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Everyone's all a-twitter over Google's newly announced operating system, Google Chrome OS. So what is it, and what could it do for you? Here are some answers.

Either way, the need for a new operating system doesn’t mean you need a whole new computer. There are numerous ways to run other operating systems without going out and buying a new machine.

Is that an old Windows system or a current Chrome OS computer? Google's getting ready to blur the lines of desktop computing in some seriously shape-shifting ways.

The forthcoming Chrome OS is technically straightforward, but why Google is doing an OS in the first place is a little less obvious.

But after testing out one of the devices for the past day, I’ve come up with a list of ten things you can (and cannot) do with a Chrome OS computer.