So engineers made upscale features like charcoal-black leather seats and chrome wheels available even with the smallest four-cylinder engine.
Google will make the touch-enabled Chrome operating system available to other computer makers, and Mr. Pichai said he hopes that other Chrome touch devices will come on the market later this year.
The company no longer offers a Linux client, though the available Chrome extension should help sooth the pain.
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You actually have to apply to join the program, and there are going to be a limited number of the laptops available -- retail Chrome OS models from Acer and Samsung will be available in the middle of 2011 for the masses.
To solve this problem, a new plugin created by Stremor Corp. is available for Chrome users, called (quite appropriately) TLDR.
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The Chrome Web Store will be available to users later this year.
But he suggested such programs were "legacy" products that would "decline over time" as users opted for the type of browser-based software available via the Chrome Webstore.
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The real power of the app comes from its dozens of integrations with browsers (it is available as a Chrome, Firefox and Safari extension) and with over 50 app integrations, most notably top newsreading apps like Feedly, Reeder or Pocket.
The new web app is called Kindle Cloud Reader, and is available in Safari and Chrome web browsers.
The new model is now available in a classic silver chrome or subtle black paint finish.
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Some of the Chrome apps are free while others are available for a fee, similar to the app markets for Apple Inc.
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As Google Vice President of Product Management Sundar Pichai noted, the potential customer base of 120 million Chrome browser users is bigger than those available to any mobile developer.
We talked to a Google representative here, and she said that while the app will be available to Pixel users initially via the Chrome Web Store, it'll eventually roll out to all Chromebooks in the future.
With an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 8 GB memory, a hard disk capacity of up to 500GB, and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 GPU, this bad boy is available in Brown Luxe, with either chrome or silver accents.
Actions in the Facebook setting seem the antithesis of Incognito browing in Google Chrome or InPrivate browsing with Microsoft Internet Explorer that are available to all so inclined.
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Extension.fm is a Chrome extension that automatically keeps track of all of the music available for stream or download on websites you visit, and organizes them into a music library.
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"The core of Google's Chromebook vision is creating a better, more simple computing experience and making it available to everyone, " said Sundar Pichai, senior vice president, Chrome and Apps, Google.
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The Leica M9-P will be available from Leica dealers in two different finishes, black paint or traditional silver chrome, beginning July 2011.
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