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Google to take on Internet Explorer |
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By: Agencies |
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Date:
2008-09-03 |
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Place: San Francisco |
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No laughing matter: A frame from the comic book by Google's Scott McCloud that introduced Chrome | Google Inc is releasing its own Web browser in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft Corp's Internet Explorer and ensuring easy access to its popular search engine.
The free browser, called Chrome, is supposed to be available for downloading today in more than 100 countries for computers running on Microsoft's Windows operating system. Google said it's still working on versions compatible with Apple Inc's Mac computer and the Linux operating system.
Google's browser is expected to hit the market a week after Microsoft's unveiling of a test version of its latest browser update, Internet Explorer 8.
Although Google is using a cartoonish approach to promote Chrome, the new browser underscores the gravity of Google's rivalry with Microsoft, whose Internet Explorer is used by about 75 per cent of Web surfers. |
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