Google has confirmed that it is launching Google Chrome, a new web browser. Rumours of a Google browser project had been around since 2004, but a posting on the Blogoscoped site has turned those rumours into something much more tangible. It reported on the arrival of a 38 page comic book, drawn by Scott McCloud, which detailed Google's Chrome web browser. Some hours later, Google posted on its official blog, saying that it "hit 'send' a bit early on a comic book", and went on to confirm all the details which were laid out in the book.

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