Google’s just realised their dream of putting printer drivers in the cloud, as their Cloud Print service has now gone into beta. This means that you can print from any device, whether it’s a laptop, tablet or even mobile phone, to any printer – theoretically. For now, their website says you need Windows 7, Vista or XP to be able to use Cloud Print. Say what?! [Cloud Print via TechCrunch]
Even with tablets ruling the IFA show last week, Google still thinks the future is with netbooks – well, for Chrome OS anyway. In an interview with TechRadar, a Google product manager confirmed they are prioritising netbooks at the moment.
Word is that Google’s Chrome OS will have some sort of mysterious “Chromoting” feature which is described as something that “will provide remote access to legacy PC applications” and sounds a lot like Remote Desktop Connection. [Register]
Microsoft really didn’t like that a Google employee went public, telling the world the big G is swapping employees’ computers from Windows to Chrome, OS X and Linux. They’ve responded in a particularly sarky way, calling it “ironic”:
Speaking at the Computex show in Taiwan, Google’s Chrome head Sundar Pichai confirmed that Chrome OS is on track for a “late fall” (or spring in the southern hemisphere) launch. [Reuters]
Google’s removed the video for inexplicable reasons, however TechRadar dug it up on YouTube and found Eric Schmidt promising an affordable price-point for netbooks with Chrome OS and the potential for it to be offered on-contract by phone networks.
Google’s ANGLE project, launched today, will allow their Chrome OS to be able to access graphics hardware using the OpenGL ES 2.0 API. What this means to you: 3D graphics in your browser!
It may be a case of semantics, but Digitimes is reporting that Acer – who we already know are desperate to be the first manufacturer with a Chrome OS netbook – will be launching “devices running Google’s Chrome OS in the middle of 2010″. So far, we’ve been hearing the end of the year for releases, but if there’s any chance to grab hold of a mid-2010 Chrome OS whisper, we’ll take it.
