GOOGLE’S WEB BROWSER, CHROME, STIRS UP INTEREST ON THE WEB
September 4, 2008 – 11:59 amGoogle's growing supremacy in several areas of the web, in the advertising market, and in online applications, has already sparked debates about whether Google, originally a search engine specialist, is becoming a monster and whether it is still complying with its company motto ("Don't be evil"). Some researchers have previously expressed the view that Google needs to be broken up (PDF, Google Dangers Report from Graz University 2007). Tuesday's release of Google's new browser, Chrome, has not only fuelled a new dispute about whose web browser is the best but has also triggered discussions about Google's plans and its dominant position. Chrome is seen as not just an attack on Microsoft's leading position on the browser market, though some observers, like Kara Swisher in her web log, and the San Jose Mercury News, are going so far as to speak of a new "browser war". Google could also be aiming ...