Everything you do on your computer is the direct result of hardware and software working together. The hardware provides the raw power and functionality that enables the computer to work, and the ...

Chromebooks might be the most popular devices out there that are powered by Google’s awesome Chrome OS platform, but did you know that there’s an excellent Chrome computer out there that’s even more ...

Everyone’s all a-twitter over Google’s newly announced operating system, Google Chrome OS. Some swear it’ll be a hit; others are convinced it’s destined for failure. Love it or hate it, though, this ...

Somewhere between a cover version and a loving homage of the interface that helped shape the modern desktop LisaGUI is a ...

One way to summarize Google’s week so far is to say that it picked fights with two of the biggest computing companies on the planet. On Monday it unveiled a bookstore that competes with Amazon’s ...

Is that an old Windows system or a current Chrome OS computer? Google's getting ready to blur the lines of desktop computing in some seriously shape-shifting ways. Google’s Chrome OS platform has come ...

The forthcoming Chrome OS is technically straightforward, but why Google is doing an OS in the first place is a little less obvious. Peter N. Glaskowsky is a computer architect in Silicon Valley and a ...

In the personal-computer industry, where things change fast, one fact has been a constant for years: There are two major, mainstream operating systems for consumers. One, Microsoft Windows, runs on ...