Mozilla has responded by borrowing a page from the Google (Chrome)book: build an operating system that is essentially nothing more than a browser.

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Then you could do the same search on your iPhone or Android (or just synch Google Chrome) and maybe book tickets to a show on your phone, which then links with Google Maps to give you driving directions or bus routes and traffic info.

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Chrome, which it launched with a cheeky comic book instead of a press release, is the result.

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