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Intel will be Google Chrome Operating System Victim

A. Fatih Syuhud — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:02:05 +0000

Google Chrome OS’ disruptive potential is being felt across the high-tech industry and the latest company that analysts feel could be threatened by the proposed Chrome operating system is microprocessor powerhouse Intel, via Channelweb

Rafe Needleman of CNET has an interesting “tutorial” about the would be Chrome OS (remember, it’s not Chrome browser) especially for the clueless, as Rafe puts it.

Google plans Chrome operating system

A. Fatih Syuhud — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:18:41 +0000

In Chrome, Hints of a Real Rival to Windows, reports USA Today:

Until now, most consumer PCs have run on software from one of two companies: Microsoft or Apple. But on Wednesday, search giant Google (GOOG) shook up the computing world by formally announcing plans to compete head-to-head against those companies on their home turf: PC operating systems.

New Google Internet Explorer: Chrome browser 2.0.172.28

A. Fatih Syuhud — Fri, 22 May 2009 23:27:25 +0000

Google launches improved Chrome browser: Chrome version 2.0.172.28. Seth Rosenblatt of CNET has first hand experience and writes a good review:

Yesterday’s introduction of Chrome version 2.0.172.28 was touted by Google as being up to 30 percent faster for handling JavaScript. After using the update to the stable release extensively for the past day and running it through two JavaScript tests on two computers, it’s conclusively faster than the previous stable version of Chrome.

The two computers I used were a Windows Vista Service Pack 1 desktop with a Pentium 4 processor running at 3.00 GHz and 2 GB of RAM, and a Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3 laptop with a Core Duo T9400 processor running at 2.53 GHz and 3 GB of RAM. Chrome was benchmarked by the Webkit test, SunSpider, and the JavaScript-only sections of the Mozilla test Dromaeo. Chrome was tested with no other tabs open and no other programs running on the computer.

When testing SunSpider, Chrome v1.0.154.65 scored 919.2ms on the laptop, and 1864.2ms on the desktop. Chrome v2.0.172.28 scored 583.6ms on the laptop, and 1323.4ms on the desktop. The laptop score was 36.6 percent faster, and the desktop was 29 percent faster.

Chrome Google’s Internet Explorer

A. Fatih Syuhud — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:24:50 +0000

Chrome to Google is what Internet Explorer to Microsoft. Yes, you are right. Chrome, a web browser, is the newest google product intended, as people might say, to compete with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer dominance.

Can Chrome do it? The more important thing for us, the users, is not about which’s winning what . Having more options to browse and hence, as Google says, to “add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web” is a lot more substance.

Update 3 September 2008: In my place, Indonesia, the link download to Google Chrome has started appearing in Google.com (see the picture) right below the search inbox. Or you even can download it free from here.

Last but not the least, what does Chrome literally mean? As this word will be one of world most frequently used English word, it’s necessary for you to know at least how to correctly spell and pronounce it. Here’s a peek from dictionary about the meaning, pronunciation and definition of Chrome although it may have nothing to do with reason Google pick the name for its web browser’s product:

From Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006

chrome

n chrome [kroum]

an alloy of chromium and steel used for car-fittings etc.

chrome (kroum)

n.

1.

a. Chromium or a chromium alloy.

b. Something plated with a chromium alloy.

2. A pigment containing chromium.

tr.v. chromed, chrom·ing, chromes

1. To plate with chromium.

2. To tan or dye with a chromium compound.

[French, from Greek khroma, color (from the brilliant colors of chromium compounds).]

Some critical reviews and news on Google Chrome: