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A Big Google Chrome Extensions Push Is Imminent (Pictures)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:11:22 +0530

A Big Google Chrome Extensions Push Is Imminent (Pictures):

For some time now, Google Chrome has been working with a number of extensions — but unofficially. That’s about to change in a big way, maybe as soon as tomorrow. And some digging through…

Obama: "I Have Never Used Twitter"

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:44:02 +0530

Obama: "I Have Never Used Twitter":

Barack Obama spoke to a group of Chinese students tonight at a town hall in Shanghai. The meeting was streamed live, worldwide on the Whitehouse website and on the Whitehouse’s Facebook page. He…

Atlantis Space Shuttle Launch will be Twittered Live

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:04:21 +0530

Atlantis Space Shuttle Launch will be Twittered Live:

NASA is getting even more social media savvy: the organization is sending 100 of its Twitter followers to Cape Canaveral for tomorrow’s launch of Atlantis; NASA awarded tickets to the…

Configuration Mania Tweaks Popular about:config Options in Plain English [Downloads]

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:10:03 +0530

Configuration Mania Tweaks Popular about:config Options in Plain English [Downloads]:

Firefox only: If you love tweaking every aspect of Firefox with the browser’s very useful about:config feature, but you get frustrated trying to decipher cryptic configuration strings (what’s…

Google will factor page load speed into search result rankings

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:10:22 +0530

Google will factor page load speed into search result rankings:

Filed under: Google, Search, Web

Google sure seems hung up on the speed of the web these days, and I have to say, I like it. After announcing the SPDY protocol they’re working…

Office 2010 Beta Hits BitTorrent One Week Before Debut [BitTorrent]

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:48:02 +0530

Office 2010 Beta Hits BitTorrent One Week Before Debut [BitTorrent]:

Like the Office 2010 Technical Preview, the Office 2010 Beta build, dubbed a “Beta 2” in some circles, has been spotted in the BitTorrent wilds, among other places, one week ahead of its…

AMO welcomes self-hosted add-ons and HTML

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:44:12 +0530

AMO welcomes self-hosted add-ons and HTML:

One of the staples of the Mozilla add-ons platform is the choice developers have to host and distribute their add-ons on any website they’d like — not just addons.mozilla.org. Yet, as the largest…

Kiosk mode added in Chromium nightly build

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:15:53 +0530

Kiosk mode added in Chromium nightly build:

Filed under: Developer, Google, Open Source, Beta, Browsers

Developers have a number of features they still want implemented in Google Chrome. In a recent nightly build of…

Chrome OS browser saddles up and mounts your drives

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:00:27 +0530

Chrome OS browser saddles up and mounts your drives:

Filed under: Google, Browsers

Not only does Google’s Chrome browser allow for file navigation (type ‘C:' into Chrome!), it makes sense that the browser in Chrome OS will act as a…

Google Parental Controls: Lock SafeSearch

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:24:24 +0530

Google Parental Controls: Lock SafeSearch:

As previously anticipated, Google added a feature that lets you lock SafeSearch filtering. Google says that “SafeSearch screens for sites that contain explicit sexual content and deletes them…

Mobile Firefox has a new logo: Furry fetishists rejoice!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:35:57 +0530

Mobile Firefox has a new logo: Furry fetishists rejoice!:

Filed under: Internet, Mozilla, Open Source, Browsers

You are looking at the new logo for Firefox Mobile: The Pocketfox!

It looks more like some Harry Potter fan-art in my…

YouTube XL Supersizes YouTube for Your TV [YouTube]

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:26:45 +0530

YouTube XL Supersizes YouTube for Your TV [YouTube]:

Many people are sporting HTPCs these days—media computers hooked up to their televisions—but some sites are designed like you’re sitting at your computer desk not on your living room couch….

Google Docs Labs?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:03:57 +0530

Google Docs Labs?:

A Google Docs error message has an interesting suggestion: “If you are running a Google Docs experiment, turn it off.”

Google Docs will probably add a Labs section with experimental features, much…

Google's Marissa Mayer Is One of Glamour's Women of the Year

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:03:57 +0530

Google's Marissa Mayer Is One of Glamour's Women of the Year:

At just 34-years-old, as Google’s vice president, search and user experience, Marissa Mayer, will soon be celebrating her 10-year Google anniversary. Being the very first female engineer to be…

I’ve Got Nothing: Crowdsourced Song Created by YouTubers [VIDEO]

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:38:48 +0530

I’ve Got Nothing: Crowdsourced Song Created by YouTubers [VIDEO]:

Wanna make a hit song? The ’standard’ way of doing it is learning to play an instrument, finding a couple more musicians, practice, create some songs, find a publisher…

…or you can…

Five Best Antivirus Applications [Hive Five]

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:54:08 +0530

Five Best Antivirus Applications [Hive Five]:

Computer viruses are increasingly sophisticated and pervasive. If you can’t afford to run your computer without some sort of antivirus software installed, check out these five popular options to…

Windows 7 already bigger than Snow Leopard and Linux combined

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:48:56 +0530

Windows 7 already bigger than Snow Leopard and Linux combined:

Filed under: OS Updates, Microsoft

It’s only been a couple of weeks since Windows 7 was released, but Microsoft’s new OS has already captured a larger percentage of the market than…

Transparency, choice and control — now complete with a Dashboard!

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:25:30 +0530

Transparency, choice and control — now complete with a Dashboard!:

Today, we are excited to announce the launch of Google Dashboard. Have you ever wondered what data is stored with your Google Account? The Google Dashboard offers a simple view into the data…

Summer of 2009: The Top 5 YouTube Videos

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:25:07 +0530

Summer of 2009: The Top 5 YouTube Videos:

Wedding dances, dancing babies, Kanye West, broken guitars and a crowdsourced music video. These are the top 5 most embedded and linked to videos of this summer. Social media analytics and…

Google Dashboard

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:42:33 +0530

Google Dashboard:

Google Dashboard is a new service that shows a summary of the data stored with a Google account. You’ll soon find a link to Google Dashboard in the “personal settings” of the “my account” page.