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Google Search iPad app update adds a hint of Chrome
Google apps under one big wrapper 22 November 2011 12:46 GMT TweetThe latest version of the Google Search app for iPad has landed in the App Store - and there's more than a slight whiff of the Chrome browser and Chrome OS bursting out of the app.
Starting with the improved search aspects first though, and...
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Samsung Series 5 Chromebook review
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Your new laptop?
18 July 2011 12:34 GMT
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The idea of the laptop is that it is your mobile office. Everything that the computer at the desk offers you on the go, be it your files, the web, email, or more, repackaged in a handy portable parcel.
That idea works when you can take those...
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Acer AC700 Chromebook says Samsung Series 5 Chromebook not allowed all the fun
New 11.6-inch model 28 June 2011 4:21 GMT TweetWe’ve know for some time that Acer was creating a Chromebook running Google’s new operating system, Chrome OS, but now the company has dished out more information about it’s first Chromebook laptop which will go on sale in the US...
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Google Chromebooks now available... on pre-order
In your hands from next week 10 June 2011 10:13 GMT TweetThe two consumer Google Chromebooks, from Acer and Samsung, have finally gone on sale. Well, on pre-order, anyway.
Both the Samsung Series 5 and Acer Cromia are now available for order from both Amazon.com and Best Buy in the States, with the...
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Samsung's series 5 Chromebook gets teardown..already
Didn't last long then 8 June 2011 17:43 GMT TweetPersonally we are more keen on taking the Series 5 for a spin than smashing it open to reveal its insides. But hey whatever takes your fancy. Those who are more prone to can-opening the latest gadgets need look no further than iFixit, who have posted...
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7 days living with... Google Chrome OS and the Chromebook
FEATURE Life in the cloud 31 May 2011 18:17 GMT TweetThe crux of the Chrome OS operating system is that you live your life in the cloud through a browser. There is no desktop, no installing software and no local storage or applications.
If it sounds visionary, that’s because it is, but...
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Xi3 ChromiumPC: World's first Chrome OS desktop PC
Landing in July 23 May 2011 10:20 GMT TweetOver in San Fran, at the recent Google I/O conference, the prospect of a Chrome OS-powered desktop was mentioned although the concrete hardware launches were confined to Samsung and Acer notebooks.
But now Pocket-lint has received word from...
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Samsung Series 5 Chromebook priced at £349, 24 June UK release (video)
Updated: New pics and video 13 May 2011 9:30 GMT TweetSamsung has priced and dated its forthcoming Chromebook. The new device will be here (in the UK) on 24 June and cost £349. The more eagle-eyed among you will spot that its UK-launch comes 9 days after the US.
Going by the moniker of Samsung...
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Chrome OS & Chromebook - explained and detailed
FEATURE Google's cloud computer system and how it works 12 May 2011 19:19 GMT TweetYou may have read about the first Google Chromebooks and their arrival. You may also have wondered why all the fuss over some fairly low spec looking laptops. Chances are that’s because you’re not really sure what Chrome OS is all about...
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Three: 3G partner for UK Chromebook launch
UK network to provide mobile data 12 May 2011 17:33 GMT TweetThree has confirmed that it has been chosen as the 3G connectivity partner for the Chromebook launch in the UK.
Although no price details have been revealed, it's quite a coup for the network - especially if the deal is exclusive for a period...
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Angry Birds now on Chrome
Web version ready to take over your work time too 12 May 2011 10:56 GMT TweetAngry Birds maker Rovio has announced a new web based version of the popular mobile game for those that just have to play it, even when their phone is in their pocket.
Quickly becoming a defacto launch requirement for any platform (it’s...
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Chromebook, the new name for Chrome OS hardware, coming 15 June
Yours for just $28 a month 12 May 2011 9:35 GMT TweetFirst it was the laptop, then the netbook, then the tablet; we briefly had the smartbook, but now Google has coined a new word for you to remember - the Chromebook.
Google has announced that that’s the moniker it wants to attach to the...
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Netflix ready for HTML5 Chrome OS streaming
Plugin released in time for big launch 9 May 2011 15:14 GMT TweetWith Google I/O 2011 all set to kick off within a matter of hours, a few little snippets of info are already popping up, giving us a some clues as to what might drop from the Big G.
And, one of the launches that is most hotly tipped is that...
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Samsung Alex looks like the new Chrome OS king
Specs suggest a step up from the Cr-48 2 May 2011 10:23 GMT TweetChrome OS is on the horizon - an official June launch is likely Pocket-lint has learnt - and the latest device seems to have been uncovered; the Samsung Alex.
The codenamed Alex device has cropped up in some Chromium OS bug reports and the...
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HP adds Google Cloud Printing to ePrint range in time for Chrome OS
No need for drivers 31 March 2011 19:51 GMT TweetGoogle has just signed up HP to it’s Google Cloud Printing service meaning that when Chrome OS launches in the Summer it’s users will be able to print from the start, as long as they’ve got a HP ePrint printer.
HP, no stranger...
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