Google to launch chrome laptops in June

Google Inc. previewed the first laptops running the company’s Chrome operating system, machines that will go on sale by June, 2011 as part of Google’s challenge to Microsoft Windows. The “Chromebooks” use operating-system software based largely on Google’s Chrome Web browser. The laptops are designed primarily to run Web-based applications, including word-processing and games. Because they rely on Web-based apps, the Chrome devices boot up in 8 seconds, the company said. The laptops, however, will have limited capability when offline. Read more on http://goo.gl/JQxXS.