However, Net Applications noticed something unusual with stats from Google.com, which would represent Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) employees, not the public at large that use its search engine. Two-thirds of the visitors from Google.com did not hide what operating system they were running, which Net Applications recorded in its survey.

One-third, however, were unrecognized even though Net Applications' sensors can detect all major operating systems including most flavors of Unix and Linux. Even Microsoft's new Windows 7, which is deployed internally at Microsoft headquarters, would show up by its identifier string. But the Google operating systems were specifically blocked.

"We have never seen an OS stripped off the user agent string before," Vizzaccaro told InternetNews.com.

You know how whenever Apple needs a hot stock injection they announce a new product or loudly file a patent? I get the feeling that in the past couple of months, Intel's been getting a lot of i7 love, Microsoft and Seven are getting more traction than Vista has hate, and AMD is beating their drums harder than the whole cast of... that magical Irish line-dancing, crotch-zooming deal... But yeah, Phenom II.

The lack of evidence is itself evidence, yes, but what's more likely, that Google's making an OS or that they're just being mysterious for attention's sake? They've been a little left out of late. I might even go as far as to say they've got an x86 compilation of Android out there, testing some stuff and, you know, being mysterious. It's what they do.




Then there's this "Google OS" video shooting around the tubes. Alright, follow that link: thinkgos.com. That's Good OS, not Google OS, and running Chrome on it when Google announced long ago that they're porting Chrome to Linux shouldn't surprise anyone. Well, it's a little cool. And sexy.

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