SlashGear:
Week in review time again, here we go! The Lenovo IdeaPad Pineview netbook hit the FCC Monday. The FCC is one of the most prolific leaker of gadgets and gear around and we love them for it. The CrunchPad is now said to be ste (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup - our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week - we report on President Obama's (non)-use of Twitter, take a look at the past decade in the media industry, review the latest stat (Read More)
SlashGear:
Google has more than emphasized that its Chrome operating system will be super speedy; it will boot in only seven seconds and surfing the web will be just be quicker. The irony is that you will actually have to wait for Googl (Read More)
Wired: Gadget Lab:
Sometimes you have to take a step down to step up. That’s what Google should’ve done with its open-source PC operating system Chrome OS, which the corporation demonstrated Thursday.Instead, Google is positioning Google Chrome (Read More)
Liliputing:
Brad’s written before about the Asus EEE 1005HR – it’s the first of the 10" Seashell netbooks to feature a high-resolution 1366×768 display. Other than that, the hardware under the hood remains the same as its siblings: an At (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
It's the morning after the big Chrome OS event where Google executives and engineers revealed a myriad of details about the company's first attempt at creating their own operating system. The highly anticipated news conferenc (Read More)
SlashGear:
We’re only now seeing the first Pineview netbooks – based on Intel’s next-gen Atom platform – begin to show themselves, but details are already emerging about the silicon company’s intentions for the platform after that. Com (Read More)
Liliputing:
There’s been a bit of confusion about Google’s new operating-system-that’s-really-just-a-browser. While Google did announce yesterday that the OS would be designed for upcoming “netbooks” with larger screens and keyboards and (Read More)
SlashGear:
In mid-October Verizon announced that it was adding the HP Mini 110 netbook to its line of subsidized netbooks. Today AT&T has announced that it is also adding the Mini 110 to its own line of subsidized netbooks. The two mach (Read More)
Wired: Gadget Lab:
When Apple dropped support for Atom processors in OS X 10.6.2, effectively killing Hackintosh netbooks, we knew that somebody would fix things. We didn’t know that it would happen so fast.Just over a week after the update, Ru (Read More)
Network World NetFlash:
Today, Google released the source code for Chrome OS and promised that devices will be shipping in about a year, in time for the 2010 holiday season. Chrome OS will run only on devices specifically manufactured for it and Goo (Read More)
Liliputing:
Google held a press event this afternoon to talk about the company’s upcoming Google Chrome operating system. Here’s the short version: It’s a light weight OS built to support the Google Chrome web browser. The only apps that (Read More)
SlashGear:
As expected, Google have released launch details about the Google Chrome OS platform, though there is no beta release today nor any netbooks actually running the OS to announce. The company intend Chrome OS to boot almost in (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
While you won’t be able to sense it at first, expect to feel a high frequency buzz from the direction of Redmond in the next few months. That’s the Windows 7 and Office group fearing the rise of a new juggernaut on low-cost c (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Google offered up everything but a finished Chrome OS today, releasing its source code and explaining how it's different than other operating systems. Here are the features, functions, and screenshots you'll want to know abou (Read More)
Wired: Gadget Lab:
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google today unveiled more details of Chrome OS, a lightweight, browser-based operating system for netbooks.With a strong focus on speed, the Chrome OS promises nearly instant boot times of about 7 sec (Read More)
TechCrunch:
In a couple of hours, Google is going to share more details about its upcoming operating system Chrome OS at an event in Mountain View that will most likely be covered from start to finish by TechCrunch writers (and then some (Read More)
Liliputing:
US wireless carriers are starting to sell netbooks the way they sell mobile phones. You can pick up a mini-laptop with low up-front cost thanks to a subsidy, but you have to sign up for a 2 year contract to get that price, wh (Read More)