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Google dusts off Chrome bugs with developer update

Google released a developer-oriented update to its Chrome web browser on Wednesday that fixes some crashes and video playback issues. Read more »

Google quietly updates Chrome

Search giant Google has quietly begun releasing a hastily prepared update to its Chrome browser to fix some security problems. Read more »

Microsoft tries to one-up Google PageRank

Though a distant third place to Google, Microsoft thinks it can teach its rival a thing or two about searching the Internet. Read more »

Google to unveil 'Android' phone software

Google is ready to unveil a suite of software for mobile phones based on open-source technology, backed by some of the largest wireless industry companies in the world. Read more »

Google puts an end to illegal YouTube content?

Google claims to have a new system for identifying pirated video on YouTube as it gets uploaded, but the system puts the burden on movie studios and other content owners to provide YouTube copies of their content first. Read more »

Find toxic wastelands via Google Earth

The Environmental Protection Agency in the United States wants to make it easier for Google, Microsoft and other enterprising online mappers to spread the word about potentially hazardous sites in your neighborhood. Read more »

Google releases customisable search

A new Google tool will let people use Google's search platform to create search engines focused on the content of their choice. Read more »

Ballmer: Trusting Vista, battling Google

Steve Ballmer wants you to know one thing: He never throws chairs. Read more »

Google unveils desktop search

Google on Thursday unveiled its first-generation desktop application for searching through personal files and Web history stored locally on a PC, a move that could shake up the landscape of Internet search and raise privacy hackles. Read more »

Google in sight as Ballmer vows .NET push

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confessed the software giant's .NET strategy has come to a standstill, says he's accepted SQL Server's shortcomings, and vowed to keep fighting search giant Google. Read more »

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Mozilla chairman unfazed by Google Chrome

Things just got a lot more complicated for Mitchell Baker, the Mozilla Foundation's chairman and "chief lizard wrangler." Read more »

Make the most of mapping down under

Map-based mashups are appearing everywhere. Whether you're planning a bike commute or looking for hotels, Andrew Muller shows how Aussies can incorporate maps into applications. Read more »

Q&A: Microsoft chairman Bill Gates

The world's richest man on web apps, ultramobile PCs, dirt cheap PCs and the 'G' word. Read more »

How keywords impact search engine rankings

Want to know how to apply keywords to optimise your search engine success? Michael Meadhra shows you how in this article. Read more »

Blog format truce proposed

In an attempt to lasso support from Google, a key proponent of the syndication format RSS has proposed that it merge with its challenger under the auspices of an Internet standards body. Read more »

Troubleshoot Apache with these tips

The Apache Web server is well-proven, but can still offer an administrator headaches from time to time when things go wrong. Read more »

Flex: The new face of design and development

Far more than just a toy for graphic-savvy developers, Adobe's Flex is one of the best Rich Internet Application tools around. Read more »

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64 bit me

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- If these 64-bit systems are going to use wrappers and other tricks to maintain compatibility with vendors unwilling to support the platform, is there any point to having it? Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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