Google have just announced that they are entering the Operating System market.

Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work.

This is sure to ruffle some feathers at Microsoft and Apple. It seems that it will first be targeted at Netbooks and then at full desktop PC’s.

Article: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html