Updated Analysis: Google, in a blog post on its web site has acknowleged the existence of Google Chrome, a browser that the company will be releasing tomorrow.Kara swisher has confirmed the existence of Google Chrome, a browser developed by the Mountain View, Calif.-based search company. The rumors of the browser were reported earlier on Google Blogoscoped, which received a comic book that outlined the key features of the browser.
- It is based on Webkit and will include Google Gears.
- It has a browser extensions framework that will allow it to make Adobe AIR-type hybrid apps.
- It includes Javascript Virtual Machine called V8 that was developed by a team in Denmark. It accelerates the Javascript performance and is multi-threaded.
- It has tabs, auto-completion, and a dashboard-type start page that can help you get going to the web services you need. Opera has such a dashboard.
- It has a privacy mode that allows you to use the machine without logging anything on the local machine. It might be similar to a feature called Incognito in the latest version of Microsoft IE.
- Malware and phishing protection would be built into the browser.
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