Google tackles MS with its new operating system

Source: Agencies | July 9, 2009, Thursday |

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GOOGLE Inc is working on a new operating system for inexpensive computers in a daring attempt to diminish Microsoft Corp's longstanding control over people's computer experience.

The new operating system, announced on Google's Website on Tuesday night, will be based on the company's nine-month-old Web browser, Chrome. Google intends to rely on help from the community of open-source programmers to develop the Chrome operating system, which is expected to begin running computers in the second half of 2010.

Google is designing the operating system primarily for "netbooks," a less-powerful breed of laptop computers that is becoming increasingly popular among budget-conscious consumers primarily interested in surfing the Web.

Google has already introduced an operating system for smart phones and other mobile devices, called Android, that vies against various other systems, including ones made by Microsoft and Apple Inc.

The Android system worked well enough to entice some computer makers to begin developing netbooks that will run on it. For instance, Acer Inc said last month it would make netbooks that run Android instead of Windows. Acer said Android would make the computers less expensive and possibly help them boot up faster.

Google, though, apparently believes a Chrome-based system will be better suited for netbooks. It's Google's boldest confrontation yet with its biggest nemesis.

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Google tackles MS with its new operating system

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