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Google's Chrome ready to shine?

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MyBroadband; By Alastair Otter
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Chrome OS is Google's a direct attack against bitter rival Microsoft, but this time it may have bitten off more than it can chew.

It's been a week now since Google demonstrated its Chrome operating system and a good time to consider whether Google's latest product has the legs to unseat Microsoft's Windows. Of course, when it comes to Google, it's hard to imagine how it could fail. Remember the muffled laughter when Google said it was going to build a mobile phone operating system? Most commentators thought it ludicrous that a company such as Google wanted to suddenly enter the mobile market and challenge the status quo. Now analysts such as Gartner are predicting that Android will be the second most popular operating system within the next two years. Perhaps we shouldn't be too flippant about Google's plans to challenge the desktop operating system market.

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