Google has long been associated with Firefox and could use that as the basis for a Gbrowser, if or when it felt the need for such a thing. However, there's now a rumour going round to the effect that Google could buy Opera instead. Gary Price at Search Engine Watch reports:
OK, now to the source of what's going to be getting lots of blogosphere buzz in the coming hours. Dirson's New Google Blog links to a French language blog by Pierre Chappaz (former president of Yahoo! Europe), says that the acquisition is going down but to use the terms given in Google's mechanical translation of the post, this info needs to be "taken with precaution." That's one of the things that make it a rumor. If you don't read French and want it translated (CAVEAT EMPTOR) here's a mechanical translation from Google and from other sources.
Meanwhile over at the Opera Watch blog, Daniel Goldman has a denial:
"An Opera official outright denied this claim, after I asked about it, saying "Rumors come and go. Google is not buying Opera."
Under the circumstances, Google not buying Opera seems by far the most likely result.
