Hmm -- if accurate, this would suggest 1) Google is taking IE8 very seriously, and 2) Google, despite providing major funding for Mozilla.org (and recently renewing its agreement with Mozilla.org for another three years), apparently can't meet its objectives exclusively through Firefox.
Google Inc. plans to launch its own Web browser, people familiar with the matter said, in the latest twist in a battle with Microsoft Corp. over key Internet technologies.
The browser, called Google Chrome, is likely to be announced soon, according to these people. They say software is designed to make it easier and faster to browse the Web, by offering enhanced address-bar features and other elements that are very different from those on other browsers. The product will be open-sourced, meaning others can modify the code.
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