Images: Touring Google's Chrome browser

For years, people have speculated about whether Google would ever release its own operating system. And now, it has -- well, kind of. Chrome is an open-source attempt by the search giant to bring Internet browsers in line with how we use the Web today -- streaming videos, chatting online and using Web-only applications.

Chrome rethinks traditional browser architecture, borrowing from Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and even Opera. But it also introduces several innovative new features of its own that cross over into the OS realm.

Text: Robert Vamosi

Based on Images: How Google's Chrome browser shines on CNET News

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