OS Articles

Specs of Samsung’s New Chrome OS Netbook Are Leaked

by Chris Chavez on April 29th, 2011

Today, there was a leak from Google’s code repository, which allowed us to get a sneak peak of the details involving Samsung’s forray into the Chrome OS netbook scene. Samsung’s Alex, as its being called, will feature a dual-core 1.5Ghz Intel Atom processor and complimentary 2GB of RAM. The screen resolution will be 1280×800 and [...]


[Rumor] Google To Test The Water Again – This Time With Chrome Notebooks

by Talton "phases" Pettigrew on April 21st, 2011

I’m usually not one to pay much mind to the ‘ol rumor mill – but what I saw today got me just plain excited. Heck, I got so thrilled I broke into song and dance, invented some sweet new dance moves and took chromercising to the level! (Not really) So anyway. It is being reported [...]


CR-48 Trackpad Fix Makes the Chrome Notebook 100% More Usable

by Donovan Leiber on April 12th, 2011

When the CR-48 Notebook first launched it was well received except for one fatal flaw – the trackpad. It was a glitchy pain in the butt that made using the first ever device built on Chrome OS a complete nightmare. Well… that problem has now been fixed with the Chrome OS 11 Beta. It’s often [...]


Goodbye Printer Drivers & Annoying Cables: Google Cloud Print Is Here

by Donovan Leiber on March 31st, 2011

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been enraged when trying to download printer drivers for various computers on different operating systems and getting them to work. Sometimes things happen to work out. Other times it’s a royal pain in the butt. Either way, nothing seems as elegant as what Google Cloud Print will soon [...]


Chrome Stickers Now Shipping With Cr-48

by Donovan Leiber on January 31st, 2011

All the people who whined and complained they hadn’t yet received a Cr-48? Yeah, they probably still haven’t received one. But those who waited patiently haven’t only been put on Santa’s good list almost 11 months in advance, they’ve also been blessed with an extra bonus when their Cr-48 DID arrive. Apparently those now receiving [...]


WHOOPS: Google Ships Cr-48 Chrome Notebook With Windows!

by Donovan Leiber on January 31st, 2011

The whole purpose of Google’s Cr-48 Chrome Notebook is to showcase a new concept in personal computing in which the cloud takes priority. Front and center of their show is Chrome OS, the operating system that is supposed to make all of this possible. Why, then, would Google ship this poor guy a shiny new [...]


Gmail Notifier Provides Awesome Preview For Chrome Users

by Donovan Leiber on January 26th, 2011

If you’re like me, you get WAY too much E-Mail. I think it’s safe to admit that most of us probably spend way too much time refreshing our E-Mail to see if we got anything new. With GMail it auto-refreshes but the question is… how much time do you waste going back to that E-Mail [...]


Google Cloud Print Opens Up As Beta

by Donovan Leiber on January 24th, 2011

Us lucky kids who have a Chrome Notebook didn’t only get early access to the awesome hardware and Chrome OS, but also an early/inside look at a service called Google Cloud Print. If you’re unfamiliar with Cloud Print the following video should catch you up to speed: Whereas this beta was only open to Chrome [...]


Google’s Cr-48 running Ubuntu

by webmastir on December 15th, 2010

Well, I can’t say I didn’t see this coming, but apparently there’s a write up already available on how to get Chrome OS to coexist with Ubuntu. If this sparks your interest, check out the video below & let us know what you think. Does it make you want one even more knowing that you’re [...]


Is Google Recalling Shipments Of Cr-48 Chrome Notebooks?

by Talton "phases" Pettigrew on December 14th, 2010

As many of you reading this know by now, Google announced a pilot program last week for their new Chrome OS notebook – the Cr-48. All you have to do is register for it and with any luck – you may get one.  One of our writers was lucky enough to be one of those [...]