tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45443901818390615962024-03-13T23:20:33.423-04:00The Chrome Laptop PilotOverview and usage of the Google Chrome Laptop Cr48 for those of us that live on the Web.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544390181839061596.post-45851136838397846402011-04-21T07:15:00.000-04:002011-04-21T07:15:24.654-04:00"Free" Google Chrome OS cloud notebook: $15/month - Computerworld Blogs<div>A subscription service for the Chrome notebooks is not a something I had considered. It might just work actually. I will be anxious to see how Google delivers this to market.</div><div><br /></div><a href="http://blogs.computerworld.com/18170/free_google_chrome_os_cloud_notebook_15_month">"Free" Google Chrome OS cloud notebook: $15/month - Computerworld Blogs</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544390181839061596.post-36982176168700705012011-02-27T19:07:00.000-05:002011-02-27T19:07:35.405-05:00howeydesign.com | CR-48 (aka Google Chrome Notebook)<a href="http://www.howeydesign.com/blog/cr-48-aka-google-chrome-notebook/">howeydesign.com | CR-48 (aka Google Chrome Notebook)</a><div><br /></div><div>Writes a well thought evalutaion</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544390181839061596.post-65764530182195230752011-01-19T10:34:00.001-05:002011-01-19T10:35:27.344-05:00A fix for the sound problem, and a little pressThe NYT has a nice introductory article about the CR 48<br />
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Called the Cr-48 — the name is the chemical symbol for an unstable isotope of the element Chromium — the matte-black <b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">notebook</b> boots up <b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Google's Chrome</b> <b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">...</b><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.google.com/news/story%3Fncl%3Dhttp://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/googles-chrome-os-putting-everything-in-the-browser-window/%253Fsrc%253Dbusln%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAAoBjAAOABApNTZ6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=yuL-vPXVaUc&usg=AFQjCNGpakfG6fNGx2dUvIBBxGyr81J_mg" style="color: #228822; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank" title="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/googles-chrome-os-putting-everything-in-the-browser-window/%3Fsrc%3Dbusln&hl=en&geo=us">See all stories on this topic »</a><br />
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And here is <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/google/go-figuremy-wife-loves-the-chrome-notebook/2742" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">ZDnets typical use</a>r article that gives a pretty good representation of what the average user might find attractive<br />
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Also a fix for the glitchy sound problem that came out with the last update. Your CR 48 needs root access, so I will be waiting till the next Google update to correct this, but if you are into modifying your CR 48 take a look <a href="http://chromeos-cr48.blogspot.com/2011/01/fix-for-static-audio-noise-on-latest.html">here </a></td></tr>
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And this is an interesting outlook on Googles future<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sc-cons-0113-leckey-20110114,0,6254499.story&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAAoATAAOABA97jB6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=q8G4DQpzY3k&usg=AFQjCNE9bzQiW6v624rb_XC32XkNFzy5Jw" style="color: #1111cc;" target="_blank"><b>Google</b> needn't look far for ways to keep growing</a><br />
<span><a href="" style="color: #777777; text-decoration: none;">Chicago Tribune</a><br />
<b>...</b> behind Research in Motion and slightly ahead of Apple, according to ComScore Inc. <b>Notebook</b>computers running <b>Google's Chrome</b> OS operating system will be <b>...</b><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.google.com/news/story%3Fncl%3Dhttp://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sc-cons-0113-leckey-20110114,0,6254499.story%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAAoBjAAOABA97jB6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=q8G4DQpzY3k&usg=AFQjCNEzkD8pmyhSsDE8m5A8ru5S4pY1_g" style="color: #228822;" target="_blank" title="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sc-cons-0113-leckey-20110114,0,6254499.story&hl=en&geo=us">See all stories on this topic »</a></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544390181839061596.post-20101442185891466802011-01-13T20:36:00.001-05:002011-01-13T20:39:41.573-05:00The Second ChromeOS update just arrivedI haven't had a chance to see what changes might have been made, but here is the <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PH7xLGeINUnaHovTWTZaswIbEWKscbXoQfdbj70VuhE?feat=directlink">screen shot</a><br />
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and here is the screen scrape<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Chrome Droid Sans', 'Droid Sans Fallback', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> 0.9.128.14 (Official Build ede4cb9c) beta x86-mario</span><br />
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<a href="http://twitter.com/sundarpichai/status/24601238859423744">http://twitter.com/sundarpichai/status/24601238859423744</a><br />
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...plus more CR48 and ChromeOS on the web<br />
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<span><span style="color: #777777;">By Ronald Lewis</span><br />
Cinchcast recording on the future of operating systems, <b>Chrome</b> OS & <b>Google's</b> CR48 <b>notebook</b>, and cloud computing.<br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://ronaldlewis.com/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoBzAAOABAsYO06QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=bhhMRbAB6dg&usg=AFQjCNF7mM06NgvKjvqzKxqWa4Nhz-aEhA" style="color: #228822;" target="_blank" title="ronaldlewis.com/">Ronald Lewis - http://ronaldlewis.com/</a></span></td></tr>
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<span><span style="color: #777777;">By David</span><br />
There are a number of very interesting questions asked via the <b>Chrome</b> CR48 <b>Notebook</b> survey and I have done some basic analysis on what I see as the rational or logic behind <b>Google</b> needing to ask this information on those applying for <b>...</b><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://thelostagency.wordpress.com/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoBzABOAFAsYO06QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=bhhMRbAB6dg&usg=AFQjCNEUZ8o67Jvhy3d1t0d6IWu-YIEMqg" style="color: #228822;" target="_blank" title="thelostagency.wordpress.com/">Lost Press Marketing - http://thelostagency.<wbr></wbr>wordpress.com/</a></span></td></tr>
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<span><span style="color: #777777;">By Techweet</span><br />
<a href="http://www.newgadgets.de/" style="color: #222222;" target="_blank">www.newgadgets.de</a> <b>Google</b> Cr-48 <b>Chrome Notebook</b> Hands On - German. 1:55. This new upcoming tablet dazzles with <b>Google</b> Android's new Honeycomb OS, <b>Google</b> Maps 5.0, a 1280x800 screen and much more. 1:18. Seriously. <b>...</b><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.techweet.com/stories/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoBzACOAJAsYO06QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=bhhMRbAB6dg&usg=AFQjCNGkmgLM3oVJm7LXLufpVZkKQUeLjw" style="color: #228822;" target="_blank" title="www.techweet.com/stories/">Top Tech News / Latest - Techweet - http://www.techweet.com/<wbr></wbr>stories/</a></span></td></tr>
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<span><span style="color: #777777;">By Rhonda Callow</span><br />
The prizes are remarkable, like a 10 day trip to the Galapagos Islands with National Geographic Expeditions, scholarships from Google (up to $50000!), LEGO products, Android phone, <b>Google Chrome notebook</b>, and more! <b>...</b><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sync-blog.com/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoBzADOANAsYO06QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=bhhMRbAB6dg&usg=AFQjCNGLBOgsn_PS5umMXOIHcJHmeFck2g" style="color: #228822;" target="_blank" title="www.sync-blog.com/">Sync™ Blog - http://www.sync-blog.com/</a></span></td></tr>
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<span><span style="color: #777777;">By Peter</span><br />
How: install each operating system on the <b>Google</b>-CR 48 <b>chrome notebook</b> We have already seen that it is possible, Windows, OS to install OS <b>notebook</b> X or other operating systems on <b>Google's</b>CR 48 <b>chrome</b>. Now, an independent developer has <b>...</b><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://scudas.com/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoBzAEOARAsYO06QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=bhhMRbAB6dg&usg=AFQjCNGVpD_gFyaK0L8TMVv6pWrM2o5I0Q" style="color: #228822;" target="_blank" title="scudas.com/">- http://scudas.com/</a></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544390181839061596.post-50189869902710706962011-01-11T11:06:00.001-05:002011-01-11T13:30:20.846-05:00After A monthAfter using the CR48 for over a month now, my initial observations haven't changed much.<br />
Battery Life is great (7-8) continuous use, probably a week on standby)<br />
Flash still crashes out the browser sometimes (optimistic that this will be ironed out)<br />
I can conduct most everyday communication and work in the cloud. Specialized software for me is only required for music or video work.<br />
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The Press is also pretty active on it, but rehashing many of the same points.<br />
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<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.markaduffy.net/wordpress/%3Fp%3D181&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoATAAOABAtaOv6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=q8x2MXzuEsM&usg=AFQjCNFEp9txZM6X0PFtwP_7el5Kt9XeSw" style="color: #1111cc;" target="_blank">GEEK STUFF: <b>Google</b> cr-48 with <b>Chrome</b> OS - mdweb</a><br />
<span style="color: #777777;">By admin</span><br />
Even though the <b>notebook</b> itself is great, the biggest thing about the cr-48 or <b>chrome</b> OS is getting used to doing everything inside the browser. <b>Google</b> want everyone to use the 'cloud'. I was very surprised to notice, how long I could <b>...</b><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.markaduffy.net/wordpress/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoBzAAOABAtaOv6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=q8x2MXzuEsM&usg=AFQjCNHdOyhXecBjn399Nbs6c80UydPnag" style="color: #228822;" target="_blank" title="www.markaduffy.net/wordpress/">mdweb - http://www.markaduffy.net/<wbr></wbr>wordpress/</a><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://scudas.com/flash-video-stinks-on-google-cr-48-adobe-is-working-on-it/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoATABOAFAtaOv6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=q8x2MXzuEsM&usg=AFQjCNGyY60LnvMfXtznW29U3WwxOUZNXQ" style="color: #1111cc;" target="_blank">Flash video stinks on <b>Google</b> Cr-48, Adobe is working on it |</a><br />
<span style="color: #777777;">By Peter</span><br />
The first laptops <b>Google chrome</b> Cr-48 started arriving today and although by all accounts is well designed hardware and the operating system is easy to use and quick to load, there is one glaring problem: Adobe Flash support seem to stink at the moment. <b>...</b> How: install each operating system on the Google-CR 48 chrome <b>notebook</b> We have already seen that it is possible, Windows, OS to install OS <b>notebook</b> X or other operating systems on Google's CR 48 chrome. <b>...</b><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://scudas.com/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoBzABOAFAtaOv6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=q8x2MXzuEsM&usg=AFQjCNGVpD_gFyaK0L8TMVv6pWrM2o5I0Q" style="color: #228822;" target="_blank" title="scudas.com/"> - http://scudas.com/</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp%3FnewsID%3D5995%26review%3Dgoogle%2Bcr48%2Bchrome%2Bnotebook&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAAoATAAOABAq-ex6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=aFfq55PSoVo&usg=AFQjCNEIXmrEL6DBS26gDRvRo9wggAduEw" style="color: #1111cc;" target="_blank"><b>Google</b> Cr-48 <b>Chrome Notebook</b> Review</a><br />
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Not only do I enjoy using Caps Lock when typing, but I fail to understand the need for a dedicated search button when the <b>Google Chrome</b> browser has a <b>...</b><br />
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<tr><td style="padding: 0px 8px 16px;"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://funnygadgetgift.com/2011/01/11/google-cr-48-chrome-notebook-review/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoATAAOABAgbyy6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=4ujlhe6Q52k&usg=AFQjCNHOICVi3OuVuO34MDHgdXLlIv3n8g" style="color: #1111cc;" target="_blank"><b>Google</b> Cr-48 <b>Chrome Notebook</b> Review - Gadget Reviews</a><br />
<span><span style="color: #777777;">By admin</span><br />
The <b>Google</b> Cr-48 is a prototype <b>notebook</b> currently being checked in <b>Google's</b> pilot program for the <b>Chrome</b> haping system. <b>Google</b> hopes consumers and businesses.<br />
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<tr><td style="padding: 0px 8px 16px;"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.salessoftwareprograms.com/unboxing-google-chrome-os-notebook-cr-48&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoATABOAFAgbyy6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=4ujlhe6Q52k&usg=AFQjCNHNwe5Dw3FgHYsF5zkzfiQ5ehP0zw" style="color: #1111cc;" target="_blank">Unboxing: <b>Google Chrome</b> OS <b>Notebook</b> [Cr-48]</a><br />
<span><span style="color: #777777;">By admin</span><br />
Unboxing: <b>Google Chrome</b> OS <b>Notebook</b> [Cr-48]. January 11th, 2011 | Author: admin. I was advantageous abundant to be called by Google to testing their new and accessible Chrome OS software. The Cr-48 anthology apparent in this video was <b>...</b><br />
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<span><span style="color: #777777;">By Lindsworth</span><br />
<b>Google Chrome</b> OS, the Open Source Cloud based Operatng System said to be the ultimate challenger to Microsoft Windows on Netbooks that was based on.<br />
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</tbody></table> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544390181839061596.post-17483356676551399642011-01-09T11:18:00.002-05:002011-01-09T11:18:48.671-05:00More CR48 Google Chrome OS on the webIts been a little over a month now since the first CR48 went out. There is still a lot of press about it daily<br />
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<span><span style="color: #777777;">By Google Investor</span><br />
In addition, Google announced the launch of the Samsung Nexus S Android ( Gingerbread OS) smartphone and the opening of the eBooks Store. At the <b>Google</b> <b>Chrome</b> Event, the Chrome Web Store was launched, the Chrome <b>Notebook</b> was unveiled, <b>...</b><br />
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<span><span style="color: #777777;">By Jonathan</span><br />
Since getting my Cr-48 <b>Google Chrome notebook</b> I have been using Google Docs more and more. I decided to search the Google Docs Template Gallery to see if there were any templates to help me with this resolution. <b>...</b><br />
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<span><span style="color: #777777;">By rtrev</span><br />
I just noticed that if I choose Wrench -> About <b>Chrome</b> OS -> More Info: I get a choice to be on either the Beta or the Development channel. I. <b>...</b> I believe I' ve had one update thus far but its hard to tell with no changelog and haven't kept track of the numbers. I don't think <b>Google</b> cares where you have it set as you are given the option in the first place. -- <b>Chrome</b> OS <b>...</b> By StMotorSpark in forum CR-48 <b>Chrome Notebook</b>. Replies: 9. Last Post: 12-29-2010, 06:21 PM <b>...</b><br />
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<span><span style="color: #777777;">By abdthebest</span><br />
<b>Google Chrome</b> 9.0.597.45 Beta for Windows <b>Google Chrome's</b> development is high- paced and version numbers are not very significant, but here's Chrome 7.0. <b>....</b> Nvidia GeForce Ion <b>Notebook</b>Graphic Drivers v 266.35 Beta for Windows Vista/7 64 -bit. Driver Date: 1/4/2011 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7 64-bit <b>...</b><br />
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<span><span style="color: #777777;">By the Grinch</span><br />
Android Running on a <b>Google Chrome Notebook</b>. Knowing Google, we expected that the Cr-48 Notebook – also affectionately known as the Chrome Notebook – wouldn't be against a crafty developer or two hacking away at its insides. <b>...</b><br />
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<h2 class="title" style="font-size: 1.23em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a class="usg-AFQjCNEtIjiZxisfRK1OGzM4Z1KNa4nFOg sig2-1Y0JX1QVDovWt-BYOXtRXQ _tracked" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_0_t&usg=AFQjCNEtIjiZxisfRK1OGzM4Z1KNa4nFOg&sig2=1Y0JX1QVDovWt-BYOXtRXQ&cid=8797641818872&ei=9LwnTejOEoXi9ASoodWNAw&rt=STORY&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnextbigfuture.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fprediction-google-chrome-os-notebooks.html" id="MAA4AEgAUABgAWoCdXM" style="color: #1111cc;" target="_blank"><span class="titletext">Prediction Google Chrome OS notebooks will be introduced at under $100 in mid-2011</span></a></h2><div class="sub-title" style="padding-bottom: 2px;"><span class="source source-pref sid-834635 " style="color: #777777; padding-left: 0px; white-space: normal;">Next Big Future</span> - <span class="date " style="white-space: nowrap;">56 minutes ago</span></div><div class="body"><div class="snippet" style="line-height: 1.2em;">Google in December unveiled a beta version of its Chrome OS notebook, dubbed Cr-48. Google plans to release two, Intel-based Chrome OS notebooks from Acer <b>...</b></div><div class="snippet" style="line-height: 1.2em;"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="snippet" style="line-height: 1.2em;"><b>This could be a possibilty</b></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544390181839061596.post-29288705908999922722011-01-03T06:22:00.000-05:002011-01-03T06:22:33.384-05:00Newsvine - Google's Chrome OS and the CR-48 Chrome Notebook<a href="http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/30/5739070-googles-chrome-os-and-the-cr-48-chrome-notebook">Newsvine - Google's Chrome OS and the CR-48 Chrome Notebook</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544390181839061596.post-79922089290069618642010-12-29T09:35:00.000-05:002010-12-29T09:35:14.720-05:00Google Cr-48 Chrome Notebook: "Will It Blend?"<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/K_Ljea7zz8g?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe><div><br /></div><div>I guess it was bound to happen ...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544390181839061596.post-26791141562172935672010-12-27T17:51:00.000-05:002010-12-27T17:51:03.905-05:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Mashable reposts from American Express OPEN Forum a very useful list of :</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><h2 style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;"><a href="http://mashable.com/2010/12/27/chrome-extensions-small-business/">6 Free Chrome Apps and Extensions for Small Businesses</a></h2><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I incorporated the Google Shortcut extension already. This one could be a big time saver for myself.</span></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544390181839061596.post-71115211363234133532010-12-24T14:28:00.000-05:002010-12-24T14:28:40.582-05:00Thanks Google !I really wasn't expecting to be one of those selected for the ChromeOS Pilot, but I am certainly glad that I was. It was sort of like a early Christmas present.<br />
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I am optimistic that this platform will soon be ready for market. The more I think about it, I believe that 90% of users could operate in the cloud with little or no problems at all. For my communication needs, I can do it very easily. The only time I will need something more is when processing music or video.<br />
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Google could actually stand to subsidize the the deployment of ChromeOS to manufacturers, because their return in the long run would exceed that subsidy cost. I have been wondering what the price point will be when it enters the market, and if Google did encourage manufacturers with an incentive, the cost for a device like the CR48 could reach the 100$ mark. With a price point like that I think users would flock to it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544390181839061596.post-2756923247443431122010-12-23T05:59:00.000-05:002010-12-23T05:59:03.348-05:00More Press on the CR48The little ChomreOS notebook continues to bring lots of writeups:<br />
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<span><span style="color: #777777;">By arupchou</span><br />
As we had mentioned in our preview of <b>Google</b> Cr-48, the <b>notebook</b> boasts of several features. But using it is actually something else; as we found recently when.<br />
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<span><span style="color: #777777;">By Pubudu Kodikara</span><br />
<b>Google</b> is now finding ways to demolish their Cr-48 <b>Chrome</b> Netbooks! The coolest part is, you are the one whose going to tell them how to do it!<br />
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<span><span style="color: #777777;">By Admin</span><br />
<b>Google</b> Cr48 <b>Chrome</b> OS <b>Notebook</b> Review <b>Chrome</b> Plugins. As We Had Mentioned In Our Preview Of <b>Google</b> Cr48 The <b>Notebook</b> Boasts Of Several Features But Using It Is Actually Something Else As We Found Recently When… <b>...</b><br />
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<span><span style="color: #777777;">By Jeff Weisbein</span><br />
A little more than a week ago, Jeff wrote about a website that was tracking all of <b>Google's Chrome</b>OS <b>notebook</b> shipments in order to determine what regions the were being sent to and who was likely to get a hold of the device first. <b>...</b><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.besttechie.net/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoBzADOANA88HJ6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=aw4ko0jZxIU&usg=AFQjCNGP7Q-iVES-s5D-xEOrm-lQxdbBjA" style="color: #228822;" target="_blank" title="www.besttechie.net/">BestTechie - http://www.besttechie.net/</a></span></td></tr>
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<span><span style="color: #777777;">By Same as it ever was</span><br />
So here we go with my first blog posting on my new <b>Google Chrome Notebook</b>. Yes, they really are giving them away. I filled in the form day one, not really expecting to get one. Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket. <b>...</b><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://bearlyrambling.blogspot.com/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoBzAEOARA88HJ6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=aw4ko0jZxIU&usg=AFQjCNFQAmZSFxv0WbjvKXj7RHcDIgKN9A" style="color: #228822;" target="_blank" title="bearlyrambling.blogspot.com/">Bearly Rambling - http://bearlyrambling.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/</a></span></td></tr>
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I am using the Cr48 more in the realm of the same usage as my mobile phone. It is a wonderful communications tools. I can keep chat, mail, facebook, and a few browser tabs going all the time. I keep my Gmail tab pinned to the desktop all the time.<br />
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Something I notice, and maybe attributable to the soft matte finish, and the cold dry weather, is a small static discharge when removing the Cr48 from the sleeve I carry it in. This concerns me some that I might zap something inadvertently and brick this notebook. Battery life is phenomenal, I can use the Cr48 normally for a couple of days before dipping down to the warning level (15%). I do use it everyday, but still rely on other computers for specific application related tasks that have no counterpart on ChromeOS. These being music related programs, editors, sequencers etc.<br />
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I would love to see a Vmware plugin, that would allow me to use my work VDI session on this device. With that I could reliably work my corporate job from just about anywhere. Maybe that will come along in the future, because the Cr48 would provide an excellent thin client.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544390181839061596.post-80836639110558375502010-12-19T20:24:00.000-05:002010-12-19T20:24:21.739-05:00Year 2011 May Make Or Break Google's Chrome OS | Muktware<a href="http://www.muktware.com/n/19/2010/599">Year 2011 May Make Or Break Google's Chrome OS | Muktware</a><div>Some very good points are made in this brief article.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544390181839061596.post-17169185176915147172010-12-18T05:37:00.000-05:002010-12-18T05:37:28.784-05:00The Cr48 continues to draw a lot of pressHere is a sampling of articles in my inbox this morning:<br />
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<span><span style="color: #777777;">By Frederic</span><br />
It's been just about a week since <b>Google's</b> Cr-48 prototype ChromeOS netbook appeared on my doorstep. Since then, I've been putting it through its paces,...<br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://newsgrange.com/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoBzAAOABAm5qx6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=b3xNYJHehXU&usg=AFQjCNFVDW4OiLUip9cD7_xpB96Q08CwGw" style="color: #228822;" target="_blank" title="newsgrange.com/">NewsGrange - http://newsgrange.com/</a></span></td></tr>
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<span><span style="color: #777777;">By The Site Press Administrator</span><br />
<b>Google Chrome notebook</b> unboxing photos and first impressions – Today was Google Day in the Stokes household, as the same FedEx truck brought both a Nexus S and Google's newly announced Cr-48 Chrome OS notebook . <b>...</b><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://site-press.com/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoBzABOAFAm5qx6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=b3xNYJHehXU&usg=AFQjCNEmukZ799qPHmCd2QyhKg7FqzYTPQ" style="color: #228822;" target="_blank" title="site-press.com/">The Site-Press World Wide Directory - http://site-press.com/</a></span></td></tr>
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<span><span style="color: #777777;">By Paul Acoin</span><br />
Last week, <b>Google</b> announced a latest product which was its first ever Laptop/ <b>Notebook</b>. The product was named CR-48 and it runs on <b>Chrome</b> OS. A nice and attractive 12.1 inches display screen, Qualcomm Gobi 3G chip plus Wi-Fi and nice <b>...</b><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.technohugs.com/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoBzACOAJAm5qx6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=b3xNYJHehXU&usg=AFQjCNF0Zxdq_k9psujIMZ8MFSIlbikCVQ" style="color: #228822;" target="_blank" title="www.technohugs.com/">A New Era Of Knowledge - http://www.technohugs.com/</a></span></td></tr>
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<span><a href="mailto:webmaster@technorati.com" style="color: #222222;" target="_blank">webmaster@technorati.com</a> wrote an interesting post today onHere's a quick excerpt Fox News Review: <b>Google's Chrome</b> OS NotebookTom's GuideWe got.<br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.thecomputerstoday.com/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoBzADOANAm5qx6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=b3xNYJHehXU&usg=AFQjCNHDeZ-nOXx51uiYHd22ho36E76hyA" style="color: #228822;" target="_blank" title="www.thecomputerstoday.com/">The Computers Today - http://www.thecomputerstoday.<wbr></wbr>com/</a></span></td></tr>
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<span><span style="color: #777777;">By admin</span><br />
<b>Chrome</b> OS <b>Notebook</b>, called the Cr-48. To be clear, the Cr-48 isn't ever going to be a commercial product like the Nexus One (or S) is for the Android smartphone platform, but rather its purpose is for<b>Google</b> to gather feedback data in <b>...</b><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.allstatedaily.com/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoBzAEOARAm5qx6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=b3xNYJHehXU&usg=AFQjCNF8RNPnGuH0rfYUDXi_ROcW0h1UXw" style="color: #228822;" target="_blank" title="www.allstatedaily.com/">All State Daily - http://www.allstatedaily.com/</a><br />
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<a href="http://inportb.com/2010/12/13/sign-up-for-your-google-chrome-os-cr-48-laptop/">This list is from Importb blog</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Dimensions:</strong> 0.9″h × 11.8″w × 8.6″d @ 3.8 lb (1.72 kg)<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Motherboard:</strong> Tripod Motherboard MARIO-6050A240910-MB-A03<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Chipset:</strong> Intel CG82NM10 PCH<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Processor:</strong> Intel Atom N455 (Pine Trail) @ 1.66 GHz single-core with hyperthreading<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Graphics:</strong> integrated Intel GMA (Pineview) @ 200 MHz with VGA port<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Audio:</strong> integrated Intel 82801G HDA with stereo speakers and 3.5 mm input/output jacks<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Memory:</strong> 2GB Hynix DDR3 1Rx8 PC3-10600S RAM<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Flash:</strong> ITE IT8500E Flash ROM<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Storage:</strong> 16 GB SanDisk SDSA4DH-016G SSD on 1.5 Gbps SATA interface<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Display:</strong> 12.1″ 1280×800 active-matrix color CCFL-backlit LCD with matte surface<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Keyboard:</strong> full-sized 74-key keyboard<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Touchpad:</strong> oversized multitouch clickpad<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">WiFi:</strong> AzureWave Atheros 9280 802.11 a/b/g/n supporting WEP, WPA, and WPA2<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bluetooth:</strong> Atheros AR5BBU12 with V2.1 EDR<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mobile:</strong> Qualcomm Novatel Gobi2000 PCI Express Mini Card<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Battery:</strong> 63 Wh removable Li-po battery for up to 8 hours use or 8 days standby<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Cooling:</strong> fan<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Other:</strong> integrated USB 2.0 port, webcam, and SD card reader</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544390181839061596.post-40190614042846217582010-12-13T10:44:00.000-05:002010-12-13T10:44:41.955-05:00Best Practices?After 5 days of usage, I am beginning to get a grip on the best usage or practices for this device. Since you are using the Chrome OS, your are going to be working almost exclusively in the cloud, so that is the mindset you need to adopt. This will not work for everything or everyone so keep that in mind.<br />
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Like any OS, it has always been my experience to keep things as simple as you can to get your tasks accomplished. Load only the extensions and applications that you need. Analyze your needs and make your decisions based upon that. It is really not necessary to have every bell and whistle available.<br />
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The CR48 platform is ideal for communication. It could also be used for entertainment I suppose, but that is not a side I have explored yet. For staying in touch with email, chat, twitter, facebook, foursquare, buzz or any other social application it is ideal.<br />
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A good way to economize on the OS is to utilize the iGoogle personalized home page to your advantage. Set up tabs on your personalized Google home page with things that matter to you. You could have home tab, a news tab, a market tab, or what have you. Each of these tabs can have widgets installed that will be useful to you. As an example, I have a Google tab that contains widgets for Google Latitude, Google services, Google Docs, Google Bookmarks, Google reader and Google notebook. A few other tabs I have are a Home tab with local weather and news. There enough widgets out there that you can customize your home page and its tabs to be most functional for you. Detailed personalization of your Google home page can save you space on the OS apps page.<br />
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The real key to Chrome OS, is to embrace all the Google apps and services as much as possible. I have found that integrating those apps and services to be the simplest way. Of course this makes perfect sense for Google also. Here is the link to a list of all the <a href="http://www.google.com/options/">Google services available to you</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544390181839061596.post-82980519126014404572010-12-12T18:13:00.000-05:002010-12-12T18:13:55.701-05:00Using a Chrome notebook<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vFeD3qGVsrM?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544390181839061596.post-6147502026430343052010-12-12T09:19:00.000-05:002010-12-12T09:19:57.532-05:00My first wishlistI have been using the Cr48 for several days now, and overall I am still pleased for what it is. Yesterday I used the device all day long off and on and did not reach a critical battery level until late last night. The battery icon appears to go red once below 15%. Battery life is very good. Yesterday was also the first time I had used the Verizon 3G service. I used it while testing the webcam and uploading a video to Youtube. A 1:34 video consumed 45 meg of the alloted 100 meg monthly service. So that meager allotment might work well for email and text, but once you start handling video it will go quickly. Another thing I noticed about the Verizon service was that the account status shows that it expires on January 7, 2011. According to the documentation with the CR48, there is a two year free period of service of 100 meg a month. I will have to investigate that further to see what is going on.<br />
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So here a few things that I hope the Chrome OS development team will address.<br />
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<ul><li>File access to external USB and SD storage. How else will one upload photos or documents to the cloud without this? I hope this will be a priority</li>
<li>I use Sprint for my Android phone service, and I would prefer to use that for 3G also, especially when I go to an higher data allotment. I hope there will be a way to have these devices provisioned with another carrier.</li>
<li>Tether support for Android phones.</li>
<li>Bluetooth support.</li>
<li>A specification list in detail of the hardware in the CR48. I am curious about the processor type, internal RAM, SSD capacity etc.</li>
</ul><div>Yesterday I also picked up my first accessory for the CR48. I purchased at a local Wal-Mart the Targus Phobos Netbook Sleeve for 17$US. It has a black crinkled cloth finish on the outside and a olive green soft cloth inner lining. It's inside dimensions are 11.7x1.5x8.3 so while not a perfect fit, I think the snug fit will be adequate for my needs, The model number for the this Sleeve is TSS136US.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgie0LulqgWOZ4wNEZqkLONAKN4MGFneabrvaGRXyZPRdKQUatDYgYGe204hFOsumoFoXnr7cvT-du7YqqNkAyBoknmVuTpx5wvhxsXm7UxDdHskK0ygyBIin7z-K2OuK7U2a6QSyXnt6M0/s1600/IMAG0193.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgie0LulqgWOZ4wNEZqkLONAKN4MGFneabrvaGRXyZPRdKQUatDYgYGe204hFOsumoFoXnr7cvT-du7YqqNkAyBoknmVuTpx5wvhxsXm7UxDdHskK0ygyBIin7z-K2OuK7U2a6QSyXnt6M0/s400/IMAG0193.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I decided to test the embedded webcam in the Cr48 today also. As there is no associated app with the cam on the Chrome OS notebook, I used the online recorded mode available on Youtube. The resulting video is at 360p. I am disappointed with the resolution and quality of the this first test. In addtion this video was uploaded while on the Verizon 3G network with 2 bars signal strength.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div>Jamendo one of my favorite music sites solves a puzzle to win a Cr48. Good job guys !!!</div><div><br />
</div><div>I am seeing more and more press on the Cr48 so I will probably be aggregating some of those stories here as well.<br />
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<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://thenextweb.com/google/2010/12/10/want-a-chrome-notebook-from-google-just-solve-a-mensa-worthy-math-problem/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoATAAOABAr8OM6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=rqwLAcAtc0Y&usg=AFQjCNF8mYmevpZpy2jzZ3AWo_XTjKqGEg" style="color: #1111cc;" target="_blank">Man solves MENSA-worthy math problem, wins <b>Chrome notebook</b> from <b>Google</b></a><br />
<span style="color: #777777;">By Brad McCarty</span><br />
Man solves MENSA-worthy math problem, wins <b>Chrome notebook</b> from <b>Google</b>.<br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://thenextweb.com/google/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoBzAAOABAr8OM6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=rqwLAcAtc0Y&usg=AFQjCNGkC8IxMMdtaUoGejoc1oZaShzM2A" style="color: #228822;" target="_blank" title="thenextweb.com/google/">The Next Web - http://thenextweb.com/google/</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://onlyhardwareblog.com/2010/12/in-depth-googles-cr-48-chrome-notebook/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoATABOAFAr8OM6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=rqwLAcAtc0Y&usg=AFQjCNFhbVQn4I7bmw2uU6E_RNDZKWvs2Q" style="color: #1111cc;" target="_blank">In depth: <b>Google's</b> Cr-48 <b>Chrome notebook</b> » OnlyHardwareBlog</a><br />
<span style="color: #777777;">By Manmohan</span><br />
So how fast is <b>Google's Chrome notebook</b>? I checked out some of the latest movie<br />
trailers on YouTube. Chrome played them ably, and the sound quality cranked out by<br />
the computer was good. However, everything seemed to take a little longer <b>...</b><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://onlyhardwareblog.com/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoBzABOAFAr8OM6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=rqwLAcAtc0Y&usg=AFQjCNFX98msgVD1kNAp_weQTjJDbD-aAQ" style="color: #228822;" target="_blank" title="onlyhardwareblog.com/">OnlyHardwareBlog - http://onlyhardwareblog.com/</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.hardwaresphere.com/2010/12/10/google-chrome-os-notebook-is-all-about-the-beauty-of-cloud-computing/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoATACOAJAr8OM6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=rqwLAcAtc0Y&usg=AFQjCNGm7tiEnh1n7NGgb5-bx4DI6JgCKA" style="color: #1111cc;" target="_blank"><b>Google Chrome</b> OS <b>Notebook</b> Is All About The Beauty Of Cloud <b>...</b></a><br />
<span style="color: #777777;">By Ken</span><br />
<b>Google</b> has shipped some of their new <b>Chrome</b> OS notebooks to their selected beta tester<br />
and those who are lucky are now playing themselves hard on this new.<br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.hardwaresphere.com/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoBzACOAJAr8OM6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=rqwLAcAtc0Y&usg=AFQjCNEAWD70fXZrO9M4XI98OBWxiH4XYQ" style="color: #228822;" target="_blank" title="www.hardwaresphere.com/">Hardware Sphere - http://www.hardwaresphere.com/</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.ethiopianreview.com/scitech/201002/%3Fp%3D10817&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoATADOANAr8OM6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=rqwLAcAtc0Y&usg=AFQjCNHcsPShM6Roi-glTMfEn0QkN-Outw" style="color: #1111cc;" target="_blank">Meet the <b>Google Chrome Notebook</b>!</a><br />
<span style="color: #777777;">By Kristy Korcz</span><br />
Meet the <b>Google Chrome Notebook</b>! Kristy Korcz | December 10th, 2010 at 2:30 pm | .<br />
We just got our Chrome notebook delivered to Sugar HQ, and while we're busy diving into all<br />
the goodness that a cloud-based laptop has to offer, <b>...</b><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.ethiopianreview.com/scitech/201002/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoBzADOANAr8OM6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=rqwLAcAtc0Y&usg=AFQjCNFkNcCL2bFMM5sxhypu1rNGF32kmg" style="color: #228822;" target="_blank" title="www.ethiopianreview.com/scitech/201002/">Ethiopian Review - http://www.ethiopianreview.<wbr></wbr>com/scitech/201002/</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://newsfall.com/2010/12/10/cr-48-google-chrome-notebook/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoATAEOARAr8OM6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=rqwLAcAtc0Y&usg=AFQjCNHj8TPn5WNoOLAiha9k3MWY9EOI8w" style="color: #1111cc;" target="_blank">cr-48 -<b>Google Chrome Notebook</b> | World latets breaking news</a><br />
<span style="color: #777777;">By Admin</span><br />
”Chrome Cr-48, black MacBook: Separated at birth?” Cr-48, the 12-inch <b>Google</b> <b>Chrome Notebook</b><br />
<b></b>that was unveiled just two days ago, is already being delivered to customers who ordered them,<br />
according to TechCrunch. <b>...</b><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://newsfall.com/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAIoBzAEOARAr8OM6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=rqwLAcAtc0Y&usg=AFQjCNGK8HWm3t4HvRqPjXxJzETU9z2KVA" style="color: #228822;" target="_blank" title="newsfall.com/">World latets breaking news - http://newsfall.com/</a><br />
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<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/69617&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAAoATABOAFAmNaN6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=5xjo0QjyUdU&usg=AFQjCNGe6Mpo54_GEcLSwfHJd91GlpbX8w" style="color: #1111cc;" target="_blank"><b>Chrome</b> OS: 10 things you can (and can't) do with the <b>Google</b> PC</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=4544390181839061596&postID=8835122452708166778" style="color: #777777; text-decoration: none;">NetworkWorld.com</a><br />
I was a little skeptical about this at first, but <b>Google's</b> explanation makes sense:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> "On your <b>Chrome notebook</b>, each web page and application you visit runs <b>...</b></span><br />
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<div class="story cid-8797627799765 l-en headline-story thumbnail-false " style="border-bottom-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: white; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: white; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 8px; width: 672px; zoom: 1;"><h2 class="title" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><b><a class="usg-AFQjCNHCsBK6PgwjOtFfbnJkh7_uaOze1A sig2-yg6hfv8Sgra9pVOx4lv4hA " href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2374193,00.asp" id="MAA4AEgAUABgAWoCdXM" style="color: #1111cc;" target="_blank"><span class="titletext" style="font-size: small;">How to Install Windows on Google's Chrome OS Notebook</span></a></b></span></h2><div class="sub-title" style="padding-bottom: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><b><span class="source source-pref sid-669598 " style="color: #777777; padding-left: 0px; white-space: normal;">PC Magazine</span> - <span class="author-link" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/search?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author:%22Cisco+Cheng%22&scoring=n" style="color: #4272db; white-space: nowrap;">Cisco Cheng</a></span> - <span class="date " style="white-space: nowrap;">1 hour ago</span></b></span></div><div class="body"><div class="snippet" style="line-height: 1.2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><b>The fact that the Google CR-48 Notebook runs on an Intel processor implies that it can </b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><b>run Windows or some other full blown operating system. <b>...</b></b></span></div><div class="sources"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: 13px;"><b><span class="source-link"></span></b></span></div></div></div><div class="story cid-8797627799765 l-en headline-story thumbnail-false " style="border-bottom-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: white; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: white; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 8px; width: 672px; zoom: 1;"></div></td></tr>
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A second extension that I felt I would need was Web forwarding tool. Something that would allow me to immediately send a url to a variety of locations. The Google share button extension seemed the right choice. It would allow to send to a multitude of destinations like Blogger, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and many many more. This one installed with out any problems and seems to work just as needed.<br />
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Another handy tool I use frequently is a calculator. After searching the Chrome Webstore I went with one called Mini Calculator extension. It works flawlessly, dropping out of the tool bar when needed, and retains the last calculation. That was just what I was looking for.<br />
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Since this notebook is more of an internet appliance, my application list will probably not be very extensive. The NYTimes app was highly rated, and after loading and playing around with it, I will be keeping it. It provides an attractive news interface and very easy to use. This is not merely a web shortcut but a well developed application that makes a very usable interface for a news reader.<br />
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The NPR for Chrome app also caught my eye. Again this one is highly rated and was well thought out during development. One of the features I appreciate the most with it, is the ability to cue up several of the podcasts and listen to those in the background.<br />
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I also felt the need for a Image Editor of some type. The web based Advanced Image Editor by Aviary seems to have all the tools that I will need, and I have used it before. It installed easily worked as it should the first time. It also ties in with the Aviary Screen Capture if need be.<br />
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One last thing I changed today was to add an additional theme. I went with a fairly simple one, choosing Chrome Professional Theme. Its not flashy or colorful, but has nice contrast and well defined features.<br />
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All of these items were installed directly from the Chrome Webstore, and all were free. There are plenty of apps and extensions that you can pay for, and some of those may surpass what I have chosen, but I prefer to go with free software whenever possible.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0