In a recent blog entry I referred to The Register's speculation about Google building a web browser to compete with Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Apparently that isn't going to happen any time soon. This according to Associated Press:

Chief executive Eric Schmidt has, however, ruled out developing a Google browser to compete with Microsoft's dominant Internet Explorer.

According to The Register, Google is headhunting staff to build a web browser. Apparently, staff have already been poached from Microsoft and Sun. I, like many others, welcome a Google web browser to displace Microsoft's Internet Explorer as the dominant browser. Just imagine... a second "browser war," but this one could actually have a happy ending for us users!