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Chrome browser gets baked-in Flash support

Chris Davies, Mar 31st 2010 Discuss [1]

Whether you're on the "bring on the Flash" side of the fence, or patiently counting down the days until its demise at the hands of HTML5, you can't escape the fact that much of the online content we see is powered by Adobe's technology. Google have therefore announced a new build of the Google Chrome browser that has Flash baked in; it's the first step in their collaborative work with Adobe to tighten up the Flash experience with a new API rather than the flaky browser plug-in method currently used. Read The Full Story

First look at Google Tablet(s) running Chrome OS? [Video]

Paul Fang, Feb 2nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Last week we saw the iPad, Apple’ s hugely controversial tablet. This week? What more than Google’s long-awaited ChromeOS - running on a tablet itself? Looking very tablet-like indeed, these images and a video of prototype OS mock-ups running on 5-10 inch tablets have just surfaced on Google’s ChromeOS User Experience page (Chromium Projects). Read The Full Story

Google Chrome OS tablet rumors reignite

Chris Davies, Jan 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

In these tablet-charged times, it doesn't take much to start a touchscreen rumor running. Google's Senior Product Manager of Search, Anders Sandholm, found that out yesterday, when questioned about Google Chrome OS and the possibility of a touchscreen device running the web-centric platform. Sandholm reportedly fumbled about for a tactically answer, settling on "I can't... I mean... right now we are targeting netbooks, that's what we're focused on, but I expect it to work well... we expect it to target everything up to desktop computers." Read The Full Story

Acer ebook reader, Chrome OS netbooks, App Store and tablet in works for 2010

Chris Davies, Jan 25th 2010 Discuss [0]

Acer's plans for 2010 include ebook readers, Google Chrome OS netbooks, an app store and - potentially - a tablet running either a Microsoft or a Google platform, according to Jim Wong, the company's president of IT Products. The executive has revealed that by the end of June, Acer will have announced its first 6-inch E Ink based ereader, around the same time that the company expects to launch an app store with titles for Android, Windows and Windows Mobile; Chrome OS support will follow on later. Read The Full Story

HTC abandons tablet PC plans – focus on smartphones for now

Paul Fang, Jan 19th 2010 Discuss [0]

The speculated HTC tablet running Google Chrome OS will have to be put on hold, as HTC’s sales and marketing director claims that the company has halted all work on a planned tablet PC, instead, the corporation will focus on smartphone development, using Google’s Android mobile operating system. Read The Full Story

Qualcomm announce Google Chrome OS support

Chris Davies, Jan 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

Qualcomm have announced that they are now adding Google Chrome OS to their list of supported platforms, with CEO Paul Jacobs revealing the news on-stage at CES 2010 this morning. It comes as little surprise, perhaps, since potential specifications for the first Google-branded Chrome OS notebook which leaked back in December tipped an ARM-based processor, just like Qualcomm's Snapdragon. Read The Full Story

HTC Android Tablet appearing privately at CES 2010; Chrome OS version in prototype form?

Satsuki Then, Dec 31st 2009 Discuss [1]

HTC's potential tablet plans have always been played down by the company - CEO Peter Chou edged around speculation a few months back, before speculating that his engineers were "carefully looking" at netbook possibilities later on - but that hasn't stopped the rumors. According to Smarthouse HTC are preparing "several working models of a touch tablet", including at least one running Google Chrome OS; their sources reckon HTC will be giving private demos of an Android version at CES 2010 next week. Read The Full Story

Google’s Chrome OS netbook specs revealed

Satsuki Then, Dec 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

Back when a Google-branded Chrome OS netbook was tipped for late 2010, we were still in the dark regarding potential specifications for the web-centric ultraportable. Now IBTimes is claiming to have the official spec sheet, and as speculated there's both an ARM-based CPU and NVIDIA's Tegra chipset among the components. There's also a 10.1-inch display with multitouch-capable touchscreen mentioned, able to display HD - likely 720p - video, together with a 64GB SSD and 2GB of RAM. Read The Full Story

Google-branded Chrome OS netbook planned for late-2010?

Chris Davies, Dec 17th 2009 Discuss [0]

Back in November when Google spilled the beans on Google Chrome OS, their upcoming platform for netbooks, they confirmed that they'd produced a reference design list of suggested hardware for manufacturers to go by. Now, TechCrunch are claiming to have heard from multiple sources that the search giant has gone one step further, and are working with at least one manufacturer to produce a Google-branded Chrome OS netbook that it would sell direct to consumers. Read The Full Story

Qualcomm working with OS devs for “two-handed smartphone” Smartbook platform

Chris Davies, Dec 4th 2009 Discuss [2]

On of CES' more interesting launches will be the Lenovo Smartbook, the first confirmed model of the new segment. While Lenovo themselves have been frustratingly quiet regarding the Smartbook's specifications, and the segment as a whole is relatively poorly understood, a recent interview with Qualcomm's Steve Mollenkopf has got us wondering just how the platform will be differentiated from regular netbooks. Mollenkopf describes them as representing a new paradigm: "a smartphone-type operating system, but for a two-handed device". Read The Full Story

Acer Google Chrome OS netbook in works for latter-2010 release

Chris Davies, Dec 2nd 2009 Discuss [1]

Acer have thrown their hat into the ring as one of the first netbook manufacturers to commit to using Google Chrome OS. According to DigiTimes' usual unnamed sources, the company have been working on the netbook - which will only run webapps, and make heavy use of cloud-based storage - since midway through 2009; it's expected to launch in the second half of 2010. Normally we'd nod and smile at this point, and remain moderately sceptical, but Acer chairman JT Wang has already publicly suggested that his company will be putting out a Chrome OS machine. No specifications for the Acer netbook have been given, but Google's recent launch event for the platform did outline that typical Chrome OS netbooks would have SSD or flash memory storage, be either x86 or ARM based, and have the usual USB ports for peripherals. Read The Full Story

Google Chrome OS benchmarked already: falls well short

Chris Davies, Nov 24th 2009 Discuss [0]

Benchmarking the very earliest publicly-available code for Google Chrome OS seems destined to only highlight the platform's early stage of development, especially when you throw rivals such as Moblin 2.1, Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10, Fedora 12 and openSUSE 11.2 into the mixture. Still, that's just what Phoronix have done, and unsurprisingly the new Google netbook OS came in last position. Read The Full Story