With Chrome OS Google will try to provide an operating environment analogous to Windows and other desktop OSs for web applications. This means web applications will be able to access graphics accelerators, mutli-core architectures and multimedia peripherals like cameras, speakers and microphones -
http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/it-fud-blog/2009/11/chrome-os---is-this-the-first.html
...Thursday May 08, 2008 Access Manager WindowsDesktop SSO Configuring WindowsDesktop SSO in Access Manager is simple and...to be remembered or aware of to configure WindowsDesktop SSO. - Make sure Active Directory...
http://blogs.sun.com/ashoka/entry/windows_desktop_sso