Google’s Earnings: 4 Takeaways

Apr 15, 2011 No Comments

Google’s Google’s Q1 earnings are out, and the verdict isn’t good. While its revenues and profits are up by 27% and 15% respectively, its earnings per share didn’t meet Wall Street expectations… Tweet This Post

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Mozilla Introduces Aurora, The Pre-Beta, Post-Nightly Firefox — It’s Their “Dev” Build

Apr 13, 2011 No Comments

While Google Chrome may still only have about 10 percent market share in the web browser world, it’s effect on the space has been much greater. For example, remember when Google said that Chrome would begin releasing new versions every six weeks? Well now we’re seeing both Mozilla and Microsoft move towards that type of [...]

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Developer creates YouTube voice controls for Chrome in 3 days

Apr 08, 2011 No Comments

Proving the case both for HTML5 development and Chrome 11’s nifty new speech input functionality, developer Robert Oschler has managed to put together a demo of voice-driven YouTube controls in just three days… Tweet This Post

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As Gecko Scurries Away, Camino Looks To WebKit To Save Itself

Mar 30, 2011 No Comments

Long ago, before Chrome existed for OS X (so, 2009) my browser of choice was Camino. You’ll be forgiven if you’ve never heard of it, it’s an open-source project that zero people work on full-time… Tweet This Post

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That Was Fast: The Speak-To-Search Extension For Chrome

Mar 23, 2011 No Comments

It seems like just yesterday that I was writing about Chrome 11′s awesome new ability to let you speak to the browser by way of HTML5. In fact, it was just yesterday. But that hasn’t stopped a team from coming up with a Chrome extension to get it to work in search boxes across the [...]

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Firefox 4 blows away Internet Explorer 9 with first day downloads

Mar 23, 2011 No Comments

As if you needed a reminder that the next browser wars have begun, Mozilla’s Firefox 4 browser managed to double Internet Explorer 9’s first day downloads in less than 24 hours, CNet reports. CNet noted that Firefox 4 had 4… Tweet This Post

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On Firefox 4 Day, Chrome 11 Hits Beta With The Ability To Talk To Your Computer!

Mar 22, 2011 No Comments

As you’re aware by now, earlier today Mozilla officially unveiled Firefox 4 to the world. At first glance, it’s a great update with massive speed improvements. And that’s good, because that’s exactly what they need to combat the fast-rising Chrome browser from Google… Tweet This Post

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Sony crafting VAIOs with Chrome OS, external GPUs and Thunderbolt tech?

Mar 19, 2011 No Comments

Sony’s top-secret prototype labs must be clocking hours like mad, as Sony Insider reports that the company has two more surprises in store — in addition to a PlayStation tablet, dual-screen clamshell and sliding PC, the skunk works has cooked up a Chrome OS notebook, as well as a “VAIO Hybrid PC” that defies any [...]

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Microsoft launches Internet Explorer 9, its prettiest browser yet

Mar 15, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft’s long journey to revitalize Internet Explorer, and make it a competitive web browser against speedy upstarts like Google Chrome, finally reached its end tonight. A few hours ago, Microsoft made the final version of Internet Explorer 9 available on its Beauty of the Web site… Tweet This Post

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Chrome Extension Blocks Celebrities From Your Browser

Mar 10, 2011 No Comments

Don’t you wish you could just dismiss some celebrities to another dimension? Now you can with Silence of the Celebs, an extension for the Chrome browser that makes it seem like that object of your disdain never existed… Tweet This Post

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Safari and IE8 get shamed at Pwn2Own, Chrome still safe… for now

Mar 10, 2011 No Comments

Ahead of the most recent Pwn2Own, Google made a rather proud challenge: it’d pay $20,000 to any team or individual who could successfully hack Chrome. Two takers signed up for that challenge — and then both backed down… Tweet This Post

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Google Chrome Gets Updates: New Interfaces, Faster Browsing

Mar 08, 2011 No Comments

Tuesday, Google announced a few changes to Chrome, its engineered-for-speed web browser.The super-fast beta version that was announced a few weeks ago has already been updated to a stable version. For the Googlers working on Chrome, speed entails not only faster code (the latest version of Chrome boasts a 66% improvement in JavaScript performance) but [...]

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