All Entries Tagged With: "google chrome os"
Chromebook vs Netbook
Chromebook Series 5 from Samsung arrived to the stores a few days ago and a great debacle has spawned analyzing the success of this venture. This is because the Chromebook 5 has a pretty steep price tag on it. Leta us take a look at how Chromebook 5 actually performs. Will it outperform a ASUS [...]
Acer ZGB notebook using Google Chrome OS
As we all know, Google has been working on this Chrome OS that will be released in summer and Acer is one of the companies that will be implementing Google Chrome OS. There were some reports surfacing that there will be an Acer ZGB that will use the Chrome OS. This is not really a [...]
Splashtop Quick Boot OS
Splashtop is a software that can run alongside other operating systems. This is a quick boot program. The concept behind this is that instead of waiting a long time (around 2 minutes) for Windows or other OS to start up, you can use this program to connect online in as short as 15 seconds. Recently [...]
Chrome OS will run apps in Native Code
Google has announced that the Chrome OS aka Chromium will run various Google applications like Gmail, Spreadsheets and Docs in their native code. This is being done in order to make the overall performance faster and make the system more responsive.
Google has promised not to use any third party technologies like Flash, Java or Silverlight as they do not interact directly with the processor.
Unfortunately, the Native Client that handles the native code in Chrome’s browser runs only on the machines that are x86-based. But, Google has promised that they will get it ported to ARM platform too.
Google Go – Google’s programming language will also be made compatible with the Native Client.
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.
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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Lenovo won’t be launching any Linux netbooks – verifies interest in Google Chrome OS
After lots of babbling and rumoring, Lenovo now came forward and authenticated about planning and considering netbooks with Google Chrome OS. However, it is going to a some time for the Lenovo to churn out netbooks totting Chrome OS as they do not even have Chrome’s Alpha code to test on their netbooks.
Lenovo also pointed out that Windows 7 has further widened the gap between Linux and Windows. According to Lenovo, people were returning their Linux netbooks as they were not able to run iTunes on it. As weird as it sounds, we actually think that Linux, especially Ubuntu 9.10 has come with plethora of improvements and new user-friendly features. Just because it cannot run iTunes does not means that it is an inferior OS.
Example: it takes less steps to install an app in Ubuntu than Windows. Just go to Ubuntu Software Center; find the app and click install. No more Terminal mumbo-jumbo
Google Chrome OS Netbooks to arrive in Mid-October
Google Chrome OS has been one of the mostly discussed tech-topics from the past couple of months. Plethora of manufactures are working on netbooks that will run Google Chrome OS.
The latest buzz about the Chrome OS netbooks is that they will make their appearance into the netbook scene in mid-October. It would certainly very interesting to see Chrome OS netbooks coming during Windows 7′s launch (Oct 22)
NVidia Tegra Smartbooks with Google Chrome OS – Thumbs-up
In starting of September, the rumor blew from China that Lenovo and Acer could be releasing NVidia Tegra based Smartbooks which will run Google Chrome OS. According to the latest news bits, these Tegra based Smartbooks could actually land by the end of this month.
For those who have doubts about the upcoming Tegra platform, it can handle HD playback with ease with power consumption even lower than the Atom processors that are used in wide variety of netbooks right now
