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Google Chrome OS Is Dead

It was nice not really knowing you, Chrome OS. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is planning to effectively kill off Chrome OS and fold its best components into Android by 2017. Chrome OS, for those who don't know, is the operating system that is used to run Google's Chromebook line of laptops that are low-storage machines that rely on cloud computing to perform most tasks.

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RIP, Chrome OS
Brad Reed
Thu, 29 Oct 2015 21:22:20 GMT

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