Category: Internet Browsers
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Google Chrome 11 goes beta
Google has just announced the latest beta version of its popular Chrome browser, version 11.0.696.16 to be precise. The new beta version will be available for all users to test on all major platforms (PC, Mac and also Linux). So what improvements does version 11 feature? Well, the most notable feature of this new version […]
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US Judge closes the book on Google online library
Google has gone “too far” – claims a US Judge who has slammed closed the book on the search giant’s online library after recent revamps and expansion into a mobile phone version of the service. Google Books provides readers with a huge selection of searchable books, magazines and scanned literature at a cost, but it now […]
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Amazon Android Appstore goes live in the US
Stateside Android owners can get Angry Birds Rio for free via the new app ecosystem
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Mozilla Firefox 4 released 22nd March
Mozilla has announced that it will be releasing the FINAL version of the Firefox 4 browser to the public on the 22nd of March after what seems like the Beta testing to end all Betas. Mozilla Firefox 4 has been in Beta for for an astonishing 12 rounds of testing and now Mozilla has finally […]
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Mind control for PC with Emotiv EPOC – Sci-fi comes alive!
Sci-fi has come alive as a company in the United States have began selling what is essentially a mind control gadget for your PC! Emotiv are allowing wannabe digital Jedi to live their dream by controlling web browsing and game play hands –free via the power of the brain alone. Using 14 saline sensors which monitor […]
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Microsoft IE9 launches – 2.35 million download in first 24hours
Microsoft appears to be finally on form with its web browser, Internet Explorer! So over with web-heads is the latest version IE9, released yesterday, that it’s been downloaded a whopping 2.35 million times in just 24-hours. That works out at reportedly over 27 surfers worldwide downloading the new browser every second, or 240 every nine […]
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Google Mobile App becomes Google Search – links to other apps on iPhone and iPad
An upgrade to Google’s Mobile App for iPhone and iPad has just appeared on the iTunes store, with the mobile search engine now known simply as “Google Search” (of course!). The main intent appears to be keeping mobile web-browsing with the app quicker and easier, and to offer a wide range of settings, along with […]
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RockMelt – the Facebook powered browser enters public beta phase
You may have already heard of the new social network orientated browser, if not, RockMelt is designed to easily integrate with Facebook and allow users to keep up to date with their friends, using a browser style interface. RockMelt has been in private Beta since last November and although still in its development stage, the […]
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 set to launch on 14th March
It’s been in Beta testing for months now but finally Microsoft has put an official release date on the latest version of its internet browser, internet Explorer 9, set for release next week on the 14th or March 2011. The launch will coincide with a Microsoft press event at the SXSW Interactive festival which takes […]
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Apple issues iTunes update.. to its update!
A small bite here from Apple.. Just days after one iTunes update, here comes another! The update to the 10.2 version of iTunes became available last Wednesday (See our previous post) and today, without any real reason or noted details, Apple is suggesting users install another 77MB worth of upgrades, this time to the even newer […]
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Charlie Sheen blocking plug-in developed for Google Chrome
Had enough of the recent insanity (or genius..) of Charlie Sheen? You could be “Winning” with a recent plug-in created for Google Chrome which completely removes all mention of the fallen star from your web-browsing experience. It’s hard to log onto the world wide web lately without seeing or hearing of some recent rant or rambling from Sheen, who’s fall […]
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Google search Instant Previews goes mobile
Google’s successful Instant Previews feature, which appeared on the search site in November last year, has now arrived for mobile phone users. The addition of a small magnifying glass icon to Google search results brings up a miniaturized preview of search results which pops up at the click of a mouse (and now touchscreen) and does […]