Earlier, we reported that HTC was working on a tablet running Chromium OS. It was destined to be unveiled at CES 2010, which unfortunately did not happen.

For some reason, the plans regarding the HTC Chrome Tablet are now history as HTC has decided to concentrate on Android phones instead. It is definitely sad to see such a huge manufacture stepping away from a device that could have given the upcoming Apple iSlate some tough competition. 

source: gizmodo

HP Mini 2101 is the HP’s latest pine trail netbook powered by Intel Atom N450 processor that runs at 1.66GHz clock speed. Featuring a nice 10.1-inch display, it sports a distinctive chiclet keyboard that allows you to type with ease. The Mini 2101 comes equipped with a gig of RAM and can be configured with upto 320GB of hard disk drive.

Priced at $399, it runs the latest Windows 7 Starter operating system.

source: testfreaks

It is not a new news that Chromium OS will be available on both x86 as-well-as ARM platform. Although we have seen it working fine on the x86-platform here and here, but we were yet to see an ARM processor running it.

Charbax from ARMdevices.net has posted a video which shows an ARM netbook equipped with Armada 510 processor running an early built of Chrome OS compiled for ARM platform. In the video one can see that it is running fine on it, but Flash is not yet supported. Also, folks at ARM are working to provide support for bringing hardware acceleration to the Chrome OS platform

The Armada 510 is a fairly powerful processor that supports 1080p video playback. It currently fully supports Windows Mobile, Android and Ubuntu. Here is another video of a (concept) tablet that is running Android OS and supports 1080p HD video playback

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Qualcomm will be launching two new processors meant to be used in smartbooks and high-end smartphones -  8X50A and 8X72.

Not many details are available regarding it. All that is know as of now is that the 8X50A is a single core Snapdragon processor and 8X72 is a dual-core Snapdragon processor

source: gadget mix

Qualcomm has rejected all the rumors associated with the Qualcomm working on Chrome netbook. However, on the brighter side, they have vowed to support the Google in deploying the Chrome OS in netbooks and cheap computers.

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There are some pictures out of the upcoming Lenovo smartbook called the Skylight and we can say, at least from the pictures, that this curvaceous  Smartbook is surely going to turn some heads.

This Smartbook uses the very powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon processor that runs at 1GHz clock speed which makes it even more powerful than the one being used in the iPhone 3Gs and Palm Pre. There is a big bright 10.6-inch display and comes with both WiFi and 3G (operable on AT&T network).

The only thing that worries me is its price – $499. Weird Lenovo’s price strategy

source: gadget mix

HTC will be unveiling a tablet running Chromium OS at the CES 2010. This Chrome Tablet from HTC will run on mighty Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor.

So, what is so special about this Snapdragon processor? 1GHz clock speed. Need I saw more?

There are no leaked images of it, as of yet.

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Chrome OS could become a hackers’ victim before its final version is released to the public in 2010. This is what the director of threat management, Masiello, at McAfee thinks.

Masiello further said that since the Chromium is the new kid on the block, it will be one of the primary targets. This has happened to Windows Vista and Windows 7 before they were even released.

Since, Chromium OS heavily relies on the HTML5, which is yet to be fully tested. This has also lured the hackers in breaking the technology that is yet to be proven.

That said, we all know it that Google is not some random company that will let the hackers get so easily into the OS. It is the GOOGLE where security is of top-most concern. I am sure that the battle between Google and Hackers is surely going to be interesting because Google is not Microsoft, or dare shall I say, Apple

source: itproportal

Tech specifications of the rumored Google Chrome netbook are already out and they are surely looking good, atleast on the paper.

The Google netbook will sport a 10.1-inch display capable of identifying multi-touch gestures. Powered by Nvidia’s Tegra processor that is based on ARM infrastructure, it will use much less energy than the Intel Atom processor.

This netbook will have 64GB of SSD goodness for storage and 2GB RAM. It is axiomatic it will come with WiFi, Bluetooth, LAN, USB ports and webcam.

It will be launched during the holiday season next year (2010).  Price? Under $300! Happy now?

source: ibtimes

Next year, when the Google Chrome OS will finally surface on the netbooks, it will execute native code on behalf of myriad of Google Apps like Gmail, Google Docs and Spreadsheets.

To make sure that everything runs at blistering speed, Google won’t be using any of the third party plugins for this. This means that java, Flash and Silverlight are out of equation.

According to Google, the core reason this is being done is in order to get the much required performance boost. Native Client Project is the one that is handling the native code inside Chrome’s web browser. However, it currently works only in x86 machines.

It will be interesting to see how they are able to get it ported to ARM processor as Chrome OS is meant to be run on not only x86 processors, but also on ARM processors that will be used in Smartbooks. Good news is that Google is already making a version that will be compatible with the ARM infrastructure.

Google’s new programming language called Go will also be made compatible with this native client.

source: theregister