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Firefox 4 performance lags behind Chrome 10 and IE 9
Written on Tue, 03/22/11 - 1:28pm
When it comes to browsers, faster is better. Chrome 10 kicks the butts of the brand new Firefox 4 and Internet Explorer 9 in benchmark tests run on my 2Ghz Intel-based Windows 7 PC. All three new editions of browsers released this month promise performance gains. Of them Chrome 10 really delivers and...
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10 great Google Chrome extensions worth downloading
Written on Wed, 12/16/09 - 11:25am
On Dec. 8, Google finally released a repository of extensions for Google Chrome. Chrome extensions numbered at more than 300 on launch day. As a beta project, extensions come with a few caveats from Google. For the moment, Google is only supporting extensions in its latest beta version of Chrome,...
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Google Chrome gains Mac, Linux versions -- and extensions
Written on Tue, 12/08/09 - 6:09pm
Big news today for Google Chrome browser lovers and wanna be Chrome lovers: beta versions for the Mac and for Linux have become available and, at least as exciting, Chrome extensions have arrived. Chrome couldn't hope to compete with Firefox until it offered users the ways and means to customize their...
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Google releases beta of Chrome for Windows 4.0
Written on Tue, 11/03/09 - 12:57pm
Google has released the 4.0 beta of its Chrome browser. The main new feature is a way to synch your bookmarks across multiple computers. The synch technology is based on the same XMPP-based servers that power Google Talk.
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Chrome Frame makes IE smokin' fast but breaks Outlook
Written on Thu, 09/24/09 - 3:33pm
Testers are claiming that the Google's new Internet Explorer plug-in, Google Chrome Frame, makes IE8 run ten times faster. Microsoft is not amused. The company has already started a push-back campaign that notes that Frame breaks stuff in Outlook and Word and might offer a big target for hackers
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Google Chrome 3.0 arrives
Written on Tue, 09/15/09 - 5:44pm
Google Tuesday launched Version 3 of its Chrome Web browser, which keeps the pressure on competing tools by boosting JavaScript performance by 25% vs. the latest stable release.
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Chrome for Mac, Linux released, but not ready for the masses
Written on Fri, 06/05/09 - 4:11pm
Despite what you might be reading on the social networks today about the Mac and Linux versions of Chrome, these are early, unstable versions, not ready for the masses. Google late Thursday released what it is calling "developer-only" versions of Chrome for Mac and Linux, taking the first...
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Google to Microsoft: Two can play this monopoly game
Written on Wed, 02/25/09 - 10:40am
Last week, Google was hit with a lawsuit claiming it used anticompetitive, monopolist tactics to push a "competing" search engine out of business.
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Chrome for the holidays
Written on Wed, 11/26/08 - 12:10pm
Google's Chrome browser is picking up some good press these days. In speed tests conducted by ExtremeTech, Chrome was deemed significantly faster at page loads and other tasks than either Firefox or IE. And CNET reports that although Chrome usage trails that of IE and Firefox by quite a bit, it's still...
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Google offers easy-to-use location APIs
Written on Fri, 08/22/08 - 8:46am
Google released two geolocation APIs, one for AJAX and one for Gears, aimed at making it easier to embed user location data into mobile and Web apps. The move brings Google one step closer to getting Gears in the hands (and browsers) of more users, and eventually increasing its control over the browser...
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The Source Seeker blog is written by Julie Bort, editor of the Open Source Subnet site as well as the Microsoft Subnet, Cisco Subnet sites. Indeed, Bort is the Online Community Editor for all of Network World. She also writes The Microsoft Update blog. If you have an idea for a blog, or a news tip on open source, Microsoft or Cisco, contact her at jbort@nww.com, 970-482-6454 or follow Julie on Twitter @Julie188.

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