Passively cooled

Asus has unveiled a rather neat passively-cooled Chromebox mini PC which will be based on Intel's 10th generation Comet Lake CPUs.

Decent hardware and built-in pen

Samsung has unveiled its new version of the Chromebook Plus 2-in-1 convertible with a hardware upgrade, and built-in pen, so it is quite a shame it runs on Chrome OS.

The Chromebook x2 with 12.3-inch screen and US $599.99 price tag

HP has decided there is a market for a Chrome OS-based tablet and has announced its own US $599.99-priced "detachable" tablet running on Intel's 7th generation m3-series CPU and powering that Google OS on a 12.3-inch QHD resolution IPS screen, the Chromebook X2.

Acer Chromebook Tab 10 aims at education 

Google has been pushing hard with its Chrome OS devices but although there have been a few notebooks with touchscreens, the new Acer Chromebook Tab 10 is the first proper tablet with Chrome OS.

Android app support comes to Chrome OS

On Thursday, Google announced that its Play Store will now be integrated into Chrome OS, giving all of Google’s Chromebook users instant access to the entire catalog of 1.5 million Android apps. This is a strategic horizontal decision that could potentially give much more value to the company’s cloud-centered OS for students, developers, low-income users and anyone interested in a lightweight, affordable computing option.

Computer for $85

The Google Asus Chromebit computer stick is officially in the shops with an $85 price tag.

Calls it Cloudbook

It took Microsoft some time to come up with a strategy against Chromebooks, and now it seems the first of the new Cloudbook notebooks will be available in middle of August. 

Part of business-oriented ThinkCenter Tiny family

Lenovo has unveiled the newest member of its business-oriented ThinkCenter Tiny desktop family, the ThinkCenter Chromebox.

Turns any HDMI screen into a Chrome machine

Google announced a few Chromebook and Chrome OS updates yesterday, but the one that really caught our eye is the Asus Chromebit. 

Freon graphics stack gets an airing

Chrome OS 41 has been been updated to Google's new "Freon" graphics stack and removes X11 dependencies from Google's world.