Chrome OS for the clueless: What it means for real people
(Credit: Google) Google , the company that became a tech giant through search and advertising, announced earlier this week that it's branching out into an unrelated direction, the operating system business. It will release next year the Chrome OS , a free competitor to Microsoft's Windows operating system. It will be targeted at netbooks , a class of small, inexpensive computers, although eventually it will make its way to full-powered notebooks and desktop computers. It will be desi