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Eric Schmidt: Chrome OS due “second half of 2010″

8:47 pm in Chrome OS, Google by Sina Hamedian

It seems as if Google is keeping it’s promise of rolling out Chrome OS later this year. CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit that the operating system is on schedule for being rolled out later this year. Keeping in mind that although no official release date has been announced, it is likely that you can probably snag up a Chrome OS netbook by the holidays. Until then, you can keep on worrying about your iPad, Chatroulette, and internet memes, as we can expect the Google OS to slip under the radar for a while now.

Source: t-break

by Sina Hamedian

Official Chrome OS tablet concept revealed

11:24 pm in Chrome OS, Google, Software, Tablet by Sina Hamedian

If the Chrome OS tablet had not been canceled, we might have been expecting this tablet, which is an official concept by Google. It seems innovative, and even though is just a web browser, it could jab a hole in iPad’s momentum from rumors after rumors before it’s launch.

The pictures have been posted on the official Chromium site, and even though Chromium is not part of Google, they were designed by Chrome’s UI designer. Also worthwhile to know: there will be more than one Chrome tablet since Chromium OS is open source. Video and gallery below. Read the rest of this entry →

by Sina Hamedian

Google Chrome Artist Themes are released.

1:14 am in Software by Sina Hamedian

Google has release themes for Chrome and Chromium from select artists. I personally can not name any of them, but some of the themes actually do look good. You will only see the top portion of the theme (otherwise you would just be staring at a picture, not web pages), it’s a nice addition to Google Chrome’s current list of themes. There’s one for almost every style, and you’ll probably like what you see. You can get a link for the artist themes here.

Source: Google Artist Themes

by Sina Hamedian

Google Chrome gets Native Client and Extensions

5:11 am in Software by Sina Hamedian

The Mountain View campus was very busy over the past month or so, integrating Native Client, NaCI for short, which is designed to tap into the processor’s power, allowing web apps, like Facebook, Live Mesh, Google Apps, and Evernote to perform at the same speeds as their desktop application counterparts – like Microsoft Office. Why would Google want to do this, maybe because to make Google Docs, an alternative to Office, run at the same speed on Office on the Chrome OS, Google’s operating system. The Google Chrome version 4.0.220.1, which was released yesterday on the Dev Channel. But it does have one small caveat…it only works on x86 processors, like AMD Athlon or the Intel Core Series. If you are running a 64 bit capable PC, you still have no luck to use NaCI. However, NaCI isn’t new. Google first launched it in holiday 2008, but did not incorporate it into any of their products until now. And still, better, add-ons (or extensions).

Extensions can now appear to the right of the address bar, and to the left of the configuration settings buttons, as shown in this photo below. The extensions are part of BrowserActions: