The versioning of Chromium and thus Google Chrome has been criticized in the past for being raised with light speed. The first beta version of the Google Chrome web browser was released on September 2, 2008 and the web browser quickly made its way through versions 1 to 4. The official releases at this point [...]

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The Google Chrome developers have released an update to the stable Google Chrome client. Google Chrome 4.1.249.1059 has been released to the stable channel on Windows. It fixes several security issues and Chrome users are asked to update the web browser as soon as possible to protect their browser and the computer system from exploits [...]

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Adobe Flash was natively integrated into the Google Chrome browser two weeks ago. As usual the feature was disabled by default at first and had to be enabled with a startup parameter. The latest update to the developer release version of the Google browser changes this by enabling the Flash plugin by default in the [...]

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The Google Chrome 5 development has reached a new milestone with the release of Google Chrome 5 Beta for Windows operating systems. The official release version of the Google browser is still version 4 but users and developers who are interested in testing the latest additions and improvements can download developer or beta releases of [...]

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Computer users have several choices when they need to take notes. They can write the notes down on paper, try to remember them, use a text editor, use a specialized note taking software, use a gadget that sits on the computer desktop, post the note in an email, text field or use a web browser [...]

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Phantom tabs have been designed to help Internet users reduce the amount of computer memory the Google Chrome browser uses at any given time. Many Internet users keep some websites and services open all the time in their web browser even though they might be accessed only sporadically by them. These tabs occupy the same [...]

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Online services, bookmarklets and extensions that have the aim of increasing a website’s readability usually alter the way the website is displayed in the web browser. This ranges from removing elements that are unnecessary for reading the text to font and color changes so that the text becomes more readable than before. Readability Redux is [...]

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Computer users sometimes run into situations where they won’t or can’t use a computer mouse. Think of a netbook or notebook for instance. Those computer without a computer mouse most of the time and the touchpad replacement or substitute sometimes does not really cut it. Keyboard Navigation is a Google Chrome extension that aids the [...]

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The memory usage of modern web browsers has increased quite a bit over the years which can be attributed to the increased functionality but also to plugins and extensions that use computer memory as well when the web browser is running. Google Chrome and Chromium make it easier for the user thanks to the build [...]

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