pctoolbox.co.uk » pc http://www.pctoolbox.co.uk tech.blog Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:36:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Google Chrome OS – Yikes! http://www.pctoolbox.co.uk/2009/07/14/google-chrome-os-%e2%80%93-yikes/ http://www.pctoolbox.co.uk/2009/07/14/google-chrome-os-%e2%80%93-yikes/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:00:26 +0000 Alex http://pctoolbox.co.uk/?p=1232 Google ChromeGoogle is developing an operating system (OS) for personal computers, in a direct challenge to market leader Microsoft and its Windows system.

Google Chrome OS will be aimed initially at small, low-cost netbooks, but will eventually be used on PC’s as well.

Google said netbooks with Chrome OS could be on sale by middle 2010.

“Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS,” the firm said in its official blog.

The operating system, which will run on an open source license, was a “natural extension” of its Chrome browser, the firm said.

The news comes just months before Microsoft launches the latest version of its operating system, called Windows 7.

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Enjoy!

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Check it out!

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