Add Chrome OS Menu to Google Chrome Browser

Want to add Chrome OS menu to the Chromium’s Browser? Follow these steps:

• Right click on the Google Chrome Browser icon on your desktop.
• Select “Properties”
• Look for “Target”
• In the  ”Target” box, after chrome.exe” put a space, and add the following line of code
• -user-agent=”Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; CrOS i686 9.10; en-US) AppleWebKit/532.5 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/4.0.253.0 Safari/532.5″ -pinned-tab-count=1
• Now, Click “Apply” and then “OK”
• Now go to “Options” menu in Google Chrome settings.
• Under “Home Page”, select ” Open This Page”
• Enter http://welcome-cros.appspot.com/menu
• Hit “close”
• Restart your Chrome browser
• That’s it!

Note that the Chrome OS menu page is, otherwise, not directly accessible

Chrome netbook specs – comes with 64GB SSD?

Last week, we mentioned that Google is working on a netbook based on Chrome OS. We have some more interesting news regarding it – it will come with 64GB SSD and will have 2GB RAM. Specifications are looking decent now:

10.1-inch display, 64GB SSD, 2GB RAM, Nvidia Tegra CPU, Bluetooth, WiFi, LAN, Webcam and multi-card reader

Google Chrome Netbook coming

Google is working with one hardware manufacture to build a Google branded netbook that will run the Chromium OS.

We applaud this decision by Google. Reason: OEMs are not able to get things quite right and we may not be able to get the experience the OS provider expected us to get.

We concur with techcrunch which is saying that the Chrome-powered by Google will most likely be powered by ARM processor. The reason is that it is much more power-frugal than the Atom processor and at the same time is able to run HD videos with no problem.

However, to get our hands  on this chromium netbook, we will have to wait until X-Mas next year.

Read Chrome OS Review

Symantec to launch security software for the Chrome OS. What?

Although, netbooks sporting Chromium OS will releasing next year, security vendors are already planning on introducing apps to protect the OS from viruses. Symanec is planning to bring its security software to both Android and Chrome OS.

Commentary: This is something that I never expected to happen. Chrome OS is a pretty closed operating system where the only way to expand its capabilities is by downloading extensions that are also available on the Google Chrome Browser. I hope Google will make the browser OS secure enough so that we won’t be forced to run anti-virus on an instant-on OS

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Opera to build a browser inside Google Chrome OS? WTH

With the release of Google’s Chrome OS BETA, it was crystal clear that the only application that would run in Chrome OS would be Google’s very own browser, the Chrome.

The only way to add more functionality is by using Chrome browser extensions. Opera’s chief standards officer believes that Opera may be able to offer its excellent browsing speed and functionality right inside the Chrome OS’s web browser by offering the whole browser as an add-on.

Remember the Chrome Frame? An IE plugin to make the IE behave like Chrome web browser. This will be implemented, more or less, in the same way.

Read Google Chrome OS review

Chrome OS now available for 64-bit machines

Chromium OS is currently being targeted only towards netbooks, but thanks to its open source nature, some folks have ported to the 64-bit machines.

Although the port is still in pre-alpha state, it certainly won’t hurt to try it on a non-netbook. Now, if I had a 64-bit machine to try it out ;)

Note: Download size is 1.1GB

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Acer Chrome Netbook to debut in 2010!

Yesterday, we mentioned list of netbooks that are compatible with Google Chrome OS, but that list does not include any of the upcoming netbooks that will run Chrome OS. According to the latest Digitimes rumor, Acer will be launching its Chrome OS netbook in the 2nd half of 2010. According to Acer’s chairman, JT Wang, Acer will be the first netbook vendor to churn out Chrome OS netbook. Whether their Chrome netbook will dual boot with Windows OS is still a mystery.

Acer is already the number one in the netbook sales even though they do not offer a lot of models to offers like other manufactures. Great build quality and cheap price are the core factors behind their success.

Netbooks that run or will be able to run Chome/Chromium OS

Google has put a list of netbooks that support the current builds of Chrome OS. These netbooks include

• ASUS EEE 901 (wifi card needs to be replaced)
• ASUS EEE 1005HA
• SONY VAIO W
• ASUS EEE 700/701/702
• Lenovo S12
• Packard Bell Dot S/R netbooks
• Packard Bell Dot s
• Acer Aspire 531H
• Asus eee 900
• Asus eee 1008HA
• Gateway LT20
• Acer Aspire D250
• Toshiba NB200
• ASUS EEE 1000
• Dell Mini 10V
• HP Mini 5101
• Lenovo S10

Google netbook worth $20 coming? – we think not!

Believe it or not! But according to Linux expert Glyn Moody, ‘Google is set to give away free computers’. By computers, he meant netbooks worth $20. As all the applications are based on the web, so the netbook running Chrome OS will not require any HDDs or even RAM. He says that Chrome OS based free netbooks could be offered by Google as a way to push its advertising.

This news is unreal. No way, a company can produce netbook for as-low-as $20. What do you get for $20 these days? A RAM module?

Read our Google Chrome OS review

Google Chrome OS/Chromium OS (beta) quick review

Soon, we will see myriad of manufactures coming up with Chromium netbooks: the netbooks that run Google Chrome OS. We managed to get hold of a beta copy from you-know-where and tried it using Virtual machine.

Here is the login screen of the Chrome OS. Google has kept it simple. You need to have a Gmail account in order to login. After all, this is a Google OS and to use Google Services like Gtalk, Google Docs and Gmail, you need to have a Google account.

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