GOOGLE's announcement of a new web-based operating system is the latest salvo at its biggest rival, Microsoft.

谷歌宣称将发布一款新的基于网络的操作系统，这是针对微软——这个最大竞争对手的最新一轮进攻。

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This year will be remembered for cloud computing, real-time search, and the appearance of Google's Web-based operating system.

即将过去的2009年，将因为云计算，实时搜索，和google的网络操作系统而被我们记住。

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Indeed, as applications and operating systems alike use Web services directly, you might argue that this is the start of a Web-based operating system.

确实，由于应用程序和操作系统都直接使用Web服务，因此您可能会争论说这是基于Web的操作系统的开始。

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It uses Google's Android mobile operating system and is meant to work easily with Google's Web-based services.

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Because people inside companies are accessing their data from so many different devices, Box has focused on building a Web-based system that is agnostic and not tied to any one operating system or device-maker.

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But this digital Battle of Verdun is not the only challenge for Google as Mozilla is also launching its mobile operating system: FirefoxOS. To make a long story short, FirefoxOS is the equivalent of ChromeOS for smartphones: a light-weight mobile operating system where the user interface and all applications are web-based.

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The not-for-profit organisation behind the Firefox web browser has announced handsets based on its operating system for mobile phones.

BBC: Mozilla reveals Firefox smartphone launch partners