Google first announced the impending launch of its new Chrome OS in July. The company said in blog post that Chrome would initially be going after the netbook market, maintaining that netbooks running ...

However, Google also made it clear that Chrome will not be able to replicate everything that other operating systems do. For example, Chrome OS will only run Web-hosted applications and its ...

Google Inc. said today that the upcoming release of its new Google Chrome operating system will not support hard disk drives in favor of solid state drives (SSD). Google’s vice president of product ...

Google unveiled a laptop that runs its Chrome operating system, providing an alternative to computer software from Microsoft and Apple. The Mountain View company is postponing the market debut of the ...

Whether this comes along as the "new Chrome", "Android PC" or enters the market as "Aluminium OS" remains to be seen. It's ...

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 ...

Microsoft was, predictably, not all that impressed by Google’s demonstration of its upcoming Chrome OS today, while other potential rivals were split. Microsoft Corp. is, predictably, not all that ...

Google poses a significant threat to Microsoft's software dominance, but the Redmond giant will not be easy to upend in the operating system business, analysts say Google plans to announce within the ...

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Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Google Chrome is the most widely used desktop browser in the world. Since its launch in 2008, Chrome has expanded to Android, iOS, and is the basis of a ...