German official wary of Google's Chrome browser

Internet surfers should approach the preliminary version of Google Inc.'s new browser, Chrome, with caution because its security is untested, a spokesman for Germany's Federal Office for Information Security said.

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Review: Google Chrome lacks polish under the hood

Google Inc.'s new Web browser, called Chrome, does much of what a browser needs to do these days: It presents a sleek appearance, groups pages into easy-to-manage "tabs" and offers several ways for people to control their Internet privacy settings.

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Internet search giant Google has lifted the lid on its operating system, known as Chrome OS. The free and open source system is initially aimed at low-cost netbooks and does away with many of the features of a traditional program.

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I love Google Chrome. It is smart and fast.

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Microsoft announced the availability of Silverlight 4 in beta at its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) today.

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Not only does the home tab page on the new builds of Chromium (and the dev builds of Chrome) feature not-yet-turned-on links to what looks to be an extensions gallery, but there are plenty of references (and pictures) in the Chromium boards as to what Google is planning with exte …

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Fastest Browser?

As you all know, I had computer problems a few weeks ago. Now that it has magically fixed itself, I would like your opinion of browsers. I currently use Sahara, but I've used Firefox and, of course, IE in the past.

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Yesterday, there were a number of stories suggesting that a beta version of Chrome for Mac was due in early December.

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Google's Chrome OS project, first announced in July, will become available for download within a week, we've heard from a reliable source. Google previously said to expect an early version of the OS in the fall.

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Net Applications has released the internet browser usage statistics for October. While changes weren't dramatic, they do seem to indicate a continuing trend: more are using Chrome and Firefox, while fewer are using Microsoft Internet Explorer.

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Another month, another set of data that shows the main browser usage trend is unchanged: though its lead remains large, Internet Explorer is still losing ground to all other browsers.

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Though Internet Explorer has been panned for lack of web-standard compliance, many are forced to use the browser because of stubborn IT departments. Fortunately, Google has issued its latest "up yours" to Microsoft with the Chrome Frame plug-in for IE.

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Google has rolled out a new version of its Chrome Web browser and a version of the Mac browser for mainstream users will be available within months, as the company moves to double Chrome's market share.

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With one attack on Google's V8 JavaScript engine, malicious JavaScript on a Web site could let an attacker gain access to sensitive data or run arbitrary code on the computer within a Chrome protected area called the sandbox, Google said in a blog post Tuesday.

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BOXES lined the cubicles and hallways in the offices of Mozilla on a recent afternoon, and its chief executive, John Lilly, seemed a bit disoriented as he looked for a place to sit.

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Google's Chrome OS may be the most-anticipated tech baby in the oven. Will it take Microsoft down? Will it take Microsoft down a peg? Will it help or hurt FOSS? Whether it will change the world as we know it remains to be seen, but it has already changed the discussion.

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Apple's iPhone App Store may be a resounding success. But Google says app stores are a dead end.

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In life I found that when one becomes overy confident is exactly the period before a fall. Be careful. All things in economy become comodities, including operating systems.

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The Official Google blog's intro to this announcement is as follows

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates may not want to comment on Chrome OS, the just-announced operating system from Google.

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Chip giant Intel has confessed that it's been working with Google on the Chrome OS project, secretly undermining the glorious Wintel alliance that has shaped PC systems for better or worse for nearly two decades.

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So everyone is worked up about this new browser operating system from Google. Drudge apparently has gone off his meds again and calls it a "death blow" to the Borg. No spinning red light, but still, pretty over the top.

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It is the technology industry's equivalent of the irresistible force meeting the immovable object.

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Google is releasing a lightweight, open-source PC-operating system later this year, the company announced Tuesday night, a move that threatens the very heart of Microsoft, long seen as Google's biggest rival.

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In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google announced late Tuesday that it is developing an operating system for PCs that is tied to its Chrome Web browser.

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Can Google's new operating system weaken Microsoft's grip on the PC market?

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Google Inc. is working on a new operating system for inexpensive computers in a daring attempt to wrest away Microsoft Corp.'s long-running control over people's computing experience.

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