VMware, Nvidia, and Google team up to run high-performance graphics via cloud technology. Today in San Francisco at VMworld 2014, VMware, Nvidia and Google gave a technology preview in which a Google Chromebook was the client for a high-performance visual computing demonstration. Various workstation-class applications were demonstrated running on the Chromebook, which uses … [Read more...] about Demonstration shows off Chromebook as thin-client graphics workstation
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Google launches $1,299 Chromebook Pixel
A 13 inch touchscreen, a terabyte of cloud storage, and sleek design change the nature of the conversation. Google today introduced Chromebook Pixel, a Google-branded notebook computer that runs Google’s Chrome OS, a browser-based alternative. While existing Chromebooks target the budget end of the notebook market, Chromebook Pixel takes square aim at those who might otherwise … [Read more...] about Google launches $1,299 Chromebook Pixel
HP jumps in the Chromebook game
The fourth Chromebook vendor offers the first 14” screen. HP is now the fourth computer vendor to offer a Chromebook, the notebook specification based on Google technology. The new HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook differentiates itself from models by Samsung, Acer, and Lenovo with the largest available screen and and technology from the HP brain trust. The Pavilion 14 … [Read more...] about HP jumps in the Chromebook game
$249 Samsung Chromebook surprise holiday best-seller
The leading online resellers couldn’t keep it in stock. The rise of tablets and smartphones work in its favor. The fairy dust is settling from this holiday sales cycle, and there is a surprise best seller in the computer notebook category. It defies conventional wisdom to say it, but preliminary indications show the Samsung Chromebook was flying off shelves both real and … [Read more...] about $249 Samsung Chromebook surprise holiday best-seller