Alphabet's Google isn't planning to ditch Chrome OS. The search giant reiterated its commitment to the web-based operating system in a blog post earlier this month, plainly stating that there's "no ...

US company, MyWebOS.com, has launched what it claims to be the world's first entirely web-based operating system. US company, MyWebOS.com, has launched what it claims to be the world's first entirely ...

Back in the days when people used to install software by inserting floppy disks into the slots on desktop computers, a few visionaries dreamt of being able to run software directly on the Internet and ...

Google likes to say that Chrome OS is an operating system that lets you do everything on the web. Don’t believe it. Until now, I’ve been pretty optimistic about Google’s web-based operating system.

Ever since Google launched the first Chromebooks two years ago, the company’s vision for always-on, cloud-based computing has been a tough sell. Now, we have proof of how tough it’s been. As Ed Bott ...

Somehow, the fact that startup G.ho.st has its headquarters in Jerusalem is fitting. After all, it wasn’t far from the ancient city that the biblical hero David squared off against Goliath. And, in a ...

Chromebooks run ChromeOS, a web-based operating system centered around Google’s Chrome browser. All pre-installed web applications are launched through the Chrome browser by default. However, Google ...

I'll be honest — when I first heard about an operating system that runs entirely on a browser, I didn't take it seriously. It sounded like a fun little experiment, not something you could actually use ...

We’ve seen a System 7 Mac emulator before, as an app, but a developer has now created a version which runs directly in a web browser … System 7 was the first classic Mac OS system to be later renamed ...