Microsoft Planning To Create ‘Bingbook’ Rival to Chrome OS?
Image Credit: Neowin Microsoft is reportedly experimenting with a free version of Windows 8.1 called ‘Windows 8.1 with Bing’. The fee-less version of the OS will come bundled with key Microsoft apps...
View ArticleSamsung, HP To Launch All-In-One Chrome PCs This Year?
Digitimes, the oracle of technology future, has spoken: more all-in-one Chrome OS PCs are on the way, this time from Samsung and HP. Admittedly, the site has a sort of ‘throw everything we hear in the...
View ArticleBetter Late Than Never: Google Finally Brings 64-bit Chrome to Windows
Running a 64-bit version of Windows? If so, you can’t have helped but noticed there’s been a lack of native 64-bit support in Google Chrome — until now. Google has today announced native 64-bit builds...
View ArticleWhy Using Chrome on Windows Literally Sucks (Battery, that is)
An innocuous sounding setting in Google Chrome is causing the app to chow down as much as 25% more battery power than rival web browsers on Windows. Forbes’ Ian Morris highlights the issue at fault in...
View ArticleThis is Why Chrome’s Font Rendering Suddenly Looks Better on Windows
Image by Google If you’re running the latest beta build of Google Chrome, released last week, you may have noticed that fonts are suddenly looking a whole lot nicer than they used to. How and why?...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome 64 Bit Windows Builds Hit Beta
Chrome is finally playing catch-up If you’re a Chrome user running a 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows then you may want a native 64-bit build of the browser to go along with it. The first steps...
View ArticleHow To Fix ‘Update Failed (Error 7)’ Issue on Chrome Windows
Being a recent returnee to the world of Microsoft Windows I’ve now started to become aware of niggling issues that often blight Chrome users of the platform. Coming across such issues is, I’m pleased...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome 64-bit for Windows Now Stable, Here’s How To Get It
Windows gets 64-bit builds, Mac is up next The release of Google Chrome 37 to the stable channel brings Windows users a bit more than nicer looking fonts. For the very first time, there are stable...
View ArticleGoogle Brings ‘Chrome Metro Mode’ to Windows 7 Users
Windows 7 users can now play with Chrome’s (oft ignored) Windows 8 Metro Mode. Support for entering the experimental “Chrome OS Mode” features in the latest development builds of Chrome Canary. But...
View ArticleAt $300, the HP Stream Won’t Be Troubling Chromebooks
The 14-inch ‘HP Stream’ Windows laptop is gearing up for launch — but not at the ‘Chromebook killer’ price of $199 many had expected. HP is listing the laptop on their website with a price tag ‘from...
View ArticleChrome Beta Brings Fixes for Windows Battery Drain Bug
“Om nom, battery!”, said Chrome Rewind back to the middle of July and amid the balmy British summer Google Chrome came under heat from Windows users for consuming as much as 25% more battery than other...
View ArticleWindows Users Will Soon Be Able to ‘Open Files’ with Chrome Apps
Chrome continues to blur the lines between web and desktop Google is bringing ‘open with…’ file associations for Chrome Apps to the Windows desktop. The experimental feature, which will be made...
View Article‘Intel Easy Migration’ App Makes Moving Files to Chromebooks Simple
Intel Calls it ‘The Easiest Move Ever’ This year saw Intel cosy up to Chromebooks like never before, from hosting a press event to reveal new Chrome devices powered by their processors to releasing a...
View ArticleThis Is Windows 8.1 Running on a Chromebook
Chromebooks are popular with developers We’re used to hearing about people opting to install Linux on their Chromebook but Windows? Redditor Coolstar has done just that — and then some. Not only has...
View ArticleWindows Phone Fans Renew Plea for Google Chrome
Windows Phone fans have renewed their plea for Google to bring Chrome to Microsoft’s mobile platform. A new bug has been opened on the Chromium issue tracker asking for a port to be considered, and...
View ArticleEasily Install Chromium for Windows with Chrlauncher
Chrlauncher — a handy tool for Chromium enthusiasts A new tool makes it easy for Windows users to run an up-to-date version of Chromium, the open-source browser Google Chrome is based on. Chromium...
View ArticleWant to Install Windows Software on a Chromebook? You Soon Can
Do you miss having your favourite Windows applications on your Chromebook? Well, miss no more… CrossOver is a piece of software that lets you install and run Windows software on Mac and Linux — and...
View ArticleThis is Steam for Windows Running on a Chromebook
CodeWeavers has launched its highly-anticipated CrossOver Android Technology Preview. The tech aims to let users run their favourite Windows apps on Chrome OS via Android. It’s still very much early...
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