Google takes on the operating system
Google dropped a bombshell on the tech world in July 2009 when it announced it is building a browser-based operating system, called Chrome OS. The open-source OS will have ramifications for Microsoft, Apple, PC makers, and the way people use computers.
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Google has its own plan for Netbooks
No, it isn't saying it will build a Netbook. But it sure knows what it would like one running Chrome OS to resemble, and that's a little different from the Netbook of today.
• Brin: Google's OSes likely to converge
Google releases Chrome OS source code
Ahead of an event designed to show off the OS for the first time, Google has released source code for the project. More is expected, including a demonstration.
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Microsoft's desktop future may look like a phone
While Windows 7 offers a respite from advances by feisty rivals Apple and Google, the future for Microsoft likely looks a lot like it does for those competitors: mobile.
CNET News Daily Podcast: Chrome OS tablet mock-ups excite
Apple's iPad may have taken center stage last week, but some recently unearthed Google mock-ups for a Chrome OS tablet have the Web buzzing. Find out more about them by tuning into today's show.
Google shows off Chrome OS tablet ideas
Mock-ups of a Chrome OS tablet emerge much more quietly than Apple's iPad did. In some ways, Google's Chrome OS could be a better fit for tablets than for Netbooks.
Asus weighing Chrome versus Android
Manufacturer is trying out smartbooks with both Google OSes in its labs, alongside a prototype slate, according to chairman Jonney Shih.
Chrome OS to follow Google Apps adoption
Enterprise adoption of Netbooks running Google's OS will follow the path of its hosted apps, in which small businesses were the initial adopters, an exec says.
Five New Year's resolutions for Google
Stakes are high at Google entering 2010, as it attempts to maintain one of the Internet's greatest cash machines while pushing into new and risky markets.
Speculating on Chrome OS Netbook specs
If rumored specs for the Netbook prove true, it will house a Nvidia Tegra platform with an ARM CPU, a 10.1-inch multitouch screen that support HD, and much more.
Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1128: Should Google make its own Netbook?
Rumors are that next year Google will add a netbook to its phone and possibly begin a line of consumer electronics. Is that a good thing for them? We kick around that old football. Also Patrick from France joins us with his distinctly European perspect
Reporters' Roundtable Podcast: Google Chrome OS
What's behind the Google Chrome OS, technologically and from a business perspective? Rafe Needleman discusses with CNET writers Stephen Shankland and Gordon Haff.
Acer: We'll have the first Chrome OS Netbook
The company's chairman says in an interview that Acer has been working on it since earlier this year.
One of Google Chrome OS's hardest tasks? Printing
Printer drivers are a complicated problem to solve when building a new operating system, and Google hopes to come up with a unique solution for Chrome OS's launch.
No shocker: Google prefers HTML5 to Gears
Google sees HTML5 as a more logical future for Web improvements than its own Gears software. No surprise, given its work on the standard and dislike for plug-ins.
Dell brings Chrome OS to its Netbook
With an experimental project, Dell has adapted Google's browser-based operating system to its Mini 10v Netbook.
Chrome OS security: 'Sandboxing' and auto updates
Google operating system will feature many of the same security features as the Chrome browser, including "sandboxing" of applications, auto updating, and antiphishing.
Brin: Google's OSes likely to converge
Puzzled onlookers have wondered why Google is overseeing two separate operating-system projects. Co-founder Sergey Brin thinks that at some point the two will become one.
Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1111: Facebook is depressing
Why the long Face...book? A woman battling depression put some pictures of herself having fun privately on Facebook. Somehow the insurance company found them and cut off her benefits saying she looked happy enough and must be cured.
Google has its own plan for Netbooks
No, the search giant isn't saying it will build a Netbook. But it sure knows what it would like one running Chrome OS to resemble, and that's a little different from the Netbook of today.
Mozilla not interested in building a Firefox OS
Does the Firefox backer want to turn its open-source browser into the basis for an operating system a la Google's Chrome OS? Not for now at least.
Google chief engineer on why a new OS
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Meet Chrome OS
Google gives the world its first real look at what its upcoming Chrome OS is all about--and how it actually works. Also in today's podcast: Windows 7 sells like hotcakes, AOL trims down for the holidays, and more tech news of the day.
Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1110: Apple Tablet is the unicorn of tech
The rumors about the Apple Tablet are getting crazy and special guest Cali Lewis nails it when she calls it a unicorn. We also get the first look at the Google OS, and nobody is very excited about Microsoft Office 2010.
Google releases Chrome OS source code
Ahead of an event designed to show off the OS for the first time, Google has released source code for the project. More is expected, including a demonstration.
Live blog today: Google Chrome OS press conference
Starting at 10 a.m. PST, Google plans to reveal technical details and launch plans for its upcoming operating system. CNET's Rafe Needleman will have a running commentary.
Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1109: In the future we'll all be cats
IBM is working on an artificial brain they think they'll have done by 2019. And we figure once that happens, the robots will rise and we will become your pets. And like cats we'll think that we're in charge.
Google hosting Chrome OS demo event Thursday
Chrome OS engineers are ready to demonstrate the lightweight browser-based operating system, although it's not expected to launch until next year.
Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1106: A tall drink of moon water
Turns out when we blew up the moon a few weeks ago, we found water! Yay! The bottled water companies are presumably planning their trips now. THIS is how we motivate us to get back to the moon!
Google competes for the future; Microsoft, the past
Google is using open source and cloud computing to tackle the future of computing while Microsoft seems stymied by its legacy.
Microsoft: Windows 7 will trump Chrome OS, Apple
In a speech at an investor conference, Microsoft executive says the rise of the Netbook need not spell doom for its flagship operating system.
The future of Apple, Google, and Microsoft is...already here
Often we miss the clues as to what big vendors are planning by failing to analyze what they've already shipped.
Microsoft, Google, and VMware redefine the OS
Red Hat, IBM, and Microsoft may own the old markets for operating systems. But if Google, VMware, and (yes!) Microsoft have their ways, a new breed of operating systems will displace the old world.
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