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Google Ships Chrome 1.0–Now For the To-Do List

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Well, that was quick! Yesterday, my colleague Dave Worthington wrote about the news that Google planned to take its Chrome browser out of beta soon. Soon, it turns out, is right now. The little “BETA” label is gone from the Chrome logo, and you can download version 1.0 from the Chrome site. Assuming, that is, [...]

Report: Google Polishes Off Chrome

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

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The browser was are heating up– again. Google vice president Marissa Mayer said that company’s Chrome browser is on the verge of coming out of beta, according to a report by TechCrunch. Chrome made its debut as a beta on September 2nd; for Google, a beta period of only a few months is a surprisingly [...]

State of the Browser Betas: A Technologizer Cheat Sheet

Thursday, December 4, 2008

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I’m hesitant to make any bold predictions about what 2009 will hold for technology, but this one seems profoundly safe: a lot of Web browser upgrades will ship. That’s because new versions of the current big five–Chrome, Firefox, IE, Opera, and Safari–are all in various stages of progress. And prerelease versions all except Safari are [...]

Google Answers Your Chrome Questions

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

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I spent much of yesterday at Google, visiting with several teams to learn what they’ve been working on lately. I came with a little list of questions in my pocket–ones that members of the Technologizer community threw out when I said I was headed to the Googleplex. And while there were some good questions that [...]

The Trouble(s) With Google Chrome’s Security

Monday, October 6, 2008

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It’s been more than a month since Google Chrome first hit our desktops. The blogosphere is still pondering its features and performance, and making predictions about Google’s future in the browser business. But amidst all of the commentary about Google’s latest venture, very few have taken the time to examine the new browser’s security. Browser-based [...]

Holy Cow! It’s Chrome for the Mac! Right Now! Sort of!

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

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For all you Macintosh freaks itching to try Google’s Chrome browser, the good news is that Google is working on a Mac version (as well as one for Linux). The bad news is that it’s not saying when it’ll arrive, even though cofounder Sergey Brin is supposedly just itching to get his hands one one. [...]

Microsoft’s Zune: 24 Hours of Glory

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

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Steve Jobs goes onstage to unveil new iPods at 10am today; we’ll all be drowning in coverage of them shortly thereafter. So I understand why Microsoft made its Zune announcements yesterday morning.

Windows Vista: Bring in the Gurus!

Friday, September 5, 2008

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Okay, I’m already sick of talking about Jerry Seinfeld and churros and shoes and Bill Gates’ underwear. There must be more to life. Or even to Microsoft’s plans for Windows Vista.

Project Fakebar: Improvising a Google Toolbar Substitute for Chrome

Thursday, September 4, 2008

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Two days ago, I mentioned that the wildly popular, extremely useful Google Toolbar didn’t work in Google’s Chrome browser. I said I missed it. So do legions of other people, judging from the thousands of Toolbar fans who have read that post, and the 140 who have commented on it so far. Who knew that [...]

Dell Joins the Mini-Laptop Movement

Thursday, September 4, 2008

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Remember when laptops were big, heavy, and cost two or three thousand dollars? Most of the action at the moment involves undersized cheapie models like the eee PC, HP Mini-Note…and Dell’s new Inspiron.

Google Chrome: Our Coverage So Far, and a Poll

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

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Was it only day before yesterday that we got the startling news–via the startling medium of a graphic novel by a leading cartoonist–that Google had secretly been working on a Web browser and was about to release it? Yup–and it was only yesterday that that browser became available for download. I’ve had a blast writing about [...]

TiVo and DirecTV: Together Again

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

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I have a soft spot for TiVo, so today’s list is topped by some good news about the DVR that remains synonymous with DVRs. Plus: Two Google Chrome items (inevitably!) and two iTunes items!

Google Chrome: Impressive! Innovative! Incomplete!

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

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(UPDATE! I’m conducting a poll about Chrome–please go here to take it, and to get a recap of all of Technologizer’s Chrome coverage.) When Google says that Chrome “is far from done,” it’s not engaging in aw-shucks modesty. This browser is missing some of the basic stuff that I thought made a browser a browser in [...]

Needed for Chrome: The Google Toolbar

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

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(VITAL UPDATE! If you came here looking for a Google Toolbar for Chrome, the bad news is that there isn’t one. The slightly less bad news is that it’s possible to construct a rough approximation–I explain how to do so in this post.) (UPDATE! I’m conducting a poll about Chrome–please go here to take it, and [...]

Google Chrome: My Stream-of-Consciousness Notes

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

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(UPDATE! I’m conducting a poll about Chrome–please go here to take it, and to get a recap of all of Technologizer’s Chrome coverage.) I promise to publish a coherent evaluation of Google’s Chrome browser later today–but coherent evaluations take time. Right now, I’m playing around and exploring and seeing what happens. And I’m going to share [...]

Google Chrome: It’s Live

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

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(UPDATE! I’m conducting a poll about Chrome–please go here to take it, and to get a recap of all of Technologizer’s Chrome coverage.) Time to stop speculating about Google’s Chrome browser and start trying it: The Chrome download site is live, with a beta version (Windows only for now–sniff). I just installed it and will be back [...]