If you’re a fan of Google eBooks, we’ve got good news for you. Offline support for all of their eBooks have been added to Chrome and Chrome OS so you can continue reading your favorites even if you don’t have an Internet connection. Google announced the launch of offline support for Google eBooks for those [...]

Google has struggled to get the Chromebook into the hands of the consumer, even going so far as to offer them as an in-flight convenience and later opening a Chromezone section inside of a PC World in London. It’s no secret that the search giant is having to fight tooth and nail for public awareness [...]

Yesterday we told you how to take full window screenshots using Google Chrome, but there is a much easier way to do this with Chrome OS that is also built into the system- no need to install an app or extension. Simply hold down CTRL and press the window switcher key (the key that looks [...]

It’s very much a work in progress, but if you’re eager to test out voice recording on your Chromebook or other Chrome OS device, you can dive into the command prompt and make that happen. Here are the steps: CTRL+ALT+T to open command prompt Type “Shell” and hit enter Type “arecord > hello.wav” Hit enter [...]

Google’s intentions, and part of their pitch, it that Chrome OS is inherently secure since it lives in the cloud. Don’t worry about patches and upgrades: Chrome OS keeps everything up to date for you, ensuring the highest level of security. Maybe not. A Kaspersky Labs expert has reported a finding that Chrome OS runs [...]

The latest announcements by Google about their netbook OS, Chrome, are drawing the ire of some security experts saying; saying, more or less, that they are just too good to be true. Google is claiming that “Chromebooks have many layers of security built in so there is no anti-virus software to buy and maintain. Even [...]

Google is pushing a Chrome OS update and owners of the CR-48 can get their grubby hands on it. The update gets Flash up to 10.2.158.22, the file manager that Quentyn was moaning about, some various UI updates and other bug fixes to round out the changes. For those of you interested, Engadget has a [...]

Bombshell: everyone who thought the Chromebooks were total fails only limited to running stuff in the browser are about to change their mind. Google’s FAQ for Chrome OS has been updated to mention “Chromoting”. This will be a free feature offered by Google that allows remote access to your Mac or PC, meaning your Chromebook [...]

The Samsung Chromebook can supposedly boot up – from being completely off to completely on and ready to run – within 10-seconds. At the launch event, we put that to the test: Not below 10-seconds, but that was indeed FAST! We had to take into account entering the password which tacked on a few seconds. [...]

Last night we had the pleasure of attending an exclusive Samsung event where they presented the Samsung Chromebook, officially named the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook. The actual presentation didn’t feature anything new, but we DID get hands-on the first ever Chromebook for the first time. We were pretty impressed with both the hardware and the [...]