Google makes a push for the enterprise with Chrome

• Google closes the book on the CR-48

  You can't get any more CR-48 ChromeOS prototype laptops, but the real things are coming soon.

  In a quick tweet last night, Google's (GOOG) Chrome Lead, Sundar Pichai, Tweeted that Google had run through its supply of the CR-48 laptops.  He also reiterated Google's plans to release partner devices mid-year.  So far, the only partners that have been named are Acer and Samsung.  However, last year, on a number of occasions, HP (HPQ) MORE

  Seth Weintraub - Mar 11, 2011 2:25 PM ET
  Posted in: Acer, Dell, Google, Google Chrome OS, Léo Apotheker, Samsung, Samsung Group, Sundar Pichai

• Why I hate the CR-48 (but might like Chrome OS)

  Google's cloud-based operating system seems promising. Too bad the lousy demo hardware gets in the way.

  Google's Chrome OS isn't as farfetched as it sounds. The underlying concept, the computer and operating system as portals to content in the cloud, seems like an inevitability, really. While a lot of content still resides on hard or solid state drives, all signs point to a day when we'll rouse a sliver of a MORE

  JP Mangalindan, Writer - Mar 1, 2011 4:27 PM ET
  Posted in: cloud computing, Google, Google Chrome, Google Chrome OS, Intel Atom, MacBook, Netbook, YouTube

• Want 10 million uniques/day? Put a link on Google's homepage

  By announcing their most popular blogposts of the year, Google also showed the power of their homepage.

  Here's the info from Google's (GOOG) 2010 wrapup:

  The top posts this year run the gamut from policy changes to product arrivals:

  A different kind of company name - 10,604,183 unique pageviews, more than 30 percent of the year's total. Our April Fools' Day post about changing our company name to "Topeka" had a crazy-high number MORE

  Seth Weintraub - Dec 31, 2010 4:21 PM ET
  Posted in: Google, Google Chrome, Google Chrome OS, Page view, Search

• Analyst ups rating on Google, sets price target at $750

  Wedbush Morgan analyst Lou Kerner raised his rating on Google to Outperform from Neutral

  Google's (GOOG) efforts in Mobile and OS/Browser markets will start to pay off, according to Wedbush Morgan analyst Lou Kerner.

  In a research note today, Kerner wrote:

  We are raising our rating and price target on Google based on our belief that mobile and social secular trends are accelerating the growth of time spent online and the growth of global MORE

  Seth Weintraub - Dec 14, 2010 12:35 PM ET
  Posted in: AdMob, Android, Chrome OS, Facebook, GOOG, Google, Google Chrome, Google Chrome OS

• ChromeOS CR-48 Preview

  Initial thoughts after the first few hours with Google's ChromeOS reference design laptop.

  FedEx dropped off my Google (GOOG) ChromeOS laptop demo unit this morning.  The box has the now famous exploded hamster jet cover art and very few parts inside. I also ironically got a Steve Jobs figurine in the mail today too.  They didn't seem too happy to be in each other's company:

  Read on to see the CR-48 in action..

  Seth Weintraub - Dec 9, 2010 4:36 PM ET
  Posted in: ChromeOS, FedEx, Google, Google Chrome OS, Intel Corporation, iPad, MacBook, Steve Jobs, YouTube

• Chrome OS CR-48 Netbooks begin to arrive

  ....at least to New York residents.

  SeatGeek's Ben Kessler tweeted this morning that his Chrome OS Netbook was waiting for him at his doorstep.  According to Flickr, the picture was taken in Manhattan.

  PCMag editor Lance Ulanoff just tweeted that his ChromeOS Netbook arrived as well.  In Manhattan.

  NYC's Laptop Magazine also just got theirs.  So did Larry Dignan of ZDNet.

  Lifehacker Editor Kevin Purdy got his all the way up in Buffalo.

  Well, Westchester MORE

  Seth Weintraub - Dec 9, 2010 12:35 PM ET
  Posted in: Flickr, Google, Google Chrome OS, Lance Ulanoff, Manhattan, New York City, PC Magazine, SeatGeek

• Today in Tech: Google Chrome OS, 4chan attacks, and Salesforce

  Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the day's most newsworthy bits below.

  After some rumor and speculation, Google finally launched its Chrome OS web store, a marketplace not unlike Apple's App Store and Android's market, with roughly 500 free and paid apps, including Amazon's revamped web-based Kindle experience, The MORE
  JP Mangalindan, Writer - Dec 8, 2010 6:00 AM ET
  Posted in: Barry McCarthy, DipDive, Financial, Google, Google Chrome, Google Chrome OS, Mobile, OnLive, Samsung Group, Tablet, WikiLeaks

• Why rivals Google and Apple agree on HTML5

  The two tech giants need to fend off rivals and each other to protect their growing app businesses. So why is the same open standard their weapon of choice?

  We've already debunked the mysteries surrounding HTML5 itself -- the pros, cons and progress -- but one pesky question remains. Namely, what do Google and Apple, two companies that obviously thrive off sales and earnings, have to gain by backing a free-for-all MORE

  JP Mangalindan, Writer - Dec 6, 2010 4:37 PM ET
  Posted in: Adobe Systems, Apple, GOOG, Google, Google Chrome OS, IBM, iOS, iTunes, Mac OS X, Microsoft, MSFT, YouTube

• Today in Tech: Facebook, Google, and Playstation Phone

  Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the weekend's most newsworthy bits below.

  Facebook previewed its Profile redesign over the weekend during 60 Minutes' company profile and sitdown with Mark Zuckerberg. For members of the social network whose profiles haven't updated to the new layout yet, expect an increased emphasis MORE
  JP Mangalindan, Writer - Dec 6, 2010 6:00 AM ET
  Posted in: 60 Minutes, Android, BlackBerry, Facebook, Google, Google Chrome OS, Groupon, iPhone, Mark Zuckerberg, Sony, YouTube