Chrome OS to launch mid-October on Chinese netbook?

Google’s operating system Chrome isn’t scheduled to be released til 2010, but there are strong rumors on Shanzai.com that some Chinese manufacturers are all set to ship their first Netbooks, running on Chrome OS!

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Google Chrome Extensions Get Polish: Getting Ready for Wider Release?

chrome_logo_may09.jpgGoogle just released an update to its cutting edge developer version of Google Chrome that adds a lot of polish to the way Chrome handles extensions. Interestingly, while the stable versions of Chrome are still stuck with the 2.x series, the versions in the developer channel are now already designated as 4.x versions. At this point, users of the developer channel version can already easily install extensions, change themes, sync bookmarks, and profit from a faster rendering engine, while users of the more conservative stable version don’t have access to any of these features yet.

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Google Chrome Privacy Policy Changes Hint at Public Launch of Mac, Linux Versions

It’s been just over a year since Google surprised the world with a release of their very own web browser, Google Chrome, now the basis for the company’s upcoming operating system. Despite its flaws (lack of RSS support, no extensions), the browser soon became a hit among the niche crowd of early adopters…at least those running Windows. Why Windows? Because Google has yet to publicly release versions for either the Mac operating system or Linux. However, a recent update to their Privacy Policy hints that may be about to change.

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Chrome 4 bookmark sync: how to use it


Those of us gagging to start trying the new Chrome 4, well, now you can!
Mind you, it´s not finished by a long haul. The current 3.0 isn´t particularly developer friendly. All that´s about to change with Chrome 4, now ready as a developer preview. The first thing Chrome enthusiasts can start fiddling with is the Bookmark browser sync, which was released a few days ago.

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Google ceo resigns from Apple board


Google CEO Eric Schmidt has resigned from the Apple board. Schmidt joined the board to help in Apple and Google´s fight against Microsoft, but these days Apple and Google are so much in competiton that Schmidt and Apple felt he had to resign.

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Chrome Browser Themes are Thriving!

It’s always great to see how a communicate of fanatical users can make or break a product. With Google Chrome this is no different. And it seems to work nicely; the themes section of the forum is growing so fast we decided to create a  seperate blog page for it to give the artists more attention from guest users.

For Chrome and soon  Chrome OS, these are interesting times. The early years are ofcourse the most important for these kind of products and so 2009-2012 will be crucial for adaption. And we’ll be there all the way, hacking and tweaking the browser to find out stuff we can change, alter, improve or generally adapt to our own wishes.

With the new blog, Twitter account and more aggressive marketing, we are stepping up to make this site the most interesting venue for Chrome (OS) users on earth, with the most themes, plugins, extensions and general help from the forum members. We’ll continue to stimulate this and build this up.

For now, check out the new theme page on this blog and the sign up for the forum if you didn’t already; it’s free and it’s a wonderful community!