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  • Google’s Chromebook Pixel as a play for the enterprise? It’s not so crazy.

    Yesterday, Google unveiled its rumored high-end netbook replacement—the Chromebook Pixel . While I haven’t gotten my hands on one yet, I was really impressed by the specs and apparent build quality. It’s the closest thing I’ve...
    by Justin Meisinger on February 22, 2013 : 12 comments , 4,028 views
  • Google launches "Chrome Remote Desktop," full desktop sharing via Chrome. What does this mean?

    On Friday Google launched the public beta of the "Google Remote Desktop" extension for the Chrome browser. This extension allows one computer to remote control another, all done via Chrome extensions on both ends. We first learned that Google was working...
    by Brian Madden on October 10, 2011 : 6 comments , 17,152 views
  • I got a Chromebook (and I might return it!). Here's my review:

    Last week, I received the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook with 3G. I've since opened it, played with it, and packed it back up in its box while I figure out what to do with it. It worked ok, but I came away as uninspired as ever when it comes to things that...
    by Gabe Knuth on June 22, 2011 : 8 comments , 24,977 views
  • Why Android thin clients will rule

    One of the most exciting things I hope we'll see very soon is thin client devices running Android . I'm not talking about Android netbooks or tablets, rather, I'm interested in an honest-to-goodness legitimate desktop thin client that runs...
    by Brian Madden on March 22, 2011 : 14 comments , 11,708 views
  • Brian Madden TV #31 - PCoIP add-in cards, Virtual Bridges Spice, and the week's news

    After many months of no Brian Madden TV, we're relaunching it for 2011. (This is primarily thanks to our new video producer Justin Meisinger who joined us in August.) The biggest change to Brian Madden TV for 2011 is that we're keeping the show...
    by Brian Madden TV on December 27, 2010 : 6 comments , 5,295 views
  • The inverse bell curve of Terminal Server / SBC: This stuff is going to be huge again!

    Yesterday I wrote about Google's announcement of their upcoming Chrome OS, a "browser running on bare metal" that will just be used for web apps. I predicted (like many others) that as web apps evolve into true rich internet apps that can...
    by Brian Madden on December 09, 2010 : 8 comments , 7,591 views
  • With Google Chrome OS and remoted Windows apps, who needs Windows on the desktop?

    Most everyone knows that Google hosted an event in San Francisco yesterday where they officially unveiled their own operating system known as " Google Chrome OS ." In their own words, this OS is "essentially the Google Chrome browser running...
    by Brian Madden on December 08, 2010 : 15 comments , 11,053 views