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Google’s Chromebook Pixel lights up to the Konami code
Posted On 22 Feb 2013 By James Trew. Under: Uncategorized.
While you're deciding if Google's latest hi-spec, low-fuss Pixel Chromebook is for you, we're still discovering things about it ourselves. This might not be a deal-breaking feature, but news of a Konami-code easter egg might at least endear it to a f...
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Google announces Chromebook Pixel: 1.8GHz Core i5, 2,560 x 1,700 touchscreen; WiFi model available now, LTE ships in April
Posted On 21 Feb 2013 By James Trew. Under: Uncategorized.
Only yesterday we were being teased with the idea of a touchscreen Chromebook. Well, good news for people who hate waiting -- it's here, it's called the Pixel, and you can pre-order today. The all-Google laptop is aimed at those who live in the cloud...
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The Daily Roundup for 02.05.2013
Posted On 05 Feb 2013 By David Fishman. Under: Uncategorized.
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours -- all handpi...
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Google details Pwnium 3, targets Chrome OS
Posted On 28 Jan 2013 By Brian Heater. Under: Uncategorized.
Google's Chrome security team has taken the wraps off its latest Pwnium competition. This time out, the target is Chrome OS on a Samsung Series 5 550, and as ever, the company's putting its money (and nerd cred) where its mouth is, offering up a $Pi ...
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The Daily Roundup for 01.17.2013
Posted On 17 Jan 2013 By David Fishman. Under: Uncategorized.
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours -- all handpi...
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Acer outs C710-2605 Chromebook, 500GB HDD, 4GB RAM, 100GB Google Drive for two years
Posted On 12 Dec 2012 By James Trew. Under: Uncategorized.
When we tried out Acer's C7 Chromebook, we liked the price, but some aspects of the build let it down. Now, the firm's updated the line with a new model -- the C710-2605. This time the price goes up to $299, but for your money you get twice the RAM (...
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Acer outs C710-2605 Chromebook, 500GB HDD, 4GB RAM, 100GB Google Drive for two years
Posted On 12 Dec 2012 By James Trew. Under: Uncategorized.
When we tried out Acer's C7 Chromebook, we liked the price, but some aspects of the build let it down. Now, the firm's updated the line with a new model -- the C710-2605. This time the price goes up to $299, but for your money you get twice the RAM (...
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Hexxeh ports Chromium OS to the Nexus 7 simply because he can (video)
Posted On 01 Nov 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Coder extraordinaire Hexxeh earned much of his reputation from porting Chromium OS to just about everything, some of his targets more audacious than others. It's about time he come full circle and port a Google platform to another Google platform, an...
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Google Drive apps reach the Chrome Web Store and Chrome OS for quicker web work
Posted On 23 Oct 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
It's a long overdue match, really -- if the Google Drive productivity suite is considered the centerpiece of Google's web app catalog, and the Chrome Web Store is the catalog, why weren't the two combined? Google has seen the light by turning Docs (t...
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Googler loads Ubuntu on an ARM-based Samsung Chromebook, gives solace to the offline among us
Posted On 22 Oct 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Samsung's ARM-running Chromebook is barely out of the starting gate, and it's already being tweaked to run without as much of an online dependency. By a Google employee, no less. Not content to rely solely on Chrome OS, Olof Johansson has loaded Ubun...
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