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Microsoft accidentally releases new Internet Explorer 9 screenshot and details

Microsoft accidentally releases new Internet Explorer 9 screenshot and details

August 25, 2010 1:04 PM Devindra Hardawar

Even though we’ve seen a few developer previews of Microsoft’s upcoming Internet Explorer 9 browser, the company has managed to keep news of IE9′s new visual interface under wraps — until now. It appears that Microsoft Russia accidentally released a …

Google to charge devs $5 to list Chrome extensions, themes, apps — adds domain verification for security

Google to charge devs $5 to list Chrome extensions, themes, apps — adds domain verification for security

August 19, 2010 12:59 PM Devindra Hardawar

In an effort to increase the security of its extensions and themes galleries, Google announced today that it will be implementing some changes. It will charge developers a one-time $5 fee to list their extension and themes, and it’s also …

Google's Chrome Web Store likely coming in October, focusing on games

Google's Chrome Web Store likely coming in October, focusing on games

August 18, 2010 8:13 AM Devindra Hardawar

Back in May, we reported that Google was working on an app store for web applications, dubbed the Chrome Web Store. Now we have further details on the project.

Google spoke to gaming press at the Game Developers Conference Europe, …

Google's Chrome 6 beta revs up with faster speeds, extension syncing, form autofill

Google's Chrome 6 beta revs up with faster speeds, extension syncing, form autofill

August 11, 2010 12:59 PM Devindra Hardawar

Google has released the first beta version of its Chrome 6 web browser, and along with the typical speed improvements, it brings some very useful features to Chrome, including improved syncing (with support for extensions), a nifty Autofill tool for …

Apple catches up to Mozilla and Google, brings extensions to its Safari web browser

Apple catches up to Mozilla and Google, brings extensions to its Safari web browser

July 28, 2010 9:33 AM Devindra Hardawar

Apple released Safari version 5.0.1 today, and while the version number may seem minor, it’s actually a fairly important update since it finally brings extensions to the web browser.

Apple previously showed off its extensions last month, and Safari 5 …

Google offers its own spin on mobile payments for Android users

Google offers its own spin on mobile payments for Android users

July 5, 2010 2:42 PM Devindra Hardawar

While not exactly a competitor to the hot mobile payment startup Square, Google released last week a mobile payment option of its own for merchants and Android phone users. The company has developed the new Android Payment extension, which merchants …

Safari 5 vs Internet Explorer 9: Why speed matters (video)

Safari 5 vs Internet Explorer 9: Why speed matters (video)

June 8, 2010 10:33 AM Paul Boutin

Browser makers have focused their attention on the feature that matters most to Web surfers, other than not crashing: speed.

Apple’s Safari 5 browser, launched yesterday in the shadow of Steve Jobs’ new iPhone, is said by Apple to run …

Chrome reaches 70 million users, from 30 million last June

Chrome reaches 70 million users, from 30 million last June

May 19, 2010 12:50 PM Kim-Mai Cutler

Google’s Chrome browser has more than doubled its user base since last June. The browser now has 70 million users up from 30 million last year, the company said at its developer conference today in San Francisco.

Chrome is gradually …

Mozilla's Firefox 4 vision looks a lot like Google Chrome

Mozilla's Firefox 4 vision looks a lot like Google Chrome

May 11, 2010 2:04 PM Devindra Hardawar

A recent blog post by Mozilla’s Director of Firefox, Mike Beltzner, offers up the first real glimpse at what the open source browser maker intends to accomplish with Firefox 4. And not too surprisingly, it looks like Mozilla is racing …

Google adds auto-translation and new privacy features to Chrome beta

Google adds auto-translation and new privacy features to Chrome beta

March 2, 2010 10:30 AM Devindra Hardawar

Google has been on a roll with its Chrome browser lately. It recently released extensions to the stable Windows version of the browser, as well as a beta Chrome for Mac with extension support included. Now the company has announced …

Creepy Chrome ads unintentionally highlight Google's data prowess

Creepy Chrome ads unintentionally highlight Google's data prowess

January 25, 2010 1:30 PM Kim-Mai Cutler

This probably wasn’t intentional on part of Google’s marketing team. But it sure is eerie!

It’s a London billboard ad promoting Google’s web browser Chrome, showing stats on how the product helped one hypothetical user grab a cheap ticket to …

What are Google's real motivations behind Chrome OS?

What are Google's real motivations behind Chrome OS?

November 27, 2009 5:10 PM Vijay Pandurangan

Guest Post

Chrome OS is Google’s latest entry into the consumer space. It is designed to be an operating system that runs on customized hardware and provides the user with only a state-of-the art browser running HTML-5 and some plugins. The tech …

Chrome 2 browser runs Web 2.0 30 percent faster

Chrome 2 browser runs Web 2.0 30 percent faster

May 22, 2009 9:09 AM Paul Boutin

I spend most of my workday typing and clicking into a browser window. I hate it. When I see the catchphrases “cloud” or “hosted” or “as a service,” my brain rewrites it as too damn slow.

Google’s Chrome browser …

Roundup: Intel launching six-core chip, Miasole raising big round, the making of Google's Chrome and more

Roundup: Intel launching six-core chip, Miasole raising big round, the making of Google's Chrome and more

September 4, 2008 12:34 AM Dean Takahashi

Here’s the latest action:

Intel to launch six-core microprocessor – A chip code-named Dunnington is expected to debut on Sept. 15. Intel will put six cores, or computing brains, on a single chip. But this is really no big deal. …

Our review: Chrome more than capable of taking on IE and Firefox

Our review: Chrome more than capable of taking on IE and Firefox

September 2, 2008 7:28 PM Jake Swearingen

Add web browers to the list of things Google does well. The Mountain View-based search giant debuted its new web browser today in a public beta, and I’ve spent most of the afternoon poking around the web and seeing how …

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