Chrome OS netbooks to ship this year

Posted on Friday, September 24 2010 @ 16:59 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Google Chrome's Australian lead designer Glen Murphy confirmed that the first Chrome computers will go on sale this year:

Having shaken up the mobile phone market, Google is now preparing to compete head-on with Apple and Microsoft in laptop computers with a range of Google-based "netbooks" due out this year.

Glen Murphy, the Australian lead designer on Google's Chrome operating system (OS) and web browser projects, said the first Chrome computers would go on sale this year. The big vendors have signed up including Samsung, Acer, Asus, Toshiba and HP.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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