Google: Web Browsers will be the new Operating System

Web browsers will replace operating systems as the fundamental software used for computing, says Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Google envisages new, more powerful web browsers that will do everything that operating systems such as Microsoft Windows currently do. This development will usher in the era of cloud computing, it says, where data such as photos, documents and videos are no longer stored on individuals’ machines but in data centres that are accessible via the web.

The advantage of replacing operating systems with web browsers is that it will allow users to access their data and work on projects from any PC, netbook or mobile device that can run a browser. Speaking at Google’s annual I/O event in San Francisco, Schmidt described the cloud computing project as an “amazing opportunity”.

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