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Security researches revealed vulnerabilities in ChromeOS this week at Black Hat, it was reported today by VentureBeat. By exploiting an issue in the pre-installed ScratchPad extension, the researchers were able to gain access to data stored in a user's Google account.

This is particularly noteworthy since Google has cited security as a benefit in using Chrome and has been shifting its own enterprise desktops towards Chrome, Linux and OSX.

Google's vice president for Chrome engineering, Linus Upson, believes that 60% of businesses could immediately switch to Chrome OS and put corporate system administrators out of work. At least that's what The New York Times reported he said, though the paper didn't quote Upson directly. But would YOU want to use Chrome OS for your work?

Google will release its Chrome OS - initially to just laptop users - in Q4 InfoWorld reported today. This announcement comes on the heels of rumors that Google is ditching Windows internally. Some are speculating that Google is making room for Chrome OS in its workplace, and may be aiming to compete with Windows in the enterprise.