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Chrome beats Internet Explorer in global Web browser race

May 21st, 2012 · No Comments

The last time Internet Explorer (IE) wasn’t the top Web browser in the world, late 1998, Bill Clinton was president; France was the World Cup champion; Netscape was IE’s top rival; and, oh yes, Google was founded. One anti-monopoly lawsuit, which was largely based on Microsoft’s illegal tactics against Netscape, and not quite fourteen years [...]

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Tags: Business · Google · Internet · Microsoft · Network · Web browser

Chrome 19: The Best Web browser just keeps getting better

May 16th, 2012 · No Comments

better and better. The just released Chrome 19 is a perfect example of this. Besides fixing a slew of security problems, Chrome 19’s niftiest new feature is tab syncing. Chrome has long given you the power to sync your bookmarks, apps, extensions, history, themes, and other settings. Now, you can sync your open tabs as [...]

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Tags: Business · Google · Internet · Network · Web browser

Will the Google Chrome Web browser come to Apple’s iPads and iPhones?

May 15th, 2012 · No Comments

Macquarie (USA) Equities Research, a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services, is speculating that Google will be bringing its popular Chrome Web browser to Apple’s iPad, iPhone and iPod iOS. Will Google do this? And, perhaps the more important question, “Will Apple let them do this?” Macquarie’s analysts argue that [...]

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Tags: Apple · Business · Google · Infrastructure · Internet · Network · SmartPhone · Tablet · Web browser

Is Microsoft blocking Chrome and Firefox from native Windows RT a big deal?

May 10th, 2012 · No Comments

Mozilla and Google, makers of the Firefox and Chrome Web browsers, don’t have a problem with building new versions of their popular browsers for Windows 8’s Metro interface. Firefox for Metro is on its way and so is Chrome. What they both object to though is that Microsoft’s own Internet Explorer 10 and its successors [...]

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Tags: Business · Development · Google · Infrastructure · Microsoft · Network · Operating System · Tablet · Web browser · Windows

How Google Drive will compare to Dropbox

April 17th, 2012 · Comments Off

It looks like the Google Drive is actually going to show up next week. Telling, when I asked, Google what the truth was about the rumours, Google said nothing to say instead of their usual “official” no-comment when I ask them about subjects they’re not ready to talk about. So, I think that this time [...]

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Tags: Business · Cloud Computing · Desktop · Google · Infrastructure · Network Services · Web browser · Web Services