Google Chrome: The broadband internet OS?
July 14, 2009
The tech world has been buzzing about Google's announcement that it will introduce an operating system this year called Google Chrome OS. Designed with lightweight mini-laptops (netbooks) in mind and with applications based in the web, it could be the broadband internet OS.
Google said the Chrome OS will be open-source, based on the Linux programming language, which means anyone can develop applications to run on it. And most of the user experience takes place on the web, meaning it won't be slowed down by programs running off the netbook itself.
"All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies," Google said in its announcement last week.
Depending on which blog you read, Chrome OS is either a revolutionary development or merely "vaporware," because it doesn't even exist yet and is still in the planning stages. Only time will tell, as they say.
But Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, meaning the old notions of software are going out the window. If Google has its way, some tech experts say, all you'll need is a wireless broadband internet connection and a handheld device for all your computing needs.
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