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Google sees Chrome OS release in 'late fall'

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-06-02 15:58

Google?expects to release its Chrome computer operating system in the "late fall" of 2010, as it looks to compete with rival Microsoft's Windows, a top executive said on Wednesday.

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Speaking at the Computex PC show, Sundar Pichai, Google's vice-president for product management, did not give a specific month, referring only to the North American autumn or fall period.

He reiterated that Chrome will be designed initially to work on laptop PCs.