Chromebook could free Google from Microsoft and Apple

Of all the big moves and announcements Google will make in 2013, the most intriguing won't be related to Android, Glass, search or Gmail.

That honor was already claimed in February when Google released the Chromebook Pixel laptop with the latest version of Google's Web-only Chrome OS software. It was designed to eventually get Google out from under Apple and Microsoft's thumbs.

Much of Google's business strategy is easy to figure out: Search is Google's money maker, Android is its pipeline to mobile, and Glass is the great experiment for the future. But figuring out the significance of a $1,400 laptop that runs an operating system built on top of a Web browser can be confusing.

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