Google today patched 12 vulnerabilities in Chrome, including one of the few labeled "critical" that it has fixed in the five-year history of its browser. Tuesday's update to the "stable" build channel -- analogous to a production version ...
Opera Software today released the first beta version of its flagship browser that uses the open-source WebKit rendering engine, making good on a pledge from February. "Opera Next" -- analogous to a beta -- shipped Tuesday for Windows and ...
Google has released a beta version of Chrome that introduces what the company describes as "richer" notifications from the browser's apps and extensions. The Chrome browser has been able to display this type of notification for more than ...
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Android's new boss hinted of an eventual merger of Chrome and Android but said the two will remain separate "for the short term," in an interview posted prior to Google I/O's opening keynote on Wednesday. The comments by Google's Sundar ...
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Google is rolling out a new IT administration console for its Apps email and collaboration cloud suite and for other enterprise products such as Maps Coordinate and Chrome OS devices. The console's interface now has what ...
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Taiwanese PC maker Asus plans on getting behind Google's Chrome OS and will launch a notebook running the OS in the second half of this year, said company CEO Jerry Shen. The Google-developed OS is still in its early stages, but "market ...
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As part of Microsoft's loan of $2 billion to a group trying to buy PC maker Dell, the two companies must modify the payment terms of Dell's current agreements with Microsoft, a document filed with U.S. regulators said. CEO and founder ...
Google's move this week to make it easier for Chrome browser users to find "packaged apps," Chrome OS's souped-up Web apps, is part of its strategy to turn any Internet-capable device into a Chromebook wannabe loyal to the company's ...
Google yesterday released an add-on that lets users view Microsoft Office documents within its Chrome browser, another small step in the search giant's encroachment on Microsoft's lucrative business productivity turf. Two months ago, ...
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Microsoft's top executive for mobile phones took shots at both iOS and Android today, calling Apple's operating system "boring" and claiming Google's is "a mess." Speaking at a conference hosted by the Wall Street Journal's All Things D, ...
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Microsoft's top executive for mobile phones took shots at both iOS and Android on Tuesday, calling Apple's operating system "boring" and claiming Google's is "a mess." Speaking at a conference hosted by the Wall Street Journal's All ...
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Google has launched its Microsoft Office substitute, Quickoffice, for the iPhone, Android smartphones and Android tablets, fulfilling a promise made in December. The release on Tuesday follows the launch of Quickoffice for Apple's iPad ...
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Google launched its Microsoft Office substitute, Quickoffice, for Apple's iPhone, Android smartphones and Android tablets, fulfilling a promise made in December. The release on Tuesday follows the launch of Quickoffice for Apple's iPad ...
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Chrome OS and Android will remain as separate operating systems, each addressing specific requirements, Google's executive chairman said Thursday. There will be more commonality between the two OSes, but they are going to be separate for ...
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Although Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said this week that Chrome OS and Android will remain separate operating systems "for a very, very long time," one analyst still thinks the two will eventually merge. Despite Schmidt's comments, ...
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