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Acer says Chrome netbook is still on the roadmap
Acer denies reports it will launch a Chrome netbook at next week’s Computex show in Taiwan, but says it is still “working very closely with Google” on the project...
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Acer and Asus ready to launch Chrome-powered netbooks and slates
The two Taiwan tigers both have plans to debut new devices running Google’s open-source Chrome OS at next month’s Computex 2010 trade show in Taipei.
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Firefox 4 hits beta next month, launches in November
The fourth-gen browser will be faster, available in 64-bit edition, faster, sport a streamlined UI, faster, better for Windows 7 – oh, and faster.
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Google plots Chromium OS for screens from 5 inches to 60 inches
Google looks to scale its other open-source mobile OS to suit a wide range of devices from tiny tablets to big-screen TV sets.
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Google releases supercharged Chrome 5 beta
Revamped V8 engine delivers 30% speed boost to fifth-gen browser, which also gets integrated plugin-free Flash plus file drag and drop in HTML5.
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Internet Explorer market share under 60% and still falling
Microsoft’s once-mighty browser has lost 10% in market share from the beginning of last year as Chrome rockets up the charts.
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Is Google prepping an Android-powered gPad tablet?
Having already released its own Nexus One smartphone, and seeing the iPad’s rapturous reception, Google is said to be developing the ‘gPad’ – a touchscreen slate running Android.
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Microsoft introduces ‘browser shuffle’ ballot in Windows 7
Microsoft will revise its ‘browser ballot’ Web browser installation routine for European editions of Windows 7 and present the top five browsers in a random order.
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CrunchPad crashes to the ground
Just two weeks away from launch where it would be shown running Windows 7 and Google Chrome OS, the long-awaited and highly anticipated CrunchPad goes belly-up...
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Google tipped to release Chrome OS this week
The lightweight open source operating system is expected to make its debut sometime this week, with ‘out of the box’ support for a wide range of Atom netbooks expected.
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Firefox designer slams ‘pick your browser’ option in Windows 7
Microsoft’s ‘browser ballot’ for European editions of Windows 7 ranks Safari and Chrome before Firefox on the menu. Apple and Google seem happy, but not Mozilla...
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Chrome to get cloud-based bookmark sync
In a hint of thing to come for the OS, Google will add automatic bookmark and password synchronisation to its Chrome browser, based on a Google Account and ‘push’ technology.
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Sneak Peak: Streamlined ‘Chrome’-style UI for Firefox 4?
Official mockups of Firefox 4 reveal hints of a streamlined UI similar to Google’s Chrome browser in what Mozilla calls a ‘Tabs-on-Top’ design concept.
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Acer, ASUS, HP, Lenovo and Toshiba line up behind Chrome OS
Google’s first set of Chrome partners includes several leading laptop makers along with ARM processor firms Freescale, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments.
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