It was bound to happen: some of the folks who snagged Google’s developer notebook for Chrome OS have figured out how to install alternate operating systems ...

I have been using a Google CR-48 for a few days now. Really, it is quite a piece of kit. The CR-48 is a reference design notebook/netbook for Google’s Chrome OS. They have been giving them away, ...

Google’s new Chrome OS Chromebooks may not debut till June, but the souped-up software that’ll power the PCs is starting to show up already. The first noticeable change in the updated Chrome OS is the ...

We’ve already seen that it’s possible to install Windows, OS X, or other operating systems on Google’s Cr-48 Chrome OS notebook. Now an independent developer by the name of Hexxeh has published a ...

Were you still hoping to get your hands on one of Google’s experimental Chrome OS laptops? Sad news: Google’s VP of Product Management sent out a quick tweet saying the supply of Chrome OS CR-48 ...

While Samsung and Acer Chromebooks got the latest developer build Google's Chrome OS and its new "Aura" UI earlier this month, anyone using Google's own CR-48 Chromebook couldn't download the update ...

Want to get your hands on one of those Chrome OS laptops demoed by Google today? Google's running a pilot program for the new hardware, and you can sign up. Dan Ackerman Editorial Director / Computers ...

Google's Chrome OS offers a bold new approach to netbook computing, eschewing conventional native applications in favor of a cloud-centric approach. We have spent a few days vigorously poking and ...

Have you gotten your hands on one of Google’s Cr-48 “Chromebooks”? Want to run something besides the Chrome OS on it? Some folks over at the Something Awful forums have figured out how to flash the Cr ...

Google today showed off its Chrome Cr-48 pilot notebooks, essentially 12-inch laptops wrapped around a Chrome browser — and little else. The company is also rolling out a Web app store, today, for ...

It’s downright astounding how much difference a decade can make. In May 2011, Google’s defiantly minimalist new computing platform—a little something the company called Chrome OS—shipped to consumers ...