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THE FIRST PICS OF THE CHROME OS BETA FOR DEVS!!!
THE FIRST PICS OF THE CHROME OS BETA FOR DEVS!!!
Hi there. I work for a company (Sorry to be secretive, but what I am about to post could get me in big trouble) that supplies parts for Acer laptops. Today, a Google Rep visited the Acer team to install and quickly show off some of the features of the Google OS in development. I was [...]
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Are These the First Chrome OS Screenshots? [Rumor]
Gizmodo — ... But you can see the same pictures I can, and description in the leak is quite long, so just have a look for yourself. I'm just not overly hopeful. [ChromeOSLeak—Thanks, MC Gamer!] ...

Pictures of Google Chrome OS leaked!
PCLaunches.com — ... Rather than wasting time in writing how Google's entry into OS world would change the game or something like that, we have something very important -- live pictures of Google Chrome OS! Thanks to an anonymous person who works for a company that supplies parts to Acer, we can see first live pictures of Chrome OS. The beta version of Chrome features a Chrome Bar which house applications, a clock, and optional search bar. [Source]

Faked Screenshots Show Google Chrome Frenzy
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... invite him to a secret meeting, surely he’s not going to risk sneaking these shots out, especially as there is no gain (anonymous, remember) and everything to lose (a presumably very good job). We call fake. What is real, though, is the Apple-like level of fever surrounding this OS. There’s a gnawing hunger for information, and for now it looks like people will do anything to fill it. See the rest of the pictures below. THE FIRST PICS OF THE CHROME OS BETA FOR DEVS!!! [ChromeOSLeak] See ...

Chrome OS Pics, Info Leaked.
I4U News — ... A brave employee of a company that provides parts for Acer laptops has risked his career to provide us with our first grainy photos of Google's new Chrome OS in action. He's also brought us a detailed description of how smoothly the OS is running right now. Google's promised us speed with this new OS, and so far it sounds like they are delivering. The tipster says that installation from Vista to Chrome took only 10 minutes. Only one restart was required, and the whole process was described as 'elegant', which is not generally a word one hears applied to OS installations. ...

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