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Google unveils Chrome OS preview video? Update: Nope
Update 2 (see update 1 below): OK, it's almost definitely fake. The Twitter account in question is not affiliated with Google. Nice looking fake though.
The video makes the OS look slick, polished,and definitely looks like a web-based operating system based on the Chrome Browser. The only reason I'm still a bit skeptical is because the video was uploaded in July and the Tweet doesn't say explicitly that this is the real thing.
It looks like you'll have to login to Chrome OS with your Google Account credentials. Once you're in you're presented with a browser window and a dock with links to web applications including Gmail, Google Calendar, and GTalk. There's also a program launcher which gives you access to more applications, including Skype and other programs that I'm assuming need to run from the desktop, so Chrome OS isn't all about web applications.
The video also shows a chess match, which looks like it's being played with another user through Google Wave. Google Chrome OS is designed to be run as a netbook operating systems at launch and should be available as a developer preview later this year. It could show up on mini-laptops in 2010. You can find another photo and a video after the break.
Update: CrunchGear, which spotted this story before we did, determines that the video is fake since the chess match is identical to one being played in a Google Wave promotional image. That doesn't really mean anything though. It could just be the same shot used in two promos. But the fact that the video was posed in July still gives me reason for pause.
Program launcher(?):
Chrome OS preview video:
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsfilip007Sep 24th 2009 9:31AM
Sure is fake why don't you download and boot it up...
http://sites.google.com/site/chromeoslinux/download
Lee MathewsSep 24th 2009 10:10AM
LOL...Yeah, because an actual Google OS would be hosted at sites.google.com, not on Google Code - you know, where Chromium is hosted.
Enthusiast project is not Google. /end
sharkbaitSep 24th 2009 5:31PM
Lol, it's built with Suse Studio! http://imgur.com/gc8XQ.png
It's just a Chrome-branded and themed distro that automatically starts Chrome on bootup.
jonSep 24th 2009 9:44AM
that twitter acct isn't a google account. its just a site for fans of Chrome.
Brad LinderSep 24th 2009 9:46AM
Excellent point. This is what I get for getting as excited as John Biggs and posting this too quickly.
ZeRoSep 24th 2009 10:03AM
@ Brad
Meh, it happens. =) At least you corrected yourself. I was about to update my facebook status with ZOMG goOgle OS. LoL
Atanas BoevSep 24th 2009 10:22AM
At one point, the "cursor" turns into a green "online" indicator, and then another cursor appears. Either a very weird design idea, or a fake.