Google sheds light on netbook plans for Chrome OS

News in brief: Make room Windows, Chrome's on its way

Google has taken the wraps off its Chrome OS for the first time.

At an event held at its Mountain View HQ on Thursday, Google vice president of product management Sundar Pichai gave the assembled press a tour of Chrome, which showed the basic look and feel as very similar to the Chrome browser. The OS is aimed at netbook users and is designed for fast, lightweight computing.

While the code has been open sourced, the OS won't be available for consumers to buy for about a year.

Google VP Sundar Pichai unveiled the Chrome OS
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For more details on the Chrome OS, see Google has its own plan for netbooks on CNET News.com.