Tagged: Chrome OS & News
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Firms urged to look at alternatives for a post-XP world News
12.04.2013 With Microsoft announcing the withdrawal of support for Windows XP from April next year, many organisations face a decision about upgrading their PCs still running it: one... -
Google unveils Blink: a new WebKit-based rendering engine for Chrome and Chrome OS News
04.04.2013 Google has revealed that it will no longer use WebKit as the rendering engine for Chrome and Chrome OS and will instead use a forked version called Blink.Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Operating Systems, Open Source, Internet, Development, Design -
Gadgets of the month: Samsung, BlackBerry, Google Chromebook, HTC, Minuum News
29.03.2013 We take a look back at some of the biggest gadget news this month and look ahead at what’s to come, featuring news of a smartwatch from Samsung, BlackBerry’s bounce-back from... -
Review: Samsung Chromebook (video) News
20.03.2013 The first time I saw a Chromebook – that is a notebook that uses Google’s Chrome browser as its operating system – about two years ago I remember being completely stumped. No...Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Energy, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Google reveals Samsung and Acer Chromebooks to go on sale in Ireland today News
19.03.2013 Google has revealed that Samsung and Acer Chromebooks – the internet giant’s vision of computers for the cloud – will go on sale in Ireland later today. The Samsung Chromebook... -
Review: Microsoft Surface RT tablet PC (video) News
22.02.2013 The Surface Windows RT is Microsoft’s first foray into actually making a personal computer. John Kennedy puts the device through its paces and discovers the software giant kind...Tags: Tablet Computers, Operating Systems, Chrome OS, Google, Apple, Apps, Surface, Windows 8, Windows RT, Microsoft -
Google reveals new hardware – say hello to the new US$1,299 Chromebook Pixel News
22.02.2013 Google has revealed its latest piece of hardware, the Chromebook Pixel, the next generation of its Chromebook family. The computer is geared at cloud workers and has a 12.8-inch... -
HP releases its first Chromebook News
04.02.2013 HP has just announced the release of its first laptop operating on Google’s Chrome OS. Chromebooks have been developed by Google and OEMs to bring easy-to-use, fast, secure and...Categories: Operating Systems, Computers -
Google and Acer unveil lowest-price Chromebook yet at US$199 News
13.11.2012 The purpose of Google’s Chromebook laptop range is to provide users with accessible, affordable computing solutions, and the tech giant has now topped its previous US$249...Categories: Computers -
The week in gadgets, featuring the new Chromebook and lovely laptops for ladies (contains sarcasm) News
22.10.2012 A look at gadget happenings, as Google’s next-generation Chromebook gets a wallet-friendly price-tag, Fujitsu bring us some fairly ridiculous ‘feminine’ laptops, Logitech lights... -
Exclusive: Chromebooks on sale to Irish businesses News
18.09.2012 Chromebooks are now available for businesses in Ireland, Siliconrepublic.com can reveal. -
#io12 – Dropbox could see drop-off as Google Drive arrives on iOS News
29.06.2012 Google I/O has seen yet another release as Google Drive comes to iOS, offering Google’s cloud hub to iPhone and iPad users.Categories: Internet, Digital Media, Apps, Application Design and Development, Mobile, Software, Storage, Web -
Gadgets of the month News
31.05.2012 We take a look back at some of the biggest gadget news this month and look ahead at what’s to come.Categories: Week in Gadgets, Software, Phones, Operating Systems, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
Samsung unveils new Google Chromebook and Chromebox News
30.05.2012 With the latest Chromebook laptop, Google’s Chrome OS appears to have finally hit its stride. But is the world really ready for a cloud-dedicated computer?Categories: Software, Operating Systems, Online Business, Internet, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Google’s new software language Dart aims to speed up the web News
25.05.2012 Google is on a mission to speed up the web. Flush from the success of its Chrome browser passing out Internet Explorer in recent weeks, it is now focusing on a new Javascript...Tags: internet explorer, Microsoft, Firefox, JavaScript, Chrome OS, Chrome, Dart, Browsers, App, Google -
Samsung Chromebox unboxed – before it even goes on sale (video) News
23.05.2012 Following an error by online retailer TigerDirect, a quick customer has managed to get his hands on the new Samsung Chromebox, before the product has been officially released. -
Only 30,000 Chromebooks to be sold in 2011? News
23.11.2011 Google’s Chromebook – a notebook powered by its Chrome browser – has some hurdles to climb if reports that only 30,000 of the devices made by Acer and Samsung will be sold by... -
With 160m global users, Chrome shines light on browsers News
29.09.2011 Google Chrome is a web browser that, in just three short years, has spawned an operating system (OS) and a new genre of browser-based computers.Tags: Google, Chrome, Web browsers, internet explorer, OS, Notebook, TV, Chrome OS, Tablet, Google+, -
The week in gadgets News
14.03.2011 A look at gadget, game and geek happenings in the week ahead.Tags: Accessibility, Disabilities, Gaming, OS, Mobile, iPhone, Apple, Google, Chrome OS, Chrome, Week in gadgets, -
First look at Google’s new Chrome OS netbook News
06.01.2011 LAS VEGAS – Siliconrepublic.com got a first gawk at the forthcoming Chrome OS netbook – a completely browser-based netbook running on Intel’s Atom processor.