Chrome shines compared to Safari, IE, and Firefox in a hacking test
Wednesday was day one of the CanSecWest Pwn2Own hacking contest, and the results are in. Using fully patched copies of Safari, IE8, and Firefox, hackers broke them all. They each failed to what is called hacker “Nils.” The Pwn2Own contest challenges experts in security to find and exploit vulnerabilities in… Continue Reading »
Google gunning to jump in the EU case against Microsoft
And the boys continue to fight over who’s is bigger. I wonder if they all drive red cars? This latest round in the Google/Microsoft bru-haha features Google wanting to hop in bed with those battling Microsoft in an effort to prove antitrust charges having to do with the software giant’s… Continue Reading »
Google Chrome to get extensions in May
Despite the fact I love the speed that Chrome offers, I just cannot move away from Firefox without having those extensions I have come to need. Well, it seems that Chrome may be getting extensions sooner than later. A discovery made by Nicholas Moline shows that Google will be having… Continue Reading »
Internet Explorer losing ground to competitors
After surviving US and European Antitrust lawsuits for bundling their Internet Explorer browser with Windows, Microsoft is finally feeling the hit from a group they never expected — the consumer. It seems that less and less people are using the built in IE browser and are switching to better browsers,… Continue Reading »
Google updates Firefox Toolbar, adds Chrome-like “Most Visited” tab
Despite the fact that I am not ready to part with Firefox, it is hard to deny that Chrome does have some nice features, one of which is the most visited tab. Now, as part of the latest (currently beta) version of the Google Toolbar for Firefox, users will have… Continue Reading »
Google to world: Stop using IE6 already!
What the? In an obvious attempt to promote their own Chrome browser, Google is now urging Gmail users to drop Internet Explorer 6 and run Firefox or Chrome instead. With these other browsers, Google promises that Gmail will run “twice as fast.” Additional perks of the switch include fast JavaScript… Continue Reading »
Crossover Chromium brings Google Chrome to Mac/Linux
Codeweavers, the company behind the commercial aspect of the WINE project, has released a Mac and Linux version of Google Chrome after only two weeks since the debut of the Windows version. It isn’t a “real” release by any means. The company even refers to it as a “proof-of-concept” and… Continue Reading »
Google says they’ll “anonymize” you with Chrome
Wow, imagine that…privacy issues once again being raised in regard to Google. Shocker. The latest is in reference to issues with the Chrome browser and is addressed in the company’s blog. The latest word of the day is “anonymize”. That’s apparently what Google plans to do to get rid of… Continue Reading »
Walt Mossberg’s Google Chrome review
Walt Mossberg is the personal technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal who has been a very influential reviewer of tech products for some time. If you release a tech product and you want it to be successful, a good review from Walt Mossberg is a big step in the… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
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