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School Districts in 41 States Using Google’s Chromebooks in the Classroom

School Districts in 41 States Using Google’s Chromebooks in the Classroom

| January 26, 2012 | 0 Comments

Google’s Chromebooks may not have been a hit with the tech reviewers who dismissed the very idea of laptops that only work completely when connected to the Internet. That didn’t stop the notebooks from becoming a favorite for certain consumers. And they’re fun on a Virgin America flight (when the in-flight Wi-Fi works). Another area [...]

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How To Use The Google Toolbar in Firefox 5 and Firefox 6

How To Use The Google Toolbar in Firefox 5 and Firefox 6

| September 19, 2011 | 0 Comments

Back in July Google announced that they would no longer update the Google Toolbar add-on for Firefox, which meant that anyone using a version newer than Firefox 4 was out of luck. This might not have been as big a deal if Mozilla hadn’t accelerated their updating schedule right around that time, meaning that users [...]

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Dell May Use Google+ Hangouts for Customer Service

Dell May Use Google+ Hangouts for Customer Service

| July 20, 2011 | 0 Comments

Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell pleasantly surprised his new Google+ followers when he suggested that the computer manufacturer might use Google+ Hangouts for customer service. Hangouts is the new multi-user video chat tool that is a part of Google+ the new upstart social networking service designed to compete with Facebook and Twitter. Michael Dell’s [...]

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Samsung Series 5 ChromeBook Dissected by iFixIt

Samsung Series 5 ChromeBook Dissected by iFixIt

| June 9, 2011 | 0 Comments

The Samsung Series 5 Chromebook isn’t even officially out yet, but the good folks over at iFixit were able to get their hands on one of the early Series 5 Chromebooks sold through a special offer at Gilt and have proceeded to take apart the cloud based netbook. The Samsung Series 5 teardown shows off a netbook-like interior and [...]

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Samsung Series 5 Chromebook Pages Up But Not for Purchase

Samsung Series 5 Chromebook Pages Up But Not for Purchase

| May 13, 2011 | 1 Comment

Samsung has their info page for the new Samsung Chromebook announced this week at Google I/O Developer’s Conference. They have three links to “shop” for the Chrome OS netbooks, however clicking the link results in a page saying you can’t yet buy one. At least you will be able to get a look at the [...]

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Google Missing the Mark with Chromebooks

Google Missing the Mark with Chromebooks

| May 12, 2011 | 0 Comments

At Google I/O the search giant announced that this summer some interesting Chromebooks are coming from Samsung and Acer, with others likely to follow. A Chromebook is a netbook computer running Google’s Chrome OS. Is there room for a fourth mobile operating system? Microsoft Windows still dominates with Apple’s Mac OS X coming on strong [...]

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Samsung and Acer Google Chromebooks Launch June 15th: Details, Specs & Pricing

Samsung and Acer Google Chromebooks Launch June 15th: Details, Specs & Pricing

| May 11, 2011 | 4 Comments

Today at Google I/O a developer event for all things Google, the company announced the much anticipated Google Chrome Notebook. We have come a way since the original cr-48 prototype, which users had a chance to try last year, and now have two new Chromebooks coming June 15th from Samsung and Acer. Google Chromebook Models, [...]

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Google to Rent Chrome Notebooks for $240 a Year ($20 a month)

Google to Rent Chrome Notebooks for $240 a Year ($20 a month)

| May 11, 2011 | 1 Comment

If all goes as expected, Google will announce the launch of Google Chrome notebooks today at Google I/O. Rather then sell the cloud based notebooks outright, it looks like Google will instead be offering a student package that includes a Google Chrome notebook, Google services and likely some sort of mobile broadband connection. Google appears to be [...]

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Samsung Alex Coming wth Chrome OS: Google Chrome Notebook

Samsung Alex Coming wth Chrome OS: Google Chrome Notebook

| April 29, 2011 | 0 Comments

It looks like Samsung will release a new notebook with the Google Chrome OS according to reports of a leak a Dutch site ChromeNieuws.nl (Google Translation). The original site at Google Chrome OS code site where the leak first showed up is no longer available. Below is a screen shot of it. The beginning of [...]

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