Posted on 07/10/2009 1:25:36 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
It's official: Intel is working with Google on the development of the Mountain View ad broker's new netbook operating system, Google Chrome OS.
Word of the world's largest processor manufacturer's involvement with the world's largest internet searcher's purportedly virus-free OS first came by way of a comment by an Asia-Pacific Intel spokesman.
And on Friday morning, Intel spokesman Nick Knupffer at the company's Santa Clara, California, headquarters, confirmed that report, telling The Reg that "We’ve been privy to the project for some time and work with Google on a variety of projects, including elements of this one. We welcome Google’s move here."
Intel is welcoming multiple operating systems onto its processors. In addition to its long-standing relationship with Microsoft's Windows, Intel is also working with the Linux Foundation on the Moblin OS for low-end devices such as MIDs and handhelds, after spinning-off that homegrown effort to the Foundation this April.
Now comes word not only of the Chrome OS partnership with Google, but also rumors coming out of Taiwan that Intel is in talks with Google about support for Google's Android OS on Intel-based MIDs. Intel's Knupffer was not immediately able to comment on that report.
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Google Oompa-Loompas dream of virus-free OS
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By John Leyden
9th July 2009 16:05 GMT
Google has rather rashly claimed its plans to develop an operating system promise an end to security woes.
The search giant said Google Chrome OS, due to debut in the second half of next year and initially targeted at netbooks, will be based on open source code and offer unprecedented security.
Sundar Pichai, VP of product management and Linus Upson, engineering director at Google, pledged an end to not just the need to run antivirus but of security updates more generally in a blog posting. The duo go on to boast that Google's sugar-coated OS will also offer speed, simplicity, an end to world hunger and an England Ashes win (we made the last two up).
Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We're designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work.
I've always wondered why it needs to take so long to boot up a computer. I flick on my light switch, the lights come on...I turn the key to the ignition, my car is started...I turn on the TV, it lights up immediately...same with the radio...same with most anything else...except the computer, which takes agonizingly long to boot to the point where it's usable. :-)
Lot’s of bits and pieces to read off of the slowest device ....the rotating disk drive....
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