Google Chromebook
Google today unveiled a touchscreen version of its web-based laptop series, the Google Chromebook Pixel. The new model is a serious upgrade from the typically low budget series, particularly for the screen.
Earlier we reported a leaked promotional video which appeared to feature a new, entirely Google-built Chromebook called "Pixel." Now, according to a CNET interview with Victor Koch, the person behind the video, the leak is true. But hold your Chromebook optimism, because Google is denying claims, according to the same report, that Koch even ever worked with the company.
Google may be developing an impressive new Chromebook, called "Chromebook Pixel," to challenge Apple's Retina-enabled laptops, if a video leaked onto YouTube is authentic.
Last week, we reported a leak on the HP website that seemed to be the company's first entry into the Chromebook market. Today, the rumors were confirmed: HP's Chromebook is available now.
Hewlett-Packard looks like it's getting in the Chromebook business. Before it was pulled from HP's website, a spec sheet was found detailing the new laptop computer running Google's Chrome OS, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Google is offering public school teachers its Samsung Series 5 Chromebook for the bargain price of $99.
