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• Safari 5 in depth: Has it sped past Chrome?

  The just-released Safari 5 ups the ante in the browser wars, with two major improvements: a performance boost to rival speed king Chrome, the highly useful Safari Reader, which makes it much easier to read multi-page Web articles.

  By Preston Gralla | 15 June, 2010 03:49

  Tags: Google Chrome, safari, web browsers

• Google Chrome 5 Beta: The top five features

  Google recently launched the beta version of Google Chrome 5, the next iteration of the search giant's Web browser. New features include HTML 5 specifications like Geolocation and file drag-and-drop; expanded cloud sync capabilities; Flash integration; and JavaScript engine speed boosts.

  By Ian Paul | 06 May, 2010 02:39

  Tags: broadband, browsers, Google Chrome, web browsers

• 5 reasons why Google Chrome will crush IE In browser war

  Google's Chrome browser is shining brightly, and it's not hard to see why. First, the stats: According to the latest NetApplications figures, Chrome now has 6.7 percent of the browser market--a stunning rise from zero prior to 2009. Competing browsers are either treading water or, as in the case of Microsoft Internet Explorer, in precipitous freefall.

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 05 May, 2010 06:43

  Tags: browsers, Google Chrome, internet explorer, web browsers

• 10 most useful Google Chrome experiments

  When it comes to presenting graphically oriented programs through a browser, the usual go-to development platforms have been Adobe Flash and -- to a lesser extent -- Microsoft Silverlight. But other, more open technologies are starting to show promise.

  By Howard Wen | 12 April, 2010 15:27

  Tags: Google Chrome, web browsers

• Chrome's gobbling market share, and here's why

  Google's Chrome was the only major Web browser to gain market share last month, eating away at Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari.

  By Jared Newman | 02 March, 2010 04:02

  Tags: Google Chrome

• Chrome aims to steal some iPad thunder

  Fresh off the unveiling of Apple's iPad tablet PC, we have a whole new batch of tablet rumors--this time regarding a Google Chrome-based tablet device. The Chromium Project, the core behind the development of the Chrome operating system. Has released a number of mockups and early concepts regarding what a Chrome-based tablet PC might be.

  By Tony Bradley | 03 February, 2010 10:48

  Tags: apple ipad, Google Chrome, tablet PCs

• Chrome gaining ground in a war without a winner

  The latest browser market share numbers are out and, judging by the headlines, Google is crushing the competition with the Chrome Web browser.

  By Tony Bradley | 03 February, 2010 06:27

  Tags: Google Chrome, web browsers

• Google's Chrome tops Safari: Is Firefox next?

  Google Chrome hit a milestone over the weekend when it became the third-most popular browser after Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, according to metrics firm Net Applications. It controls just 4.63 percent of the browser market, but Chrome has made significant inroads against competing browsers, such as the former bronze medalist Apple Safari.

  By Ian Paul | 05 January, 2010 08:22

  Tags: firefox, Google Chrome, internet explorer, safari

• The 10 best Chrome extensions for work and play

  Some of these add-ons for Google's browser will boost productivity and some are just plain fun.

  By Julie Bort | 18 December, 2009 08:15

  Tags: Google Chrome

• Building the Google smartbook dream machine

  The netbook promises convenience and capability in a small, lightweight, and generally inexpensive package, and the concept of a smartbook goes even further: a handy-dandy combination of smartphone and notebook. Alas, most netbook offerings come burdened with a full-blown Windows operating system, which runs slowly on performance-limited netbook hardware and saps battery life. And Windows is not exactly smartphone-oriented.

  By Mel Beckman | 07 December, 2009 22:15

  Tags: Google Android, Google Chrome, laptops, mobile computing, netbooks

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  Google Chrome: The fast browser with slow adoption

  The launch of Google's Chrome browser a little over a year ago brought with it a mountain of hype and expectations, with some suggesting it could be as instantly disruptive and beneficial as Gmail was to the webmail market.

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 31 October, 2009 11:18

  Tags: Google Chrome, web browsers

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  Browser wars redux: Top 5 duke it out

  For browser fans, this is the best of times.

  By Preston Gralla and Michael DeAgonia | 14 October, 2009 05:06

  Tags: firefox, Google Chrome, internet explorer, opera, safari, web browsers

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  Google's Chrome 2.0 Is underwhelming

  Google's upgrade of Chrome to 2.0 is exceedingly underwhelming --- there's so little new that if you blinked you'd miss the changes.

  By Preston Gralla, Computerworld | 26 May, 2009 01:20

  Tags: Google, Google Chrome, web browsers

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  Mozilla's Jetpack builds on Firefox's top strength

  Ask people what they like most about the Firefox browser and the answer is almost unanimous: The add-ons. Though blamed for slowing browser performance, the downloads allow users to customize the Firefox experience. Jetpack, announced yesterday, hopes to make these extensions easier to create.

  By David Coursey | 23 May, 2009 00:55

  Tags: firefox add-on, Google Chrome, jetpack, mozilla, mozilla firefox

• Google's Chrome 2.0: first impressions

  Google Chrome is a browser whose only claim to fame (aside from being a Google product) is its speed and simplicity. In fact, some would claim that Chrome is simple to a fault, with version 1 of the browser lacking features that seem almost fundamental for a Web browser in 2009, such as form auto-fill, a full-screen mode, and extensions.

  By Uchendu Nwachuku | 23 May, 2009 00:26

  Tags: Google Chrome