"Google has declared war on Microsoft", said Mike Harvey in the Times. With the launch this week of its very own internet browser, Chrome, the group has opened a new front line in the battle to dominate the way in which users access and interact with the web.
Google is tapping into the new trend for computing functions to take place online rather than desktops, said Harvey. Chrome can accelerate this endeavour and "make Microsoft's software less useful", as Google has extended its offerings to online word-processing and spreadsheet applications hitherto largely the territory of Microsoft's lucrative desktop Windows operating system.
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