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Asus to launch Chromebook in second half of 2013

News | Published: 6 May 2013

Taiwanese PC maker Asus plans on getting behind Google's Chrome OS and will launch a notebook running the OS in the second half of this year, said company CEO Jerry Shen. 's Chrome OS and will launch a notebook running the OS in the second half of this year, said company CEO… Asus,Hardware Systems,Laptops,Tablets Taiwanese PC maker Asus plans on getting behind Google…
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Microsoft's $2B loan to Dell comes with strings

News | Published: 6 May 2013

As part of Microsoft's loan of $2 billion to a group trying to buy PC maker Dell, the two companies must modify the payment terms of Dell's current agreements with Microsoft, a document filed with U.S. regulators said. , such as Google's Chrome OS.Such an agreement could have been driven by Microsoft's fear that a…
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Linux kernel 3.9 adds full Chrome OS support

News | Published: 30 April 2013

Linux creator Linus Torvalds on Monday released version 3.9 of the Linux kernel, and particularly intriguing among numerous new features and improvements is support for laptops running Google's Chrome OS. intriguing among numerous new features and improvements is support for laptops running Google's Chrome OS…
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Netflix to dump Silverlight, Microsoft's stalled technology

News | Published: 16 April 2013

Netflix plans to abandon Microsoft's Silverlight media player plug-in for Windows and OS X in-browser video streaming, and replace it with a trio of HTML5 extensions. extensions -- the exception is "WebCrypto," which handles JavaScript encryption -- in Google's Chrome OS on…
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The Chromebook family grows again with Acer's new C7

News | Published: 14 March 2013

There appears to be no end in sight to the Chromebook phenomenon, which has seen PC maker after PC maker jump onto Google's Chrome OS-powered bandwagon. maker after PC maker jump onto Google's Chrome OS-powered bandwagon.Samsung, Acer, Lenovo, and HP have…
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Google Chromebook traffic booms but still under 0.1 percent, says ad network

News | Published: 7 March 2013

US web usage for Google’s Chrome OS has risen 700 percent since last summer but that still pegs the revolutionary cloud OS on less than 0.1 percent of traffic, according to ad network Chitika Google,Networking,Wireless,Personal Tech,Mobile &amp US web usage for Google's Chrome OS has…
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Twitter pulls plug on TweetDeck for Android, iPhone

News | Published: 5 March 2013

Twitter will end support for TweetDeck on the iPhone and Android in order to focus solely on browser-based versions for those platforms. And it is also apparently dumping Facebook. application for browsers as well as an application for Google's Chrome OS. Web applications allow developers…
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Twitter pulls plug on TweetDeck for Android, iPhone

News | Published: 5 March 2013

Twitter will end support for TweetDeck on the iPhone and Android in order to focus solely on browser-based versions for those platforms. And it is also apparently dumping Facebook. application for browsers as well as an application for Google's Chrome OS. Web applications allow developers…
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Microsoft's $2B loan to Dell sign of turbulent times in PC biz

News | Published: 6 February 2013

Microsoft's $2 billion loan to Dell, the world's third-largest seller of personal computers, was a signal that the personal computer, Microsoft's Windows, or both, are at growing risk of irrelevance, analysts said Tuesday. running Google's Chrome OS, following in the footsteps of Lenovo and Acer, the No. 2 and No. 4 PC makers…
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HP ships Chromebook, looks beyond Windows laptops

News | Published: 4 February 2013

Hewlett-Packard has announced the availability of its latest Pavilion laptop with Google's Chrome OS as the PC maker tries to improve laptop sales by offering an alternative to the Windows OS. latest Pavilion laptop with Google's Chrome OS as the PC maker tries to improve laptop sales by offering…
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Lenovo offers ThinkPad X131e with Chrome OS

News | Published: 17 January 2013

Lenovo has announced a rugged ThinkPad X131e laptop starting at US$429 with Google's Chrome OS. $429 with Google's Chrome OS. Lenovo joins Acer and Samsung as companies offering laptops with… . Google's Chrome OS is an operating system for those who do most of their computing from the Web. Laptops…
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Office wars: Microsoft, Google, and Apple jockey for position

News | Published: 14 December 2012

Most people have gotten past the sentiment that tablets can't be used for "real work". The simple reality is that a tablet is capable of doing most of the core functions a traditional PC can perform: email, Web surfing, social networking, instant messaging, and so forth. But, before you rush out to get a tablet to replace your laptop you should be aware that your choice of productivity apps may be dictated by your mobile platform. on Google's Chrome OS. Similarly, Microsoft would like to drive sales of its own tablet ecosystem…
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Why Google might market a touchscreen Chromebook

News | Published: 26 November 2012

Google may be planning to cap off the new wave of Chromebooks with its own laptop that includes a touchscreen, according to one report. , as opposed to the mobile-minded Android version. With Samsung's $250 Chromebook, Google's Chrome OS…
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Acer ships $199 C7 Chromebook

News | Published: 12 November 2012

Acer has started shipping the C7 Chromebook netbook starting at US$199 with Google's Chrome OS and Intel's Celeron processor. Acer's C7 Chromebook will have Google's Chrome OS and an Intel Celeron processor. at US$199 with Google's Chrome OS and Intel's Celeron processor. The low-power laptop has an 11…
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Google launches Chromebook retail push via Best Buy

News | Published: 28 June 2012

Google's Chrome OS-based laptops could now be on the shelves of a nearby Best Buy store. Google Chrome OS-based computers are available in brick-and-mortar stores for first time… -- Google's Chrome OS-based laptops could now be on the shelves of a nearby Best Buy store. At the Google I…
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