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Extension To Chrome Brings Remote Desktop Abilities

Posted by timothy on from the new-meaning-for-parental-support dept.

CNET reports that as of yesterday, a new Chrome extension will "let a person on one computer remotely control another across the network." The new remote-desktop capability is in BETA (Google's all-caps version, for emphasis), but is said to work to control any OS from any other OS, so long as both sides are equipped with Chrome and the new extension. Related: Wired is running a profile of Rajen Sheth — "father of Gmail," and now in charge of Google's Chromebook project as well.

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  1. Yeah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sounds exactly like something I want my web browser to be able to do. What could possibly go wrong?

  2. Re:technical demo vs. useful tool by Qwavel · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Otherwise, what's the difference if one still has to install software on both systems to make it feasible?"

    Well, given that TeamViewer starts at $700 for commercial use, I would say there is rather a large difference.