Google today will release a beta of their open source web browser named Google Chrome which is based partly on the Webkit open source web engine. Some online sites received early notice of this release in the form of a comic book explaining the browser details. This set the blogosphere ablaze over the slow technology holiday weekend. Several sites have already pronounced Google Chrome a “Windows Killer” due to their belief that running applications in a browser is the wave of the future and if someone were to release a better browser – that the need for Microsoft Windows could be reduced or eliminated. The first beta release of Google Chrome will be available for Windows with later releases available for Mac and Linux and presumably mobile platforms.
