I am sorry if you beleived it. It was a really bad attempt.  You all are smart people. I never planned on it getting this big. But it did.  (Come one, I know the Google logo. I am actually a graphic designer, I just wanted to see reactions if it was a crappy back.)

Oh, right, I also DO know CSS and HTML. Just clarifying that.  I never was going to let this go on longer than 12 hours.

Read the video descript for more info.

140 Responses to

  1. fabrizio_testicalione says:

    Why do you feel the need to persistently reinforce your alleged “knowledge” of CSS/HTML?

    The lady doth protest too much…

    What a plonker.

    • chromeosleak says:

      Don’t know, lol. People just gave me a lot of crap when the blog was in normal WordPress default…

      But yeah, I am a graphic web designer so its like “I didn’t go through all that schooling to not brag. XD

  2. Mic says:

    Not bad.
    believable, good show on basically suckering the internet for a day.
    Hopefully we will see the real thing soon.

    • chromeosleak says:

      Exactly. I love Google so much…

      Giving all this teasing makes people want the real thing. It creates energy. I always wanted it to be a one day show so people will be like ZOMG GOOGLE.

      So there you have it, I did this to advertise Chrome OS

  3. no one special says:

    Nicely done.

  4. Mike says:

    I can’t believe you as being a professional graphic designer – not when you own such an ugly table. 🙂

  5. ruschromeos says:

    Nice show)))

  6. ur kind of a tool.

    • dave says:

      douche-bag is more appropriate… seriously, get a job… or at least do something productive with your time.

      • Stupidscript says:

        No, no … spend your time writing comments on blogs, instead! Much more productive …

  7. […] 2: Mr. Chrome OS Leak himself has come forward and confirmed his “screenshots” to be fake. Thanks, buddy. No word on this other set of […]

  8. […] roughly 12 hours, the person who posted this posted the following video, pretty much laughing at the tech media industry for jumping on board and linking to the […]

  9. tehinsider says:

    HA! Nice one! 🙂

    April fool came early! 😛

  10. […] circa 12 ore, la persona che ha postato questo inviato il seguente video, molto ridere alla tecnologia dei media per saltare a bordo e il collegamento alle […]

  11. […] roughly 12 hours, the person who posted this posted the following video, pretty much laughing at the tech media industry for jumping on board and linking to the […]

  12. […] 2: Mr. Chrome OS Leak himself has come forward and confirmed his “screenshots” to be fake. Thanks, buddy. No word on this other set of […]

  13. Le Concombre Masqué says:

    I am happy it is a fake, since the design actually sucks.

  14. Alex says:

    Umm…you didn’t fool everyone you thought you did. Just because a lot of people saw it doesn’t mean they believed it. I mean, you totally got the Google logo wrong, whether you did it on purpose or not.

    And don’t try to make this into some epic achievement. Your video is vastly inappropriate. You’re not a legend, you’re not getting any attention after today. This is it. This is your fifteen minutes of internet fame. Go back to being nobody, why don’t you?

    ~A

  15. […] bien nos comenta uno de nuestros lectores, al final se ha confirmado que la notica era fake. El sitio de origen lo ha notificado hace unas horas. Gracias por el aviso Leer más: Acer, Chrome, Engadget, […]

  16. […] and having a good laugh over it with his/her buddies, this prankster went out of his way to produce a video (see below) that would highlight how gullible the blogosphere can be. (From what I can tell, none […]

  17. […] 2: Mr. Chrome OS Leak himself has come forward and confirmed his “screenshots” to be fake. Thanks, buddy. No word on this other set of […]

  18. Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl says:

    Final Countdown, by Europe. I like it. Is was covered by Laibach.

  19. azo says:

    Good fake 😉

    Love it!

    Keep running men !

  20. Wendy says:

    Judging from your poor grammar and spelling skills, I’d say you’re a programmer and not a graphic designer.

  21. mark says:

    You are a graphic designer, yet your YouTube video intro looks like shit.

    Final Countdown is way overdone these days (Thanks, Arrested Development).

    • chromeosleak says:

      Haha! Yeah, I really didn’t have time to do anything decent video wise right now. I just wanted to get the video out and end this.

      But I use Adobe Photoshop CS4 and I edit videos in Premiere/After Effects. I have Pinnacle Studio 12, but I don’t use it that much.

      SO I was adventerous and decided to use WIndows Crappy Maker

      • Epon says:

        I’m pretty sure everything you’ve said about “using gradients” to “experimenting with Windows Movie Maker” is just a shit attempt at covering your ass.

        Just admit that the hoax was shitty and not done on purpose to “trick people”. You still fooled a lot of people. Don’t play it off like you’re hova

  22. i guess with this pathetically cheap strategy you have made sure that people won’t believe you for anything in the future….. that’s really a bad news for you dear.

  23. bluefisch200 says:

    You get me respect…you get the hole web community to listen to you for a day. Great job, and also respect that you can say “yes i did it, it is a fake”

  24. Astonished says:

    And then earlier today, Google announced that Acer was one of the hardware vendors that they are working with for Google Chrome OS. Kind of gave your story a bit of creditability.
    http://chrome.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-chrome-os-faq.html

  25. […] roughly 12 hours, the person who posted this posted the following video, pretty much laughing at the tech media industry for jumping on board and linking to the […]

  26. […] on the TechMeme thread still carry titles like The First Screenshots of Chrome OS.  But it was just a prank.  Posted Under : General Tags google humor prank chrome os fake Share this article: […]

  27. […] 2: Mr. Chrome OS Leak himself has come forward and confirmed his “screenshots” to be fake. Thanks, buddy. No word on this other set of […]

  28. steeve says:

    My kids like to boast about their accomplishments… Are you 12?

  29. […] OS屏幕截图事件终于有了定论,图片源作者承认作假,他在blog中写道: […]

  30. […] about 12 hours later, this blog post: I am sorry if you beleived it. It was a really bad attempt.  You all are smart people. I never […]

  31. taranfx says:

    Probably u shud checkout the CHROME OS logo.
    no fakes here.
    http://www.taranfx.com/blog/?p=1355

  32. Nice prank. This demonstrate how easy it is to fool people.

  33. Pulize Bendover says:

    You cunt! I believed you and so did 99% of gadget enthuasists! The world will come to a screeching halt with tears over this FAKE proof of Google OS.

  34. You sir, rock. Congratulations on an awesome con job.

  35. blogofthedragon says:

    Now, you just need to get some help with your spelling and grammar. You write like a 14-year-old.

  36. pete says:

    don’t know if this thingie is good or bad . whats left is you have a great need to prostitute …lol

  37. Holden Page says:

    LMAO.

    Kudos dude. You totally pulled one over the web for a while there.

    Great stuff lol

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  39. vince says:

    Ouch ! First a basic (to say the least) fake, then a really poor video, now, you pretend you’re using photoshop,premiere and after effects for your youtube videos ? First things first : buy a tripod for the camera shaking and a pencil to learn how to “design” before using “pro” software. The best software in the world won’t turn you in a good director/designer.
    And please, please stop bragging.

  40. tackle says:

    you setup this elaborate fake to lure people to your blog, with no hidden agenda of selling us crappy made in china products? fail.

  41. Kf says:

    What’s the music ?

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  43. […] 2: Mr. Chrome OS Leak himself has come forward and confirmed his “screenshots” to be fake. Thanks, buddy. No word on this other set of […]

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  45. […] 2: Mr. Chrome OS Leak himself has come forward and confirmed his “screenshots” to be fake. Thanks, buddy. No word on this other set of […]

  46. […] 2: Mr. Chrome OS Leak himself has come forward and confirmed his “screenshots” to be fake. Thanks, buddy. No word on this other set of […]

  47. Meh says:

    The music shows how idiotic you are trying to make it look like a huge achievement, the idiots who send emails like “If you dont send it to 839282948 people in 10 seconds your hotmail account will be deleted and you will die!” also get a lot of people, and are probably made by people with your same IQ

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  51. […] harder to disprove. Couldn’t he have waited one day and gotten the damn Google colors right? [Faker's Blog via PC […]

  52. Anony Mouse says:

    For me, more so than the terribly done logo, it was the ludicrous technical details that made the fake obvious.

  53. […] harder to disprove. Couldn’t he have waited one day and gotten the damn Google colors right? [Faker's Blog via PC […]

  54. […] harder to disprove. Couldn’t he have waited one day and gotten the damn Google colors right? [Faker's Blog via PC […]

  55. […] harder to disprove. Couldn’t he have waited one day and gotten the damn Google colors right? [Faker's Blog via PC […]

  56. […] 2: Mr. Chrome OS Leak himself has come forward and confirmed his “screenshots” to be fake. Thanks, buddy. No word on this other set of […]

  57. […] 2: Mr. Chrome OS Leak himself has come forward and confirmed his “screenshots” to be fake. Thanks, buddy. No word on this other set of […]

  58. […] harder to disprove. Couldn’t he have waited one day and gotten the damn Google colors right? [Faker's Blog via PC […]

  59. […] 2: Mr. Chrome OS Leak himself has come forward and confirmed his “screenshots” to be fake. Thanks, buddy. No word on this other set of […]

  60. Laurent says:

    Damn some people are pissed over here !
    It’s a great fake tease, and don’t mind the angry ones.
    I’m just jealous you did it before I even thought about it 😀

  61. […] harder to disprove. Couldn’t he have waited one day and gotten the damn Google colors right? [Faker's Blog via PC […]

  62. […] harder to disprove. Couldn’t he have waited one day and gotten the damn Google colors right? [Faker's Blog via PC […]

  63. […] UPDATE 9:42am Pacific: The owner of the site has confessed that his Chrome OS “leak” is indeed a fake. […]

  64. […] harder to disprove. Couldn’t he have waited one day and gotten the damn Google colors right? [Faker's Blog via PC […]

  65. […] harder to disprove. Couldn’t he have waited one day and gotten the damn Google colors right? [Faker's Blog via PC […]

  66. CHT says:

    actually it was a quite good looking logo
    maybe I could have a copy of it?

  67. ddub says:

    haha nice one… props to you man 😀

  68. […] This is now confirmed fake by the admission from the author. […]

  69. […] UPDATE 9:42am Pacific: The owner of the site has confessed that his Chrome OS “leak” is indeed a fake. […]

  70. […] mucho en anunciarse que las fotos eran fakes realizadas por un idiot Esta persona fue la que admitió luego de que la noticia fuese esparcida por toda la internet en cuestión de segundos como es de […]

  71. […] 2: Mr. Chrome OS Leak himself has come forward and confirmed his “screenshots” to be fake. Thanks, buddy. No word on this other set of […]

  72. […] harder to disprove. Couldn’t he have waited one day and gotten the damn Google colors right? [Faker's Blog via PC […]

  73. […] 2: Mr. Chrome OS Leak himself has come forward and confirmed his “screenshots” to be fake. Thanks, buddy. No word on this other set of […]

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  75. […] The screenshots are fake, as we suspected might be the case.  Just a video designer hoping to drum up […]

  76. […] 2: Mr. Chrome OS Leak himself has come forward and confirmed his “screenshots” to be fake. Thanks, buddy. No word on this other set of […]

  77. […] 2: Mr. Chrome OS Leak himself has come forward and confirmed his “screenshots” to be fake. Thanks, buddy. No word on this other set of […]

  78. […] 2: Mr. Chrome OS Leak himself has come forward and confirmed his “screenshots” to be fake. Thanks, buddy. No word on this other set of […]

  79. Christina says:

    Graphics designer my ass—YOU USED A FUCKING MULTICOLOR GRADIENT?

    • chromeosleak says:

      Silly, once again, I stress that I made the wallpaper totally horrendous in hopes of generating “WHAT THE CRAP IS GOOGLE THINKING” comments.

      Yeah. XD

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  81. luca says:

    I never thought it was real. But you got a lot of publicity. Bad publicity, of course.

  82. antitemplate says:

    Loser!

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  85. Epon says:

    I’m pretty sure everything you’ve said about “using gradients” to “experimenting with Windows Movie Maker” is just a shit attempt at covering your ass.

    Just admit that the hoax was shitty and not done on purpose to “trick people”. You still fooled a lot of people. Don’t play it off like you’re hova

  86. анонимус says:

    ОП хуй. Сосни хуйца и сделай бочку. Отелдаченная пизда! 🙂

  87. […] harder to disprove. Couldn’t he have waited one day and gotten the damn Google colors right? [Faker's Blog] Share and […]

  88. […] As imagens que foram divulgadas sendo do suposto Chrome OS são Fakes! Confiram aqui. […]

  89. […] Betriebssystems aufgetaucht. Deren Echtheit dementierte Google umgehend. Mittlerweile hat auch der Urheber zugegeben, dass die Bilder nur ein Fake […]

  90. Tyler Hurst says:

    What a waste of fucking time. Get a job.

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  92. […] UPDATE 9:42am Pacific: The owner of the site has confessed that his Chrome OS “leak” is indeed a fake. […]

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  94. Pinche Puñal!!! says:

    Hijo de puta, te haces publicidad a base de mentiras, no tienes madre, y si la tienes, chinga a tu marde!

  95. Horny says:

    f*** you, and good bye

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  98. […] only after twelve ours, the blogger that originally posted the screenshots has admitted they are all fake! He said that he just wanted to see what it will happen if he did what he did, and now, even he is […]

  99. […] 2: Mr. Chrome OS Leak himself has come forward and confirmed his “screenshots” to be fake. Thanks, buddy. No word on this other set of […]

  100. epikuros says:

    great! this shows how much the people confirm the info they get before asumming something is real. xDDDD
    Anyway, also this is a good example for Google to know the “future” impact of a OS made by them…

    Good job, and if anyone got angry for this “prank” i have to say: screw you, or do you belive in UFOs also???

  101. suckerdude says:

    Good work. Bad attempt.

    Good shots. Bad design.

    Funny prank. Angry reaction.

    Cool. Lame.

    Lots of publicity. Little support.

    Dude, you are seriously one of a kind…

    Keep it up…but stay low profile…

  102. LMAO says:

    Hahaha 🙂 Like the last poster suggested, I’d keep a low profile for a while. Lots of pissed off gullibles out there…

  103. […] De todas maneras estaremos atentos a las primeras imágenes que en algún momento aparecerán. Vía: Chromeosleak […]

  104. Jojo says:

    hahaha nice one 🙂

  105. In a way, I’m kinda glad they’re fake. Not to say the pics were bad (aside from the font) but I was hoping for something a little more original and unheard of when it comes to design.

  106. alex says:

    i was looking for a better video or pics about the chrome os, but this video really sucks!!,hope to see a better video, if someone know about one leave a reply…

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