptops. A crushing blow certain to strip much of the sheen from the world domination plans being built around Google Chrome. If netbooks do what smartphones do but only bigger, you have to ask yourself: why bother with a netbook? Gentlemen... start your engines! [Google Chrome OS Press Release]

Google Prepares to Walk a Mile in Linux’s Shoes
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... Chrome OS will run on top of a Linux kernel, although Google has said that it will have an entirely new interface and will run all web applications rather than native Linux apps. ...

GBTV #592 | Chrome OS, Juicy Pink Keyboard, Yoostar, Frolicat BOLT
GeekBrief.TV — ... Google finally officially announced Chrome OS. It’s meant for netbooks at first, is built on Linux and uses Web apps to keep things simple. ...

Chrome OS is sound and Fury signifying nothing
SlashGear — ... Launching a new PC OS is not easy even if your target is a cloud. Targeting netbooks in 2010 isn’t the answer either. As I’ve pointed out, netbook are laptops with a pivotal axis of price. We’re seeing netbooks with 12″ screens, full sized keyboards and 300gb of storage. Does anyone think that netbooks aren’t going to evolve further? Consumers have overwhelmingly rejected Linux flavored netbooks for Windows capable machines that they could actually accomplish things on, such as run PC applications. It does kill the idea of Android on netbooks (which ...

Giz Explains: What the Hell's Google Chrome OS? [Giz Explains]
Gizmodo — Google. Chrome. OS. Just reading that makes my pants tingle. But, uh, what is it exactly? Here's what Google says: "Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks" and "most of the user experience takes place on the web." That is, it's "Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel" with the web as the platform. It runs on x86 processors (like your standard Core 2 Duo) and ARM processors (like inside every mobile smartphone). Underneath lies security architecture ...

Google claims Chrome OS will be virus free
T3.com News — ... to work across a variety of devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks. Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems. While there are areas where Google Chrome OS and Android overlap, we believe choice will drive innovation for the benefit of everyone, including Google."   Link: The Official Google Blog       Vote in the ...

Google claims Chrome OS will be virus free
T3.com All — ... separate from Android. Android was designed from the beginning to work across a variety of devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks. Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems. While there are areas where Google Chrome OS and Android overlap, we believe choice will drive innovation for the benefit of everyone, including Google." Link: The Official Google Blog Related links: [image] ...

Are You Interested in Trying Google's Chrome OS?
GeekSugar — ... Google's operating system will compete with OS X, Windows, and Linux, and promises to be open source and lightweight. Google says that it will first come to netbooks, and if it's as quick as the "lightweight" term promises, you can bet I'll be getting my hands on it as soon as I can. ...

Google Chrome Operating System In The Works For 2010
Coated — ... Google Chrome will use web based applications that will run not only on Google Chrome OS but also with Windows, Mac and Linux. Although the Chrome OS plan is already in place, netbooks running Chrome OS will not be available until the second half of 2010. Eventually Google Chrome OS will be available on full sized desktop systems. Google firmly believes that their new Chrome OS is the answer to internet simplicity for those who spend most of their time on the web. [Source] Google Chrome Beta TechCrunch Editor Michael ...

MobileTechRoundup 177: Matt Cuts the T-Mobile Cord
jkOnTheRun — MoTR 177 is 34:30 minutes long and is a 31.7 MB file in MP3 format. CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly. HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia) TOPICS: Does Google’s Chrome OS have a chance? T-Mobile unveils the myTouch3G, but Matt can’t pre-order one. Happy 1st Birthday to the iTunes App Store. Internet Tethering saved the day. Will it be worth the ...

Google launching its own operating system - Chrome OS
Gizmos for Geeks — ... Google expects Google Chrome Operating System to be available in netbooks in the first half of 2010, and has been working with OEMs to make this a reality. This OS is really meant for those users who use computers mainly to access and use Web applications - e-mail, documents, social networking, shopping, etc. You probably won’t find too many power users switching to this OS, although it’ll be fine if it was on the family room netbook. ...

Download Free Google Android OS: Live Android CD Image
Techlivez.com — ... Google Chrome OS has also been announced, and it could be a better version of Android OS or may be completely different form of Linux OS specially designed for netbooks during its initial phase (releasing in second half of 2010), later it will also become available for mainstream desktop PCs. ...

Google Chrome OS landing on netbooks soon?
Electricpig.co.uk - The UK's fastest-growing tech news site — ... go ahead and start using brand new technology. While HP or Dell would want to thoroughly test Chrome OS before slapping it on their products, Chinese firms may be willing to load up cheap hardware with a pre-release version of the operating system and stick it on the shelves. If the rumour is true, we’re bound to hear more in the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, check out 10 ways that Google Chrome OS will change netbooks. Out TBC | £TBC | Google (via Liliputing) Related posts: Google ...

Is Google Chrome OS Launching Next Week? [Rumor]
Gizmodo — Would it be earlier than expected? By a lot. But given how long Google usually takes to test their products—and how long Android was public before the G1 launched—Techcrunch's report that Chrome OS is imminent isn't totally ridiculous. Previously, Google had set the release date had been set roughly at H2 of 2010. In their words, [T]he first netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010 Of course, that's when a dedicated product will launch, as ...

Rumor: Google Chrome OS Launching Next Week [Rumor]
Gizmodo — Would it be earlier than expected? By a lot. But given how long Google usually takes to test their products—and how long Android was public before the G1 launched—Techcrunch's report that Chrome OS is imminent isn't totally ridiculous. Previously, Google had set the release date had been set roughly at H2 of 2010. In their words, [T]he first netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010 Of course, that's when a dedicated product will launch, as ...

Will We See Chrome Devices This Holiday Season?
GigaOM — ... (GigaOM Pro, subscription req.), the platform  is being developed specifically for the netbook segment, leveraging a bare-bones interface optimized for performance — not frills. Google said earlier this year that netbooks running the OS wouldn’t be available until the second half of 2010, but that it would open source the code for download by the end of 2009. ...

Chrome OS: Imminent?
Technologizer — ... next week. It’s presumably a very early version, since Google says that machines running Chrome OS won’t arrive until the second half of next year. ...

Is Google Chrome OS Coming This Week? Does it Matter?
UK Gadget and Tech News, Reviews and Shopping — ... Over the last few days the Internet has been full of rumours that, this week, Google will release a Beta version of their Chrome OS. Google’s Chrome OS was announced back in the summer as a re-think of what operating systems should be. Google’s thinking is as follows: today’s operating systems, that run our web browsers, were designed in an era where there was no web. So today we need a new operating system which is designed with the web in mind. ...

Google to Demonstrate Chrome OS in Thursday Event
Gadget Lab — ... Google announced Chrome OS in July, 2009 without disclosing many details about the operating system. What’s known is that Chrome will be a lightweight, open-source, Linux-based OS with a strong focus on web surfing using the Google Chrome browser. Applications will run mostly inside the browser, which in effect turns the web into the platform. The Chrome OS will initially be targeted at netbooks — low-powered, miniature notebooks, Google said in July. ...

Google to Demonstrate Chrome OS in Thursday Event
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... Google announced Chrome OS in July, 2009 without disclosing many details about the operating system. What’s known is that Chrome will be a lightweight, open-source, Linux-based OS with a strong focus on web surfing using the Google Chrome browser. Applications will run mostly inside the browser, which in effect turns the web into the platform. The Chrome OS will initially be targeted at netbooks — low-powered, miniature notebooks, Google said in July. ...

Chrome OS: What We Know and Don’t Know
Technologizer — ... Nothing it had to say came as a great revelation–it largely confirmed and expended upon the goals laid out in the initial blog post on the project. Chrome OS will emphasize speed, simplicity, and security; it’ll store everything in the cloud; it’ll come preinstalled on netbooks. And under the surface, it has a Linux core. ...

VoIP in Google ChromeOS
VoIP & Gadgets Blog — ... Google released their ChromeOS operating system yesterday. So naturally, as a VoIP fan I was curious if ChromeOS could run VoIP. Since Google's ChromeOS has a Flash Player built-in, in theory it can run a Flash-based VoIP client. The first VoIP solution that came to mind was Flaphone (formerly ...