Chromebook

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is obsessed with speed. So said Google chief financial officer, Patrick Pichette, during the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference as reported by USA Today. Part of that “speed obsession” is currently being manifested in somewhat feverish attempts to develop and...

Businesses are all about saving money. Now Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and VMware (NYSE: VMW) have come up with a way enterprises can save lots of money via Google’s inexpensive Chromebook. Chromebook users, thanks to VMware, will be able to access Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows applications via...

This was an interesting week for the tech industry. There weren't too many big announcements, but there were enough tidbits (key Apple rumors, another Gmail outage) to keep things interesting. Chromebooks took center stage as Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) and Acer unveiled new models. The iPhone...

Acer has unveiled the newest member of the Chromebook family -- the C720 Chromebook. Powered by Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) hugely popular Haswell line of processors, the new laptop promises to deliver eight and a half hours of battery life. The machine is 30 percent thinner than the previous model,...

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) has developed a new Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Chromebook that contains a unique feature not found in Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) MacBook. Instead of designing the Chromebook 11 to use a big and bulky, unit-specific charger, Hewlett-Packard created a notebook that can be charged...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) have teamed up build better Chromebooks. The search engine giant announced that Intel's fourth-generation Core i processors -- commonly known as Haswell -- will be featured in a number of new machines. In a post on Google's official Chrome blog,...

First Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) set up shop at Best Buy (NYSE: BBY). This summer, Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) came to the retailer, which is slowly becoming a mini-mall for tech companies. Now Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) wants a piece of the action. According to a Google+ post by tech...

Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Chromebook platform could receive a major shipment boost in the latter half of 2013. According to DigiTimes, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Acer, Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) and Lenovo will launch new Chromebooks within the next five months. With the release of these products,...

Chromebook manufacturers are gearing up for their next round of upgrades. According to DigiTimes, Acer will release a new 11.6-inch model in July. The new machine is expected to follow in the footsteps of its predecessor, the C7, and will be geared toward students. Acer's new Chromebook is set to...

In an attempt to gain greater control of the notebook market, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) may release an Android-powered laptop in the third quarter. According to DigiTimes, the company's existing line of notebooks -- known as Chromebooks -- will surpass the one million mark in 2013. A previous report...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is doing everything it can to ensure that the Chromebook becomes a long-term success. In addition to the cheap plastic machines that retail for $200, Google has built a $1,300 notebook for high-end users who work in the cloud. These efforts are part of the company's long-...

Acer's newest Chromebook (C710-2055) comes with six hours of battery life, an Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) Celeron 847 processor (2MB L3 cache, 1.10GHz, DDR3 1333 MHz) and 4GB of RAM -- all for $80 more than the original. For the sake of comparison, the previous model (C710-2847) comes with 2GB of RAM and...

When Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) created the Chrome OS platform, it hoped to build the next great operating system. The company had no idea this would lead to internal competition between the two platforms. Right now, Chrome OS is the company's dominant system for notebooks. Acer, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is rumored to be developing a new touch-enabled Chromebook. According to DigiTimes, the new 12.85-inch device will be manufactured by Taiwan-based Compal Electronics. Wintek will supply the touch panels for the laptop, which could ship before the end of 2012. No other...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Samsung are big fans of the belief that if at first they don't succeed, they should keep trying (and spend more money on advertising) until they get it right. After a 15-month struggle to turn the Chromebook into the next big laptop, it seems that the two companies are...