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London Gets Google Chrome Zone Store

Google is hoping that it can talk the British into buying Chromebooks on the High Street. I hope they remembered to replace the $ key with a £ key.

July 13, 2011
Computing

How To Turn Your Netbook Into A Chromebook With Chromium OS

Google recently released its own line of Chrome OS-clad netbooks, but with only a few choices, a somewhat high price tag and no clear Aussie release plans. As such, you might be more comfortable running Chrome OS on your own machine. Here’s how to install it on your current laptop or netbook.

July 1, 2011
Computing

Virgin America Passengers Getting Free Loaner Chromebooks

This sure beats SkyMall. Google’s offering free (for the duration of the flight) Chromebooks and Wi-Fi to Virgin America passengers who will put their ‘tops through the wringer, starting tomorrow. A credit card deposit is required, so don’t spill your drink.

June 11, 2011
Computing

Samsung Series 5 Chromebook: Built For The Future, Searching For Purpose In The Present

Samsung’s Chromebook isn’t all that different from the CR-48 prototype Chromebook that we saw back in December. This one is a little lighter, a little thinner, and easier on the eyes (in some ways), but save for a newer, dual-core Intel Atom processor, this Series 5 Chromebook more or less the same. Is that even a good thing?

June 9, 2011
Computing

Samsung’s Chromebook Is Just A ‘Well-Polished Cr-48′

All of the complaints about the original Chromebook – the battery life, the hardware, the trackpad – have been fixed in Samsung’s model, which iFixit tore apart in true teardown style.

June 2, 2011
Computing

Samsung Chromebook Debuts On… Gilt Groupe?

Gilt Groupe, invite-only purveyors of ugly shirts, cheap froufrou shoes, and other baubles, somehow landed an exclusive early sale of Samsung’s Series 5 Chromebook. If you’re a pauper and aren’t a member, you’ll have to wait until the 15th. [Gilt]

May 12, 2011
Computing

The Laptop Of The Future, Version 1.0

Google’s CR-48 Chrome laptop was a rough draft of the kind of computer people will be using eventually—lean, fast, utterly and completely connected—but it had its problems. (Oh lord, the trackpad.) Samsung’s Series 5 Chromebook is like version 1.0.

Computing

Google Chrome OS Lands On Hardware You Can Actually Buy

We’ve already seen Google’s Chrome OS. Now, it plays nice with USB storage and devices. And finally, there’s hardware you can get your hands on.

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