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Chrome and Chromium?

May 15, 2010 12:08PM PDT

What is the difference between Chrome and Chromium?

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Chrome and Chromium
May 16, 2010 12:37AM PDT

Google Chrome is Based on the open source Chromium Project. I do not think the you are able to use Chromium as a web browser like Chrome. But I could be wrong.

This Link can explain it better than myself: http://www.chromium.org/

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(NT) (NT) So, Chromium is NOT associated with Google?
May 16, 2010 6:41AM PDT
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I do not know for sure
May 16, 2010 11:07AM PDT

But from what I read from the web site link I gave you. I think Google owns Chromium or at least associated with Google in some way.

Manmur