The Acer C7 Chromebook is a $199 laptop that ships with Google Chrome OS. But under the hood, it’s a lot like other laptops which can run Windows, Linux, or other operating systems — and there ...

What is ChromeOS, and is it more than a web browser? ChromeOS, formerly written as chromeOS and Chrome OS, is a Linux-based operating system (OS) designed and developed by Google.

Google is providing a sneak peak at the Chrome OS today. Maybe the Google Midas touch can succeed where decades of Apple and Linux have failed--denting Microsoft’s OS dominance.