Archive: September, 2008

One of the worst kept secrets in search is Google’s encompassing desire to damage or even deep-six Microsoft. Google has taken a leading role in leading computer users into the clouds. By fundamentally altering the tools available to computer users, Google has established itself as the most dangerous adversary Microsoft has ever faced. Yesterday morning, while North Americans woke to a lazy third day of a summer-ending long weekend, Google released the third pillar of its plan to either become or bury Microsoft. The news came in the form of a 38-page comic book.

Google has announced the release of its new web browser, Google Chrome. The beta version is available for download at Google.com and will be available at over 100 country-specific versions of Google by tomorrow.
The announcement came as a bit of a surprise however most observers were not shocked to read it. The development of a Google web browser has been a long simmering and often denied rumor in the search and IT communities. Google has good reasons for keeping their development cycles as secret as possible.