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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 47 2009

By Shane McGlaun on Saturday, Nov 21st 2009 No Comments

Week in review time again, here we go! The Lenovo IdeaPad Pineview netbook hit the FCC Monday. The FCC is one of the most prolific leaker of gadgets and gear around and we love them for it. The CrunchPad is now said to be steamrolling toward a launch and may have a sponsorship deal in place. Word was a few weeks back that the tablet was dead.

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Chrome OS: Waiting Is The Hardest Part…Though Necessary

By Joanna Stern on Friday, Nov 20th 2009 2 Comments

Google has more than emphasized that its Chrome operating system will be super speedy; it will boot in only seven seconds and surfing the web will be just be quicker. The irony is that you will actually have to wait for Google’s OS to arrive and for a pretty long time in the technology world. After giving a preview yesterday of what is in store from the Internet giant’s computing platform, Google’s Sundar Pichai said that they are “a year away” from releasing products with the operating system. Yep, we are going to be waiting for a solid 365 days!

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Google Chrome OS VMWare image, full install available [Video]

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 20th 2009 1 Comment

Like the look of Google Chrome OS but don’t want to wait until late next year to buy a system running the new, web-centric platform? It’s only been a matter of hours since Google announced details of their new OS, but already there are a number of options for playing with the software. gdgt have put out a full VMWare image of Chrome OS to play with on an existing system, or alternatively you can go the whole hog for a proper install.

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Video demo after the cut

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Google Chrome OS gets detailed [Video]

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 19th 2009 1 Comment

As expected, Google have released launch details about the Google Chrome OS platform, though there is no beta release today nor any netbooks actually running the OS to announce. The company intend Chrome OS to boot almost instantaneously, similar to a TV experience, and in fact it currently loads in just seven seconds; system stability and security is also paramount, with an encrypted user-data section, self-healing OS and complete cloud storage for files. While there’s no beta available today, Google is making the source code available for developers to download, compile and install.

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Video overviews after the cut

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Google Chrome OS event this Thursday: beta release to follow?

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 18th 2009 No Comments

chrome logo Last Friday the rumor machine said Google Chrome OS, the open-source OS for netbooks, would drop in seven days time. That’s looking all the more likely today, with Google apparently sending out invitations to a Chrome OS event to be held on Thursday. According to GigaOm, Google are describing the event as “an update on our progress with Google Chrome OS” together with discussing “launch plans for next year”; that’s leading to speculation that a beta release is in the offing.

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Can Anything Replace Windows XP As the Best Netbook Operating System?

By Joanna Stern on Tuesday, Nov 17th 2009 5 Comments

As someone who has been running Windows XP as a primary operating system for the past eight years and has seen more netbooks with the dated OS in the last year or so, I was probably more excited about the arrival of Windows 7 than Twilight fans are about the upcoming release of the vampire packed New Moon movie. However, the last two netbooks I have gotten my hands on run the lower-end and feature-missing Windows 7 Starter edition. Although it pains me to admit it, I miss the rolling green mountains and blue skies of Windows XP.

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Google Chrome OS release in next 7 days?

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 13th 2009 No Comments

Google Chrome OS, the search giant's web-centric platform for notebooks, netbooks and Smartbooks, is tipped to be arriving sometime within the next seven days. According to TechCrunch's sources, the release of the new OS - which was announced back in July - is imminent, though there's also talk of patchy driver support.

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CrunchPad hamstrung by unexpectedly high production costs?

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 5th 2009 No Comments

Last we heard, the CrunchPad budget tablet was set to leap to the market this month with a roughly $399 price tag. Now the rumor circulating California is that unexpected manufacturing expenses have delayed – perhaps even killed – the project; the Silicon Alley Insider claims that project founder Michael Arrington has been surprised by higher-than-expected quotes from suppliers.

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NVIDIA Tegra Smartbooks running Google Chrome OS in pipeline

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 24th 2009 No Comments

An NVIDIA executive has confirmed that the company is working with Google to produce Tegra-based Smartbooks running Google Chrome OS. Talking to jkOnTheRun’s Kevin C. Tofel, NVIDIA’s GM of mobile business Mike Rayfield revealed that the company expects to see Tegra-based smartphones using Windows Mobile and Android, while Smartbooks or netbooks would use Chrome OS or Windows CE.

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Chrome OS Makes Another Appearance

By Evan Selleck on Monday, Aug 17th 2009 No Comments

While everyone else was enjoying their weekend, it looks like somebody was hard at work leaking some pretty important stuff. Well, it’s important if you like Google, Google’s Chrome browser, and anything new. If this is you, then you’ll love what’s been floating around: images that show off Google’s upcoming Chrome Operating System. Sure, we’ve seen some before, but those were proven to be fake, and left us wanting more.

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