Monday, June 14, 2010

Chrome OS: remote access to applications

When Google has unveiled its next operating system OS Chromium in November 2009, opinions were mixed. Indeed, the latter revolves around the Google browser Chrome has been specially designed to run web applications.

However, details have just been revealed on a new feature called Chromoting. Thus the official discussion group Chromium Kacmarcík Gary, an engineer at Google, said : "With this new feature Chrome OS is not only a platform to run web applications, it is also possible to access for PC software directly through the browser.

If no details have been published on the operation mode Chromoting, the user should be able to remotely access a computer connected to the Internet and use a local application. This feature, if it is well implemented in Chrome OS, should satisfy users requiring timely creating or editing a file on a terminal extra.

One imagines that this device will be coupled to a streaming system to access and read files hosted remotely. In this regard, we learned last month that Google had bought Simplify Media . Initially available in the App Store, this program allows you to centralize its computer various media (music, photos) to access it directly from their iPhone streaming via WiFi or 3G. It is also possible to access the library from other terminals booster as a netbook or laptop.

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