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Well it seems all of the rumors about Google Chrome OS being released into the wild were just rumors. Rumors that it seems someone is trying to make a buck on. So before you pay someone to get a phony release, stay calm, cool, and collected. Some people in the technology field seem to think [...]

According to the CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, Android is getting ready to explode. Not blow up, but start to grow rapidly. The low cost, open source, fully featured, and ready to go operating system is going to take over the cell phone industry. Though his boasting may be overstated, could what he is saying [...]

I recall that when I first read about Google’s Chrome Frame, my first thought was “why?” Why does Google care if Internet Explorer users can render a Web page correctly or not? Shouldn’t this be a concern of Microsoft and not Google? What impact will adding Chrome Frame pose if it were added to Internet [...]

The browser wars are of no concern to me since I couldn’t care less how much market share any of them command. What is important is that this newest browser war is going to benefit all of us. This new crop of browsers are faster and hopefully more secure.
During the past week I have been [...]

Hillary Clinton was asked by a State Department employee why the agency couldn’t use the browser Firefox, which is used by other government agencies. The employee stated that Firefox was a safer browser and that employees at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency enjoyed using the alternative browser.
The article also stated the following:
You don’t have to [...]

For those of us who have been using the web for awhile, we are familiar with the browser Netscape. Netscape was the vehicle that many of us used to first venture onto the World Wide Web. We also know the story on how Microsoft killed off Netscape, not by having a superior product, but by [...]

I’ve been playing with the new Google Chrome browser since it was first released. But to be honest I just keep going back to my trusty Firefox because I like the add ons that Firefox offers. But this morning when I downloaded the new Beta version of Chrome, I must admit that this puppy is [...]

I recently wrote that Intel could be getting ready to drop their Atom Z processor that has been the main cpu for Netbooks. The thinking was that Intel may be feeling the heat from lower profit margins from selling the Atom Z than what they would of realized in selling their other line of processors. [...]

Bill Gates has stepped up to the plate and took a swing at the newly announced Google Chrome operating system saying it looks like Linux. Mr. Gates did say the Google hasn’t really said much about the new OS so it is hard to really comment on it. In fact the less Google says the [...]

Is it just me or has the past 6 weeks or so been a whirlwind of announcements? We started with Microsoft and their $100 million dollar Bing assault on Google search. Google counters with the announcement of their Google Chrome operating system, which some feel is an assault on Windows. Microsoft comes back with placing [...]

Google has added a new feature to Google Maps, in which the user can click on an added icon which will take them to an approximate location that they are at. I tried the new feature and it was right on the money, showing me a picture of the front of my house.
According to the [...]

Over at Deals and More [VentureBeat]  they have an article in which a Microsoft VP was interviewed and he expressed his views on the new Google operating system. According to Walid Abu-Hadba who is the Vice President of Developer and Platform Evangelism [ that's the real title folks - sounds more like a church gathering], [...]

When Google announced that it would be introducing its Chrome Operating System next year, it was only a matter of time before questions arose. The Google Chrome Blog team immediately set out to answer some of the most popular questions.
Here are the FAQs as answered by the Google Chrome Team:

Is Google Chrome OS free?
Yes – [...]

For years Linux has tried to become a viable operating system, but has garnered less than 1% of the market place. Though Mac users proclaim the simplicity of the Apple operating system, the high price of their hardware has kept many of us from making the switch. Microsoft with their Windows system still has a [...]

How times have changed. About a decade or so ago, when Netscape folded, Microsoft was basically the only browser left. But today we have a wide assortment of choices and people are seem to be taking advantage of those choices. Since March Microsoft has lost over 11% more market share to Firefox, Safari and Chrome. [...]

The folks over at Mozilla have been working hard and furious for the next upcoming release of Firefox 3.5. I have been using Firefox 3.5 from the beta’s through the RC releases which is now RC 3. The new Firefox works very well but there is one plug in I use that still fails to [...]

During my roaming around the Internet, I stumbled upon Dot Net Perls site that had an interesting profile on the memory usage for several browsers. The browser tests included Firefox 3.5RC, Chrome 3.0, Safari 4 and Opera 10b. The testing is described as follows:
Here we note that the previous study of browser memory usage on dotnetperls.com [...]

Opera reminds me of the children’s story about the little engine trying to pull a long train over a mountain. The little engine keeps saying ‘I think I can’. Which should become Opera’s slogan. While the other engines like IE, Safari, Firefox and Chrome continue to be the market leaders, Opera just fails to be [...]

Google is announcing their plan to advertiser their browser, Chrome, on TV this weekend. The search giant will be showing an ad which was originally developed by their team in Japan. On the Google blog site they have the video available to take a sneak peek at the ad. According to the Google team it [...]

Over at Slashdot they have created a stir about the EULA that Google provides for their Chrome browser. One sentence:
‘7.3 Google reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service. For some of the Services, Google may provide tools to [...]