At this moment, our computers are capable of way more than we need them to be. Photos, e-mail, Web, music, a little video. We shame our powerhouse machines with this wimpy activity. It's like driving ...

Older laptops can easily be converted to DIY Chromebooks via the use of ChromeOS Flex. The OS is free and easy to install, ...

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Count Acer as being disillusioned with Windows 8, but seeing a future in Chrome. President Jim Wong says that Windows 8 “is still not successful,” while touting the benefits of Chrome notebooks, which ...

Google unveiled its reference hardware for its Google ChromeOS only two days ago. Ars has gotten its hands on this notebook, the Cr-48. Here are our first impressions and a trove of photos of the ...

I recently had a friend ask my recommendation about buying a new laptop. She was looking at some display models at a big box store and she wanted to know more about Chromebooks, which were cheaper.

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 ...

I just reread the little tutorial that comes with the notebook and it states to touch the pad with two fingers then click. I had been just pushing down quickly with two fingers Using the ...