Google Enters The Browser War With (Google Chrome)

Google launched today its own internet browser, Google Chrome, in a new challenge to Microsoft Internet Explorer and Firefox. The Chrome browser, designed to cope with the next generation of graphics and multimedia dominated web applications, was announced in a Google blog late Monday. It will launch initially for Windows machines in 100 countries, with Mac and Linux versions to come.

"So why are we launching Google Chrome? Because we believe we can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web." Google's Sundar Pichai said in a blog post.

The application can be downloaded for free and its code will be open source so no rights will have to be paid by anyone using or adapting the software. Chrome is Google's latest weapon in its bid to become the leader in all Internet areas. The latest major browser war was won by Microsoft when it won the battle for dominance in the 1990s against Netscape Navigator.

UPDATE (09/09/08): Thanks to Carsten Knobloch from Germany, you can run the browser directly from a USB stick by downloading the Portable Google Chrome. You simply unzip the package and start the browser. The portable Google browser is about 11MB, and additionally isolates web history, cookies and cache on the /profile/ folder on the stick. Knobloch's Chrome reportedly has been tested on XP SP3 and Vista SP1.

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