Technologizer

Chrome for Mac, Finally Within Sight?

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Over at Cnet, Steven Shankland has taken notice of some info on a mailing list for Google Chrome developers that suggests that Google’s browser may arrive in an OS X beta in early December. If so, fifteen months will have passed between Chrome’s Windows debut and its appearance on the Mac. (Developer versions of Chrome [...]

Chrome for Mac: Not Here Yet, But Use It Anyway

Thursday, October 22, 2009

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Here at the Web 2.0 Summit, a surprise guest dropped by this afternoon to be interviewed by cochair John Battelle: Google cofounder Sergey Brin. An audience member asked him a question that was on my mind, too: Exactly what’s going on with Google Chrome for the Mac, which still hasn’t shipped well over a year [...]

What is This “Browser” of Which You Speak?

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

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Can you convince someone who doesn’t even know what a Web browser is to switch to a new one? Google appears to be trying, with a new Web site and video, which I learned about in this post by MG Siegler. The site is, of course, a thinly-veiled promotional vehicle for Google [...]

Google Burrows into Internet Explorer

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

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Today, Google announced a plug-in for Internet Explorer that usurps the IE browsing engine’s role, rendering pages with Google Chrome instead. The plug-in, called Google Chrome Frame, targets Web developers who must program around IE 6’s proprietary quirks. Internet Explorer remains the world’s dominant Web browser, but many of its users are running archaic versions of [...]

Google Chrome Turns One: A Few Questions and Answers

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

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One year ago today, Google released Chrome, a day after the news–at once startling and inevitable-feeling–leaked that it had decided to get into the browser business. (Lest we forget, Chrome remains the only major software product ever to be announced via comic book.) Back on September 1st, 2008, I hadn’t yet had the opportunity to try [...]

Sony Adds a Little Chrome to the VAIO

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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If you buy a new Sony VAIO computer, you’re going to get a new browser. No, Internet Explorer isn’t going anywhere. But Financial Times is reporting that Sony has signed a deal to preinstall Google’s Chrome on its PCs. Chrome-equipped machines are making their way to customers even as we speak. I’m not sure whether Chrome [...]

5Words for Tuesday, August 18th 2009

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

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Like 5Words? Subscribe via RSS. Chrome bookmark syncing is coming. Are your iPhone e-mails gone? Microsoft introduces a 720p Webcam. Apple sells 25% of songs. Exploding iPhones are “isolated cases.” Update on Twitter hacker defense. Verizon’s making progress on LTE. Pre developers can sell apps. Flickr users love the iPhone. Satisfaction: Apple slips, others gain.

Chrome Gets a New Version. No, Not for the Mac.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

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Google has released a new beta of the Windows version of its Chrome browser. The company says it’s faster, and it’s also added basic skinning, an improved New Tab feature, tweaks to the Omnibox address bar, and more HTML 5 support. I say “the Windows version,” but that’s the only version of Chrome to receive a [...]

Google Ties Chrome to Cloud Services

Monday, August 3, 2009

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Today, Google fired a new salvo in the browser wars, announcing an upcoming synchronization service for its Chrome browser. A preliminary mockup of the service will be released to developers later this week, with general availability possible later this month, according to reports. The service will first deliver bookmark synchronization –something that’s already possible with Firefox [...]

Eleven Questions About Google’s Chrome OS

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

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Here’s one of those breaking stories that’s stunning at first–until you think about it, whereupon it feels like it was always inevitable. Google announced tonight that it’s working on an operating system for PCs, turning a hypothetical scenario that’s been around for years into reality. Almost by definition, it’s the most direct attack possible on [...]

Firefox 3.5: The Technologizer Review

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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Was it really fewer than five years ago that Firefox 1.0 debuted? Its arrival ended the dismal period in which only one browser–Microsoft’s mediocre Internet Explorer–seemed to be viable. With Firefox, Mozilla proved that millions of people were itching to adopt a better browser. And today, we find ourselves with multiple better browsers: Not just [...]

5Words for Friday, June 5th, 2009

Friday, June 5, 2009

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Lotsa Pre news this Friday… Pre is rife with Google. An interview on Pre design. Pre/Sprint exclusivity: how long? Don’t use Mac/Linux Chrome! Acer’s Android netbook runs XP. So does this Chinese phone. T-Mobile’s G2 known as MyTouch. Best Buy’s Windows 7 plans. FTC takes down rogue ISP.

5Words for Thursday, May 28th 2009

Thursday, May 28, 2009

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Wave? Makes me think Jobim… Nice detailed Google Wave overview. Verizon will get the Pre. Steve Ballmer demos Zune HD. Palm Pre syncs with iTunes. Palm Pre very first impressions. Review: Google’s developer conference phone. Chorme for Mac: still coming. Eighteen Android phones by December.

Google Chrome Gets the TV Treatment

Friday, May 8, 2009

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When it comes to advertising, Google believes in eating its own dogfood–it uses its own ad platform to promote some of its own services, but it’s rare to see Google self-promotion off the Web. But not unheard of: There used to be billboards in San Francisco touting the GOOG-411 information service, for instance. And Google [...]

Chrome for the Mac: Still Waiting!

Monday, May 4, 2009

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It’s been seven months now since Google released its Chrome browser for Windows and said that versions for OS X and Linux were in the works. In the time since then, Chrome has become the browser I turn to first when I’m using Windows. And when I’m using a Mac? Well, I spend a fair [...]

5Words for March 18th, 2009

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

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Here’s what I’m reading this morning: Google Chrome: In beta! Again! Big Blue to buy Sun? Palm Pre vs. iPhone. Jailbreakers dive into iPhone 3.0. Fujitsu sells a color e-reader. More hot water for Kindle. Watch your mouth on Twitter. Privacy group wants Google investigated. McCain Twitter interview: kinda lame. A $132 PC, sort of. Psystar introduces another Mac clone. Early TV digital transition list.