Earlier we reported a leaked promotional video which appeared to feature a new, entirely Google-built Chromebook called "Pixel." Now, according to a CNET interview with Victor Koch, the person behind the video, the leak is true. But hold your Chromebook optimism, because Google is denying claims, according to the same report, that Koch even ever worked with the company.
The story started last Wednesday, February 6, when a video leaked to YouTube with what appeared to be a promotional ad for a new Google Chromebook. In the video, a slick-looking laptop with a bright display is shown while a voice over introduces the Chromebook "Pixel," which will feature a speculated 2560x1700p resolution touch screen display that rivals the Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch Retina display in its pixel count. The laptop is claimed to be "Designed by Google - Down to the last pixel," according to the video.
As we previously reported, Slinky.me CEO Victor Koch, who announced that Wednesday on his Google+ account that hackers had attacked his servers, created that video, and it is definitely a professional-quality piece. Now, according to CNET, Victor Koch is in China, investigating the hacking of his company's servers. In his interview with them, Koch was excited about the Pixel, saying the video was "no fake, no hoax," and that he thinks Pixel will be a huge hit in the international market.
But Koch's side of the story contains some cause for doubt. He's a 25-year old former-competitor in Facebook's Hacker Cup, who declined to go into details in the CNET interview about his work for Google, saying, "It's a secret."
And yet, another independent piece of evidence started circulating online corroborating, at least, the existence of the Pixel. In this piece of documentation from Chrome OS includes information on a multi-colored lightbar that indicates the state of the battery charge using Google colors. There are no existing Chromebooks that feature a lightbar with Google's colors, but the Pixel does in the video.
Stay tuned with us for more updates on the currently mysterious story of the Chromebook Pixel.
via The Verge