Google Chrome Browser, OS Updated

Google has updated its Chrome browser-at just about the same time the company began shipping beta-version Chrome OS-powered note books. The two are connected, in that Chrome (the browser) runs Web apps similar to those that run under Chrome (the operating system); in fact, the two look remarkably similar: There is a sense in which Chrome OS is the Chrome browser, em-bedded in a machine and acting as a gateway to server-based apps that run in the cloud, rather than locally. The test notebooks are truly beta units and, while flawed, have garnered cautiously positive reviews based on expected improvements in interface and functionality.