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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:
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filip007 said 9:31AM on 9-24-2009
Sure is fake why don't you download and boot it up...
http://sites.google.com/site/chromeoslinux/download
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Lee Mathews said 10:10AM on 9-24-2009
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
sharkbait said 5:31PM on 9-24-2009
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.
jon said 9:44AM on 9-24-2009
that twitter acct isn't a google account. its just a site for fans of Chrome.
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Brad Linder said 9:46AM on 9-24-2009
Excellent point. This is what I get for getting as excited as John Biggs and posting this too quickly.
ZeRo said 10:03AM on 9-24-2009
@ Brad
Meh, it happens. =) At least you corrected yourself. I was about to update my facebook status with ZOMG goOgle OS. LoL
Atanas Boev said 10:22AM on 9-24-2009
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.
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