How Google and PC makers are teaming up to take on Microsoft and Apple (MSFT, AAPL, GOOG, GOOGL)

Google's desktop operating system Chrome OS has been in the news recently after The Wall Street Journal published an article claiming Google was looking to "fold" it into Android, an operating system with an order of magnitude more users. After the report was published, Google clarified (multiple times) that Chrome OS was here to stay — and it should be, as both Google and PC makers need it.  Google launched Chrome OS in 2009 as an alternative operating system to Windows, OS X, and Linux that...