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  Chrome streaks past Internet Explorer to become world's top browser

  If the numbers at StatCounter are accurate then the world has a new Web browser champion: Google Chrome.

  By Brad Reed | 22 May, 2012 01:33

  Tags: software, mozilla, Microsoft, LAN & WAN, internet explorer, IE9, IE10, Google Chrome vs. Microsoft IE, Google Chrome, Google, firefox, browsers, applications

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  Chrome's trumping of Internet Explorer could herald things to come

  The news that Google's Chrome browser had briefly surpassed Internet Explorer, based on data compiled by StatCounter, as the most-used on the web last weekend may have taken some by surprise, but this writing has been on the wall for some time.

  By Jon Gold | 22 March, 2012 04:40

  Tags: 3C, Google, Google Chrome, internet explorer, Microsoft, mozilla, software, W3C

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  Pre-rendered pages highlight latest Google Chrome release

  You're familiar with autocomplete. Now get ready for auto-page rendering.

  By Brad Reed | 10 February, 2012 04:29

  Tags: Android, Android 4.0, applications, browsers, chrome, Chrome 17, Chrome update, Chrome upgrade, consumer electronics, Google, Google Chrome, smartphones, software

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  Google Chrome headed for Ice Cream Sandwich Android devices

  Google's popular Chrome browser is finally coming to Android-based phones, but only if you have the very latest version of the operating system.

  By Brad Reed | 08 February, 2012 08:26

  Tags: Android phone, applications, consumer electronics, Google, Google Chrome, networking, smartphones, software, Web browser, wireless

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  Google whips itself over Chrome debacle

  Google knows that it's been a very, very bad company.

  By Brad Reed | 05 January, 2012 04:28

  Tags: Google, Google Chrome, software

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  Chrome 15 tops IE8 as the world's most popular browser

  Google's Chrome 15 browser is currently the most-used browser in the world, according to new data from Web analytics firm StatCounter.

  By Brad Reed | 16 December, 2011 04:41

  Tags: Apple, Chrome 15, Chrome browser, Firefox 8, Google, Google Chrome, ie8, IE 9, Microsoft, mozilla, software

• Google launches WebGL Globe data visualisation tool

  Google has used its Chrome Experiments site to launch a new platform for geographic data visualisation. WebGL Globe, the source code of which is available from Google's code.google.com repository, can map data sets stored in the JSON format to a 3D depiction of Earth.

  By TechWorld staff | 10 May, 2011 11:07

  Tags: data visualisation, Google, Google Chrome, html5, WebGL

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  13 features that make each Web browser unique

  Many cynical users assume Web browsers do little more than dutifully render HTML. The content is the most important part, they say, so it makes little difference which browser you use.

  By Peter Wayner | 02 May, 2011 20:08

  Tags: applications, firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer (IE), opera, safari, software, web browsers

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  Firefox 4 speeds past 20 million downloads

  In the first week of its release, the Firefox Web browser has already tallied more than 20 million downloads with a real-time heat map recording the activity.

  By Rodney Gedda | 25 March, 2011 09:58

  Tags: firefox, firefox 4, Google Chrome, IE9, mozilla, Mozilla Firefox 4, web browsers

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  Google’s new Chrome billboard ads: Fast thinking on a slow medium

  Google has stepped up its "Chrome browser is fast" marketing campaign with a new direction – plain old printed billboards hoisted around Sydney train stations.

  By Rodney Gedda | 16 February, 2011 11:52

  Tags: advertising, advertising campaign, Google, Google Chrome, marketing, web browsers

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  Google kills H.264 support in Chrome

  Your move Apple: Google announced that they are changing Chrome's support of HTML5 'video' to be, in Google's view, more friendly towards open development. The H.264 codec is being removed in favor of the Theora and VP8 video codecs as well as any higher quality, open codecs. The resources that were used on H.264 will instead be used in supporting these open technologies.

  By Armando Rodriguez | 12 January, 2011 10:50

  Tags: Apple, future technology, Google, Google Chrome, html authoring, internet, web

• Five Great Free Business Apps for Google Chrome

  Five Great Free Business Apps for Google Chrome

  By Keir Thomas | 30 December, 2010 14:36

  Tags: Google Chrome

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  How Ubuntu Linux could help Google's CR-48 notebook

  Google's Chrome operating system-based CR-48 notebook computer may be in just a select set of hands so far, but it's been generating plenty of media attention.

  By Katherine Noyes | 17 December, 2010 10:24

  Tags: Google, Google Chrome, laptops, Linux, non-Windows, notebooks, open source, operating systems, software

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  Inside Google's new Chrome OS 'Chromebook'

  It's been a year since Google first said it would deliver a browser-only operating system for laptops called Chrome OS. Today, Google previewed the real thing at a time the iPad slate concept has already gained remarkable traction by businesses and users alike. (InfoWorld.com is covering this event live. Return to this story to get the latest updates.)

  By Galen Gruman | 08 December, 2010 06:55

  Tags: applications, browsers, cloud computing, Google, Google Chrome, Google Chrome OS, hardware, hardware systems, internet, laptops, mobile, Mobile platforms, Mobilize, netbooks, software, Software as a service, Telecommunication

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  Google Chrome Web Store opens

  Google opened its Web application store for Chrome browser users on Tuesday, offering highly interactive, graphically rich applications from a variety of sources, including National Public Radio, Amazon.com, Electronic Arts and Sports Illustrated.

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 08 December, 2010 07:49

  Tags: Google, Google Chrome OS, software, Google Chrome, app store, web browsers