You had to attend both days of *Google* I/O to get the full effect: having been present for just one of the two visions of mobile computing detailed by Google (NSDQ: GOOG) this week would have left you with the impression that the project you witnessed was the company’s brightest…

They’re nearly six months late, but the first systems running Chrome OS, which will henceforth be known as Chromebooks, were showcased Wednesday at Google (NSDQ: GOOG) I/O ahead of their launch on June 15 in the U.S. Here’s a little more information about the systems themselves and what’s in store…

The second day of Google (NSDQ: GOOG) I/O was all about Google’s Chrome Web browser and its budding Chrome OS project. Google’s Chrome leader, Sundar Pichai, ran through a morning of announcements, which included pricing details on Chromebooks, welcome news about Angry Birds on the Web, and a business-oriented subscription…

Google’s decision earlier this week to ditch support for the dominant web video codec, H.264, in its Chrome browser unleashed a fair bit of debate around the web. It sounds a bit geeky, but this brewing standards war will likely have a huge impact on the future of web video.…

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has essentially declared war against the web’s dominant video format, announcing in a blog post today that Chrome will phase out support for the H.264 video codec that encodes most video online. Instead, Chrome, which now controls 10 percent of the browser market worlwide, will only support…

A common problem on the web, according to Google (NSDQ: GOOG) VP of product management Sundar Pichai: Finding “great” web apps. “Let’s try to find a great chess game on the web. It’s very hard to find one that’s really good,” he said at Google’s ongoing I/O Conference. “You can’t…

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) would not comment last week in the aftermath of Google’s announcement that it would launch a PC operating system by mid-2010—but CEO Steve Ballmer was more than happy to talk about it at the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans Tuesday. “First of all, I will…

Google’s entry into the operating system market with Chrome OS should have obvious, broad impact not only on Google (NSDQ: GOOG) itself but also on its established relationships with other companies. At the Allen & Co. Media Conference Thursday, CEO Eric Schmidt (pictured left, with Bill Gates), along with Google…

*Google* doesn’t really advertise its products—its business is to get other people to advertise theirs. So when the company takes the time and money to heavily promote something (in this case, *Google* has turned to YouTube to hype its browser, Chrome) people tend to notice. The last product Google (NSDQ:…

We’re not going to follow this manically but it’s worth checking in on how much-hyped Google Chrome is doing since its Sept. 2 launch. Net Applications puts use eight days in at roughly 1 percent of surfers, compared with 0.74 percent share for Opera in August, according to NewsFactor.com. Or…

The much anticipated Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Chrome (ok, only since noon yesterday) has launched. Simple installation, and ability to allow setting export from Firefox/Mozilla, as is to be expected. Gmail, the e-mail service from Google, is noticeably faster..other sites don’t seem all that faster than on Firefox. Make no mistake:…

Several years after it was first expected, Google joins the browser wars today in its own name after participating primarily as the default search engine in Mozilla’s Firefox. Of course, it’s not just a browser—Google Chrome is an open-source combo browser and platform with a Swiss-Army knife set of roles:…

Update: Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has posted about the new browser on its official blog, and it has posted the comic-book describing the browser online here.. It will launch tomorrow in about 100 countries. From the post: “What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform…