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Mac OS X Running On A Cr-48 Brings Back Memories Of The Black MacBook

11:00AM January 2, 2011 | Casey Chan

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Software

64-bit Chromium OS Now Available For Mac Users

12:15AM December 8, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

Up until now, the unofficial Google Chrome OS for Macs, Chromium, has only been available in a 32-bit download, but today you can grab the ChromiumOS64 if you’re more RAMmed-up. More »


Computing

Acer Wants To Be First With Chrome OS Netbook Next Year

9:58PM December 2, 2009 | Danny Allen

The dual-booting Aspire One AOD250 was the first Android netbook available, and even though it hasn’t been a hot seller, Acer wants to be first again with Chrome OS. More »


Software

Android, Chrome OS Relationship Confusing Everyone, Including Google

10:19PM July 10, 2009 | John Herrman

Just as companies were starting to get serious about installing Android, a mobile Linux OS, on netbooks, Google announces Chrome, a netbook Linux OS. The relationship between the two OSes is already getting tense, or at the very least, awkward. More »


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Are These The First Chrome OS Screenshots?

6:54PM July 9, 2009 | John Herrman

It’s hard to totally disprove these first Chrome OS shots, though there are plenty of reasons to be suspect. Setting our scepticism aside for a second, here’s what alleged leakster allegedly saw, allegedly: More »