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Google Announces Google Chrome OS
Mac|Life —
google Google announced their upcoming open source OS, Google Chrome OS. Google says that the OS is being built upon a Linux kernal from the ground up with a focus on speed and security. The new OS will be optimized for users that spend a majority of their time online and will utilize a minimalist UI. Google states that they are in contact with hardware partners and will be working with the open source community. The OS will run on x86 and ARM chips. Netbooks are expected with Google Chrome OS installed in the second half of 2010. Google plans on releasing the open source ...
Boom! The Google Chrome OS is born
Seth H. Weintraub's blog —
While many of us thought Google's laptop and desktop OS would be an extension of Android, Google had been working on the ChromeOS. Announced today in a simple blogpost by Sundar Pichai, Google VP Product Management and Linus Upson, Engineering Director , the new OS is also a Linux derivative and will also run on ARM and x86 processors. [image] From reading the post, here are my first impressions: The ChromeOS is going to be an almost "instant-on" OS like ...
Google to launch open-source Chrome OS this year
Macworld —
... , is expected to begin appearing on netbook computers in the second half of 2010, Google said in a blog post . It is already talking to “multiple” companies about the project, it added. The Chrome OS will be available for computers based on the x86 architecture, which is used by Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and the Arm architecture. Prototypes of Arm-based netbooks began appearing last month at the Computex show in Taiwan and Google’s support for the architecture could give it a significant boost. Microsoft’s mainstream Windows operating system doesn't run on Arm ...
Google Chrome OS under development
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: OSGoogle just announced they are indeed developing the long-rumored Chrome OS. Expected to be web-focused with a minimal user interface, the lightweight open source operating system will appear initially on netbooks running either x86 or ARM processors. Expansion to the desktop and full-powered laptops will most likely follow. According the Official Google Blog, Chrome OS will be available to consumers in the second half of next year. "Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS," wrote Sundar ...
Googleofficially enters the OS Wars with Chrome OS
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
Google's huge announcement this evening that it will push an open source, instant-on OS which runs on both Intel/AMD and ARM platfoms will be an interesting developement for Apple users. The new ChromeOS will make use of HTML5/CSS (like the Pre) which will allow applications for Chrome to also run on browsers (Chrome the best probably) on Mac, Windows and other variants of Linux. Chrome now looks like it is more a platform (like Adobe Air) than a browser.
The Chrome OS aims to be a simple OS geared toward Netbook-type devices. ...
Google Says Yes to Launching An OS (Based on Chrome)
louisgray.com —
... being dropped. Late Tuesday night, the company announced on its official blog that it is going to soon be releasing what it calls the Google Chrome OS, a lightweight operating system, initially targeted at netbooks, but aggressively said to be their "attempt to re-think what operating systems should be." ...
Google OS Is Real And No Threat To Apple
Cult of Mac —
... People have been speculating about a Google OS for years, and finally it’s official. Chrome OS will be open source, free, and popping up on a netbook near you in about a year or so from now. ...
Google Drops the Chrome OS Onto a Netbook Near You
jkOnTheRun —
... netbook world has been peeping all around waiting for Google Android to get dropped onto a netbook. Android was designed from the ground up to be a full-fledged OS to power everything from smartphones to netbooks. It has one failing in the netbook arena though, it won’t run on x86 processors. Google isn’t concerned about that failing and the Android netbook buzz has been merely the misdirection before Google slipped the ball under a different cup. Google has announced the Chrome OS, an open source OS designed for the netbook from the ground up. It has gotten very ...
Google announces Google Chrome Operating System
MacDailyNews —
... constant software updates. And any time our users have a better computing experience, Google benefits as well by having happier users who are more likely to spend time on the Internet." "We have a lot of work to do, and we're definitely going to need a lot of help from the open source community to accomplish this vision," Pichai and Upson report. "We're excited for what's to come and we hope you are too. Stay tuned for more updates in the fall and have a great summer." Full article here . MacDailyNews Take: Anything that further damages Microsoft's stifling grip on the ...
Google OS Announced: How Will it Affect Apple?
TheAppleBlog —
... Late yesterday evening, Google made official what many have suspected for months, or even years: They’re working on an operating system. The new OS, dubbed Chrome OS after their ...
Google Gmail, Calendar, Docs, and Talk — Now With 100% Less Beta!
The iPhone Blog —
... Makes the kind of sense that doesn’t, but whatever. Opaque, non-standard definitions of beta aside, it’s still good news. What’s next, announce a second operating system or something? ...
Google Chrome OS for H2 2010
HardMac.com —
... Google announced the future availability of its own OS, known as Google Chrome OS. Expected to be launched for H2 2010, this OS will be working on x86 and ARM CPUs. It is of course too early to further comment this announcement, even though it is quite obvious that Google's first target is the NetBook, as those hardware-limited notebooks will/have hard time to run any of the forthcoming new OS (Windows 7 or Snow Leopard). ...
Google Enters Netbook Race With "Chrome" OS
iPhone Savior —
... not exactly match the petite 7" to 10" screens of some popular netbooks, it would not take a grand leap for Apple to introduce a new product aimed at filling the gap between their iPod Touch and MacBook laptops. A crushing blow certain to strip much of the sheen from the world domination plans being built around Google Chrome. If netbooks do what smartphones do but only bigger, you have to ask yourself: why bother with a netbook? Gentlemen... start your engines! [Google Chrome OS Press Release] ...
Analysis: With OS project, is Google over-extending itself?
Macworld —
... , IDG News Service Google’s decision to build a PC operating system could be a master stroke or a colossal blunder, depending on whether the company has the resources that such an ambitious and long-term undertaking will require. Google plays in a variety of extremely competitive markets, serving a broad scope of demanding customers and partners. Although developing an operating system could yield big rewards, it could also distract the company and make it more vulnerable to rivals. Of chief concern is Google’s continued reliance on a single type of advertising for most of ...
Chrome OS will push Apple to address failings, say analysts
MacBytes.com —
... year is ludicrous. What everyone's forgetting is that whether it's Windows or Mac OS X, it's a superset of the cloud. There's nothing mystical or magical here." Michael Silver, Gartner's operating system analyst, took Gartenberg's side in the "harm-or-help Apple" argument. "This doesn't hurt Apple," said Silver. "People looking at Macs are looking at a different overall experience than what Chrome OS will offer. Can I use iTunes on Chrome OS? Probably not." In fact, added Silver, Google's promise that applications written for Chrome OS will be compatible with "any ...
Google Chrome OS to Power Netbooks in 2010
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us —
... Is it 1994 again? Google's announcement of Google Chrome OS, a stripped-down, open-source operating system optimized for inexpensive netbooks, reminds those of us with medium-length memories of the epic Netscape/Microsoft ...
Chrome OS's impact? It's too early to tell
Macworld —
... That still doesn’t mean that Apple (and Microsoft) have anything to fear from Chrome OS as of today. Why not? Because, really, those companies—and we—don’t know anything about Chrome OS! If you strip out the marketing spin from the Chrome OS announcement, about all we know about this OS is that: Beyond that, we don’t know much at all. Will developers be able to write applications that run on the Linux kernel, outside of the browser? I would expect not, given the Web-centric nature of Google’s description of the OS . Will they be able to store data locally? Again, who knows; ...
Google OS may force Microsoft to reinvent Windows
Macworld —
... Google’s Chrome OS won’t be an immediate threat to Windows, but it may force Microsoft to reinvent its operating system more quickly into a product that takes full advantage of the Web and can move more nimbly across devices and form factors, analysts said. Microsoft is unlikely to have been surprised by Google’s announcement late Tuesday that it is working on a new OS for people who “spend most of their time on the Web,” as Google described it. From what has been revealed about the Google Chrome OS —which won’t be available until the second half of next year—it aims to bring ...
Google Chrome OS: Hype, Hope, or Humbug?
TheAppleBlog —
... I’m talking about Google’s brand new (on paper) Chrome OS. Introduced only a day ago, I’m disappointed we didn’t get a ...
Analysis: Google Chrome OS shows limitations of Android
Macworld —
... . In its blog post explaining what Chrome OS is on Wednesday, Google continued to attest that Android is suitable for netbooks, while explaining the difference between it and Chrome OS. “Android was designed from the beginning to work across a variety of devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks,” the company wrote . “Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the Web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems.” The decision to create a different OS for netbooks rather than ...
MobileTechRoundup 177: Matt Cuts the T-Mobile Cord
jkOnTheRun —
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HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia)
TOPICS:
Does Google’s Chrome OS have a chance?
T-Mobile unveils the myTouch3G, but Matt can’t pre-order one.
Happy 1st Birthday to the iTunes App Store.
Internet Tethering saved the day. Will it be worth the ...
More news not good news
Macworld —
by Dan Miller , Macworld.com I’m not sure which news story was more over-the-top this week: Michael Jackson’s memorial or the announcement of Google’s Chrome operating system . Google announced the latter on its blog at 9:37 pm on Tuesday, July 7. Many online news outlets had their stories up within an hour or two of that announcement. Ars Technica actually scooped them all by about an hour with some nice, old-school reporting. By the time I got to work Wednesday morning and began browsing ...
Lessons from Marcia Brady: why Eric Schmidt should resign from Apple's board
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... announcing its intention to develop the Chrome OS, Apple has a Jerry Rogers-like situation right now with Google CEO Eric Schmidt sitting on its board of directors. Although ...
Google CEO May Leave Apple Board of Directors
Mac|Life —
Eric Schmidt Apple Board of Directors With Google set to release their own operating system ( Chrome OS ) next year, could Eric Schmidts days on the Apple Board of Directors be limited? This could very well be true if the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) finds a violation with anti-trust laws. Of course, if Schmidt were to stay on the board, some might believe this to be an anti-competitive relationship between the two companies, which would violate anti-trust laws. Schmidt was quoted by ...
Google OS means actual netbooks, not trouble for Apple
Macworld —
... . We know it will have a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel , and that “the Web” will be the development platform. But that’s about it. So, as ...
Opinion: Chrome OS may fail even as it changes computing forever
Macworld —
... that boots in seconds, is impervious to viruses, and is designed to run Web-based applications really well. What’s not to like? Plenty—if you’re the number one software maker, Microsoft. Expect a showdown. Google faces an uphill battle rolling out its operating system, Chrome OS. The irony is, Google may not care if Chrome OS succeeds or fails. Here’s why. What’s amazing about Google’s Chrome OS is that, despite what little is actually known about it, its announcement has turned the computer and software industry on its ear. The industry— ...
Will The Mac OS X Dial Go All the Way to Eleven?
louisgray.com —
... the game for what we will expect in an operating system just a few years from now, no doubt. Somewhere deep in Cupertino's R&D; labs, I hope there are some extremely talented engineers thinking long and hard about what's next, and what kind of aggressive changes Apple can take to leverage technologies that simply were not around in 2001, the last time they had to tear down the old and build up the new. The Desktop Is Giving Way to the Browser and Cloud Google's Chrome OS and the rumors around Crunchpad's browser-only interface ...
Google CEO Eric Schmidt Resigns From Apple's Board
Byte of the Apple - BusinessWeek —
... Then came the Chrome operating system, which Google is aiming at netbooks, the thin and light cousins of mainstream notebook PCs. With Apple increasingly thought to be close to launching its own tablet-like product that will be aimed at competing in some fashion with netbooks, and building an operating system that will run on them, having Schmidt on Apple’s board is no longer appropriate, and it’s clearly time for him to step down. ...
Google CEO Eric Schmidt Resigns from Apple's Board
Apple Forums & iPhone Forums, Mods, Hacks, News, Themes, Downloads, and more! | ModMyi.com - 4,711,751,911 —
... Citing "conflicts of interest," Google's Eric Schmidt has resigned from the Apple board of directors. I suppose its been a while coming - Google just keeps getting their hands in the pots Apple has theirs in. Chrome OS and ...
Fake Google Chrome OS download makes the rounds
Macworld —
... For Google fans, trick-or-treat came a bit early. On Wednesday, a brief rash of Twitter posts suggested that the search behemoth had released a preview version of its forthcoming Chrome OS . An official-looking page offered the opportunity to download the public beta as a VMWare appliance—but it turns out that the download was a fake. The site, hosted on ...
TechCrunch: Google Chrome OS Available Within a Week
Mac|Life —
... supported as well. TechCrunch says that Chrome OS may launch with support for ASUS's EEE PC netbooks. Google has said that the Chrome OS will boot directly into a browser, but they haven't released any more details about features, let alone screenshots. It is based off of a Linux Kernel, so some features will be predictable, but you can expect a full Google re-skinning. You can read the TechCrunch post here, and the original Google blog post announcing Chrome OS here.
Is Google Chrome OS Coming This Week? Does it Matter?
UK Gadget and Tech News, Reviews and Shopping —
... Over the last few days the Internet has been full of rumours that, this week, Google will release a Beta version of their Chrome OS. Google’s Chrome OS was announced back in the summer as a re-think of what operating systems should be. Google’s thinking is as follows: today’s operating systems, that run our web browsers, were designed in an era where there was no web. So today we need a new operating system which is designed with the web in mind. ...
Google holding special Chrome OS Event Thursday
Mac|Life —
... , Google is planning on holding a special Chrome OS even tomorrow at its headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google plans on giving technical background information and showing off its new open source operating system. ...
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