Google's upcoming Chrome operating system - a new OS that will, according to the search giant, arrive on netbook computers sometime later this year - is also going to offer a feature Google engineers have dubbed, unofficially, "chromoting." What's chromoting, you ask? It's remotely accessing your PC applications via the browser. Or, in other words, it's a remote desktop app for your new cloud computer. Chromoting: Remoting In via Chrome
Initially uncovered by U.K. tech news site The Register earlier this week, the news comes directly from a Google engineer Gary Kačmarčík who posted the following on the Chromium Google Group, an online message board for discussing the open-source project behind the Chrome browser and Chrome operating system: We're adding new capabilities all the time. With this functionality (unofficially named "chromoting"), Chrome OS will not only be [a] great platform for running modern web apps, but will also enable you to access legacy PC applications right within the browser. Read more: Read Write web
Initially uncovered by U.K. tech news site The Register earlier this week, the news comes directly from a Google engineer Gary Kačmarčík who posted the following on the Chromium Google Group, an online message board for discussing the open-source project behind the Chrome browser and Chrome operating system: We're adding new capabilities all the time. With this functionality (unofficially named "chromoting"), Chrome OS will not only be [a] great platform for running modern web apps, but will also enable you to access legacy PC applications right within the browser. Read more: Read Write web
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