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Google Chrome: Windows Competitor?

Google is developing a new operating system, called Google Chrome. Chrome will compete with other operating systems like Windows, Mac's Leopard and desktop Linux. For purposes of this blog, the question is: how does it compare with Windows, and should you consider moving to it?

In a word, No. ...

Google's Chrome OS revealed -- with video!

Google had a low-key event today to preview Chrome OS, its new operating system based on Linux and the Chrome browser. Things are still pretty early -- it's not even in beta yet, let alone on shipping products -- but that's the first official screen shot right there, and the big features are al...

Everything You Need To Know About Chrome OS [Google]

Until today, Google's Chrome OS has been little more than a wordy concept. Now, finally, we truly know what it is, what it looks like, and how it works. Here's the breakdown: Google went to great pains to emphasize that today's event wasn't a launch—that'll come a year from now, apparently, wit...

Google: Docs a Viable Alternative to Office by Next Year

This week’s “faceoff” on Mashable is between Microsoft Office and Google Docs. While we’ll share with you the final results soon, so far, many of you seem to think that Docs is a viable alternative to Microsoft’s long dominant Office suite.

And, Google thinks so too, at least within th...

Some Real-time Goodies

It’s that time of year again! Yes, the holidays are right around the corner. But I don’t care. I’m more excited about LeWeb ‘09, which will take place in Paris on December 9th and 10th.

And since the theme of LeWeb this year is “The Real-Time Web” (a hot topic that we’ve been cover...