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Chrome Browser Updated at Google Chrome Event

, Dec 7th 2010 Discuss [0]

We've got our man Ben on the scene over at the Google Chrome Event and he's bringing us live updates and images as fast as he hears them live. Feel free to follow along with us and the other 120 million Chrome browsers. First up, all the stuff you're gonna love for the future of the Chrome browser itself! Read The Full Story

Toshiba readying Windows 7, Chrome OS and Android tablets for CES 2011?

, Dec 7th 2010 Discuss [0]

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. Meanwhile Toshiba is also tipped to have 7-inch tablets in the works, though these are supposedly being managed by the company's smartphone department. Read The Full Story

Google “Mario” and “Andretti” Chrome OS netbooks in internal speed testing?

, Nov 26th 2010 Discuss [0]

Google is tipped to be "dogfooding" two own-brand Chrome OS netbooks, internally codenamed "Andretti" and "Mario", with frequent mentions of the two computer types showing up in bug reports online. The models appear to be named after IndyCar driver Mario Andretti, known for being a particularly fast driver, and would suggest that Google is prioritizing netbook performance with its first self-branded models. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Morning Wrap-up: November 23 2010

, Nov 23rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Dunk it in! This morning over at Android Community (or was it late last night?) Vincent reviewed the Motorola Defy - a rugged piece of machinery that'll get wet and keep on clickin. There's some 3D modeling and studying of flying snakes on SlashGear, a hands on with the Marvell Android tablet, and a gaming computer employing cooled liquid to get it down to some sub-zero temps. And then, and then! Apple announces they're going to have some Black Friday sales at their stores. Holy holiday ham! What a strange day it's turning out to be here on SlashGear Morning Wrap-up! Read The Full Story

Google Chrome OS netbooks delayed, but beta software release on track?

, Nov 23rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Google Chrome OS is unlikely to make a significant launch on physical netbook hardware before the end of 2010, missing the search giant's previously stated release window, though a beta release is still expected sometime in December 2010. CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed that Chrome OS netbooks won't be on sale for the "next few months"; however, the company also insists that it is on track for a release of some sort this year, though they are "not going into details at this point." Read The Full Story

Lenovo: LePad US launch in 2011; $15m app investment fund founded

, Nov 12th 2010 Discuss [1]

Lenovo is talking tablets again, with Chief Executive Yang Yuanqing reconfirming the company's plans to launch the LePad in the US sometime in 2011, alongside its Chinese launch. Last month, CEO Rory Read said Lenovo would hold off from launching an Android-powered slate until Honeycomb, Google's tablet-centric version of the open-source OS; Froyo (and, presumably, the imminent Android 2.3 Gingerbread) were not "the right base to have a fully functioning pad" Read suggested. Now the company has taken software into its own hands, kicking off a significant tablet app investment program. Read The Full Story

Google’s Chrome Web Store delayed until Dec tip developers

, Oct 28th 2010 Discuss [1]

Google's Chrome Web Store has apparently been delayed, and will miss its originally tipped launch this month.  Instead, according to AllThingsD, developers creating apps for the new download store are expecting a December 6 public beta, with some having received not only special help from Google's engineers but even financial support. Read The Full Story

The Daily Slash: September 20th 2010

, Sep 20th 2010 Discuss [0]

Hopefully everyone had a good weekend, and took advantage of the "International Observe the Moon Night" "And Talk Like a Pirate Day." If not, there's always next year. In any event, here we are at a Monday, getting ready to call it a night, so it's that time for The Daily Slash. Tonight, in our story from around the web, we'll get another nugget of joy from one Kudo Tsunoda, and then we'll wrap up what's been going on in the R3 Media Network today. Read The Full Story

Gmail VoIP testing tips Google’s Chrome OS Voice plans?

, Aug 25th 2010 Discuss [0]

Google are apparently trialling a system whereby their Google Voice VoIP app is integrated with the web-based Google Chat IM service within the Gmail interface.  According to CNET's sources, the new VoIP system is built into the existing Chat UI and allows for ingoing and outgoing calls without any locally running software. Read The Full Story

Verizon Google Chrome OS tablet by HTC launching November 26th?

, Aug 18th 2010 Discuss [3]

Definitely one for the rumor-mill, but DownloadSquad claim to have heard from a source that HTC are building Google a Chrome OS tablet that will launch on the Verizon network in the US on November 26th.  That's a Black Friday launch, leading to speculation that Verizon will couple the slate with some seriously subsidized pricing so as to lure in would-be iPad buyers. Read The Full Story

Eric Schmidt: No Nexus Two or Google-brand Chrome OS netbook

, Jul 5th 2010 Discuss [3]

Google has no plans for a second-generation Nexus Two smartphone, according to CEO Eric Schmidt, since the Nexus One met its desired goal of spurring on the Android hardware market.  In an interview with The Telegraph, Schmidt confirmed that "the idea a year and a half ago was to do the Nexus One to try to move the phone platform hardware business forward. It clearly did. It was so successful, we didn't have to do a second one. We would view that as positive but people criticised us heavily for that."  However, Schmidt said he doubts Google will have to follow a similar route with upcoming Google Chrome OS netbooks. Read The Full Story

Google Chrome OS to feature legacy app Chromoting

, Jun 11th 2010 Discuss [0]

I bet you are all wondering what is "Chromoting" right now, aren't you? It's a made-up word that Google has coined for running legacy applications in Chrome OS. Google is set to launch the Chrome OS this fall, and according to one Google team member Chromoting "will also enable you to access legacy PC applications right within the browser." Read The Full Story
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