According to Robert Vamosi at CNET the new browser from Google Chrome is based on the open-source project Webkit, the same rendering engine used by Apple Safari. Webkit is also the source for , Google's mobile platform, so it seems that Google is planning to use Chrome in mobile environments.

As you may have already seen, Google has launched a new web browser for Windows PCs called Chrome. According to their comic PR site, it's based on the WebKit open source browser engine, which is also used as the browser engine in the Symbian S60 browser and OS X Safari browser. WebKit currently powers the default browsers on Nokia, Samsung and Apple smartphones as well as Macintosh computers,...

Found under: Google, Windows Mobile, Software, Google has a new browser ready for Windows PC. Chrome thats how they call it is based on the WebKit open source browser engine. The same engine is used for the Symbian S60 browser and for Apples Safari browser. WebKit is used for Nokia Samsung and Apple browsers. Is Chrome going to be an Internet browsing hit Is it going to surpass Mozilla Firefox Wel...

According to the oracle-like superbrains at J. Gold Associates, Google's Android OS and Nokia's Symbian will "combine to provide a single open source OS," sometime in the very near future... say, three to six months. Sure, Android is just about to launch on devices in late 2008, and Nokia just announced in June that it will be moving Symbian towards open source -- and of course the two companies h

The two largest open-source mobile platform initiatives are swirling up rumors that they'll be joining forces to combine the Symbian and Android platforms spearheaded by Nokia and Google, respectively. Allegedly informed analysts at J. Gold Associates are claiming that a merger between Nokia and Google could kick off in three to six months, citing both companies open-source mobile operating system

J. Gold Associates predict that in the near fufure, three to six months from now, Google and Nokia will combine their Android and Symbian platforms "to provide a single open source OS". Although there are no signs that somehow prove the aforementioned statement, the source is positively convinced that will happen very soon. "A combination of the Android and Symbian efforts would be good for the in

Samsung has reportedly agreed to a buyout proposition of its Symbian Ltd shares, which means that now Nokia owns Symbian as a whole. Nokia’s plan is to make Symbian Operating System into Open Source to compete against the upcoming mobile phone operating system Google Android, which is open source as well. The new company in charge

The two largest open-source mobile platform initiatives are swirling up rumors that they'll be joining forces to combine the Symbian and Android platforms spearheaded by Nokia and Google, respectively. Allegedly informed analysts at J. Gold Associates are claiming that a merger between Nokia and Google could kick off in three to six months, citing both

The Google Android open-source website is now open, less than a year after announcing the android operating system. If you go to the site you will see that it includes of course the Android source code, project list, how to contribute, feature descriptions and information guide as to who can have what role in a

Google has announced its own open source web browser known as Chrome and the beta version will be available for free download on Tuesday September 2, 2008 in more than 100 countries. The Chrome browser will be based on the same open source browser engine known as 'Webkit' that the Apple Safari browser uses. Google claims that its new browser will be faster, simpler and better than all exis...