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Whoosh! Chrome shimmies past Mozilla’s Firefox in global browser market share, IE still rulez

December 2nd, 2011 12:43pm 1 comment

Whoosh! Chrome shimmies past Mozilla’s Firefox in global browser market share, IE still rulez

For the first time, Google’s Chrome web browser has shimmied past Mozilla’s Firefox global browser market share, becoming the second most popular browser on the planet in November 2011.

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Samsung Series 5 Chromebook hits the UK, priced at £349 upwards

June 23rd, 2011 9:45am 1 comment

Samsung Series 5 Chromebook hits the UK from £349

Europe has had to wait patiently in line to bag a piece of the new Chromebook action, but from today, Samsung’s new Series 5 Chrome OS machine should be hitting the stores.

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Samsung Chromebook shown off in official video

May 13th, 2011 11:45am No comments

Samsung Chromebook shown off in official video

Samsung has released a promo video for their upcoming Samsung Chromebook, which runs Google’s new Chrome OS operating system.

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Google explains the Chromebook with a witty video

May 12th, 2011 5:27pm No comments

Google explains the Chromebook with a witty video

Figuring that a lot of folks are going to have a bit of trouble getting their heads around what the new Google Chrome-powered notebooks are all about, the search engine giant has released a rather charming video.

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Chrome Web Store fills up with free Atari games, productivity crumbles

March 3rd, 2011 11:14am No comments

Chrome Web Store fills up with free Atari games, productivity crumbles

Oh dear. Here goes our productivity for the day.  The Chrome store is now listing no less than 12 classic Atari games for free download.

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Chrome browser hits version 9, complete with Chrome Web Store

February 4th, 2011 9:15am No comments

Chrome browser hits version 9 complete with Chrome Web Store

It became our de facto browser after Firefox crashed one time too often, and now Google’s Chrome browser has hit the giddy heights of version 9.

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Google Chrome OS notebook – promo video

December 8th, 2010 11:18am No comments

Following on from yesterday’s updates about the new Google Chrome OS and their closed beta laptop, here’s an official video extolling the virtues of the new operating system.

It looks good to us, but are you tempted?

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Google Chrome Web Store goes live

December 7th, 2010 9:15pm 1 comment

Google Chrome Web Store is live

The Google Chrome Web Store we reported on a short while ago has now officially gone live.

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Google introduces Chrome Web Store, shows off Chrome OS laptop

December 7th, 2010 8:22pm No comments

Google introduces Chrome Web Store, shows off Chrome laptop

Google has been providing updates about their Chrome range of products, including news about the Chrome OS and the official announcement of the Chrome Web Store.

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Xmarks browser sync service to close Jan 2011. Boo!

September 28th, 2010 11:11am 2 comments

Xmarks browser sync service to close Jan 2011. Boo!

We were a little miffed to receive an email from the Xmarks team today notifying us that they will be shutting down their free browser synchronisation services on January 10, 2011.

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Internet Explorer soars while Firefox gets a kick in the goolies

August 2nd, 2010 9:15am No comments

Internet Explorer soars while Firefox gets a kick in the goolies

Microsoft continues to revive the fortunes of its once-ailing Internet Explorer (IE), with new figures from NetMarketShare reporting that the browser has  increased its share of the browser market in by 0.42 per cent in July to bag a total share of 60.74 per cent.

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Google Chrome shimmies past Safari in the US, IE still rules

June 28th, 2010 5:46pm No comments

Google Chrome shimmies past Safari in the USLike Billy Whizz on a bag of Columbian marching powder, Google’s internet browser Chrome has zipped past Apple’s Safari for the first time in the US to grab third place in the browser market.

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Worldwide browser share: IE slips, Firefox falters, Chrome soars

June 2nd, 2010 10:46am No comments

Worldwide browser share: IE slips, Firefox falters, Chrome soars

Once the mighty, all-conquering colossus of internet browsers, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer continues to lose its market share, with new data on browser use trends revealing that it’s now used by less than 6 out of 10 surfers.

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Loveable Google Chrome videos show off Extensions and Translate features

April 21st, 2010 12:59pm No comments

Funky Google Chrome videos show off Extensions and Translate features

We’re growing to really like Google’s quirky and engaging promo videos, and two more gems have just been released that are well worth watching.

The first one shows off some of the extensions available for the Chrome browser, while the second one showcases its native translation capabilities.
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New Google Chrome for Mac beta offers extensions, bookmark syncs…

February 11th, 2010 4:54pm No comments

New Google Chrome for Mac beta offers extensions, bookmark syncs and more

Since releasing the Chrome for Mac beta browser at the end of last year, Google’s techie bods have been busy bunging in new features, and have today decided to share their latest version of their free browser with the Apple world.

Their new update of Chrome for Mac now packs extensions, bookmark sync, and the ability to install any of over 2,200 extensions currently available in Chrome’s extensions gallery.

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