Chrome OS

Chrome OS Get’s A Native Image Editor

This is something that I have been waiting for some time to show you. The code change for this landed in Chromium OS two weeks back but it took a while for us to actually see it. Thanks François Beaufort   Well, I have to agree, uploading image to picasa and then getting it edited on [...]

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Chromebooks Can Now Unzip Files!!

Finally,  something that all Chromebook uses have been waiting for. With the latest update to the dev channel, Chrome OS now has the ability to open zip files without any plugin or online tool. CR-48 with Dev Channel Update: 0.14.811.15 you get to try this out with just a simple step of enabling this experimental feature. How [...]

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First Time Login To A Chromebook – Truly on The Web Soon?

“oobe” – I’ve been seeing this word show up on Chromium bug reports for a long time now. I could never test this on Chrome, may be because this was a Chromium OS only feature for now. Its been a while since I got  a working build of latest Chromium OS too. But I got [...]

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OMG!! Chromium OS for Macbook Air

For those who do not want to buy a Chromebook, download and install Chromium OS on a netbook. The best device to do that on? a Macbook Air. Starting at $999.   Well, I was trying to joke. But, if you really want to install Chromium OS on a Macbook Air, Hexxeh has got something awesome [...]

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Panelize – Open Any Web Page As a “Panel” in Chrome OS

My friend Digital Panda had sent this to me long back ( sorry friend !! ). For some reason, this one was deep berried in my ever long todo list. So here I am, sharing a very interesting Chrome OS/Chromebook only extension with you all! Oh, it works on Chromium OS too, if you have a hackintosh [...]

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Skype-like abilities with Real-Time Communications Coming to Chrome

I was thinking that the whole Chrome OS team will for for a vacation in some exotic island after releasing Chromebooks commercially. I mean, they were working hard for over an year now to push this thing out and really deserve a vacation. But looks like they have no such plans. After they pushed Netflix [...]

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Google Chrome With Touch UI – Screenshots

Ever seen Chrome browser on a Touch Screen  and wondered if Google will make something custom for touch screen devices ? Well, me too ! But looks like we are about to find some answers soon ! I stumbled up on a Chrome OS daily build for Tegra 2 devices one week back, but for [...]

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File Manager On NTP and Chromoting’s New UI

Hi there !! A short post to let you all know about the recent updates in Chrome OS UI. First up, the File Manager icon has been added to the new tab page on Chrome OS and  second, the Chromoting ( or remoting as it used to be called ) has a better UI now. [...]

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Record and Playback from Chrome OS Command Prompt and Alsamixer

Remember Alsamixer on Chrome OS and Chromebooks ( Cr48 users included coz you guys are those first Chromebook users ) François Beaufort just figured out that you can use it for recording and playing back stuff through the command line. Here is how to do it !   Go to the shell with <Ctrl> + <Alt> [...]

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Citrix Receiver For Chrome OS, Coming Soon to Chrome Web Store

Just in time for commercial launch of Chromebooks and Chrome OS, Citrix has officially announced their Citrix Receiver for Chrome OS, an HTML5 based application. This will make the Enterprise muscles of Chrome OS stronger. This app will soon be available on Chrome Web Store.   Citrix receiver will let enterprise users of Chrome OS access their [...]

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