The second browser war.

The article reports on the release of Chrome, an Internet web browser developed by Google Inc. A number of issues surrounding this event are discussed including the rivalry between Google and Microsoft, the development of the Firefox browser and the open source nature of Chrome. Also examined is the...

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Published in:	Economist Vol. 388; no. 8596; pp. 72 - 74
Format:	Chart/Diagram/Graph
Published:	Economist Newspaper Limited 9/6/2008
Subjects:	Web browsers Computer operating systems Google Inc. Microsoft Corp. Open source software
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The article reports on the release of Chrome, an Internet web browser developed by Google Inc. A number of issues surrounding this event are discussed including the rivalry between Google and Microsoft, the development of the Firefox browser and the open source nature of Chrome. Also examined is the future of computing based exclusively on Internet applications rather than through an operating system.