Google’s Chrome Browser Challenges Microsoft’s IE8

September 4th, 2008

Does the world need yet another Web browser? Google thinks so and planned to make its beta version of the door to the World Wide Web available on Tuesday.Google did not say what time Tuesday the new browser, dubbed Chrome, would be downloadable in more than 100 countries. But analysts were to get a sneak peak at Google’s Mountain View, Calif., headquarters at 11 a.m. Pacific time, according to Greg Sterling, principal analyst at Sterling Market Research.

“Until people really have a chance to download and use Chrome, it’s difficult to say whether or not it’s going to be a significant player,” Sterling said, noting Google’s servers could crash in the wake of millions of people trying to download the new browser. “Chrome could have a Safari-like share, an Opera-like share, or less. Then again, Google has some pretty massive distribution and it could gain adoption globally.”

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