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Google Chrome upgraded across the board

Google has updated the Chrome browser for most of its multiple versions on all platforms in the past few days, although most of the updates have been minor. However, high-priority security fixes have been made to the stable version of Chrome. Read more »

Google simplifies leaving Exchange

Google's assault on Microsoft's enterprise software business has continued to advance as the search giant released a new tool that helps companies move away from Exchange. Read more »

Will Google Buzz be Wave's demise?

If Google Wave eventually fails to live up to the promise and hype that accompanied its launch, consider its demise an inside job. Read more »

Microsoft IE9 preview released

Microsoft released what it's calling the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview at its Mix conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, a prototype that's designed to show off the company's effort to improve how the browser deals with the web as it exists today and support for new web technologies that are coming right now. Read more »

Web guru Tim Bray takes Google Android job

Tim Bray, co-inventor of XML, notable tech blogger and until recently a Sun Microsystems employee, has joined Google's Android team in part to show the world what he thinks is wrong with Apple's iPhone. Read more »

Sun threatened by Microsoft, Apple over patents

Revealing a bit of previously hush-hush history that's relevant today, Sun Microsystems' former chief executive said that both Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Microsoft founder Bill Gates had threatened Sun for infringing their patents. Read more »

Google announces business app store for Google Apps

Google is bringing the app store concept to business cloud computing, giving software developers a store front for Google Apps customers. Read more »

Android coders get high-speed graphics ability

Want better games on your Android phone? They may be coming sooner now, at least for Android 2.0 models. Read more »

Microsoft IE7's zero-day hole

Microsoft warned of a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 and 7 that has been targeted in attacks, and released fixes for eight holes in Windows and Office as part of Patch Tuesday. Read more »

Chrome dev gets rudimentary HTML5 geolocation

In an update to the development build of Chrome, Google on Thursday introduced a rough version of the native HTML5 geolocation API. Read more »

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Explore the Semantic Web's standards and real-world applications

Here's an overview of the Semantic Web standards RDF and SPARQL and a look at two real-world applications that have emerged from the Semantic Web concept. Read more »

GoogleSharing: A way to prevent tracking by Google

A security expert has developed an innovative Firefox add-on that prevents Google from tracking your whereabouts on the internet. Read more »

10 Google Chrome extensions worth checking out

Improve your Chrome browsing experience by adding extensions that provide custom functionality. Read more »

Why Java and .NET will continue to compete

In this reader Q&A, the author talks about the future of Java, the cost to develop in Java compared to .NET and whether Java will displace .NET. Read more »

2009: A Linux year in review

This article looks back over the year 2009 at developments in the world of Linux and Open Source. What do you think are the big stories? Read more »

The big Linux Achilles: Documentation

Linux does have one glaring Achilles heel -- documentation. This article has a proposed solution for this problem. Read more »

Public DNS: Google's attempt at better web browsing

With the release of its Public DNS, Google says it has developed a new way to resolve DNS queries. It could translate into faster web browsing. So, how does it work? Read more »

O'Reilly: The web is at war, and it's making me sad

Web pioneer and conference honcho Tim O'Reilly warned the audience at the Web 2.0 Expo here on Tuesday afternoon that he thinks "we're headed into another ugly time". Read more »

How to research a company before your interview

It's imperative that you do your research on a company before you interview with them. Read more »

Hands-on programming: Using Bing from .NET

Justin James shares his recent Bing experience and provides a code snippet that will put you well on your way to writing a Bing-enabled application. Read more »

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CNET first look at Google Buzz

CNET's Josh Lowensohn takes you through some of the main features of Google's new social publishing tool Buzz, which is being made available to all Gmail users this week. Read more »

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China's attack on Google explained

Elinor Mills explains what happened to Google, how it happened, who did it, and who else was affected. Read more »

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Google demos 'Earth' app on new Android OS

At Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, senior product manager Erick Tseng demos Google Earth for Android. The new app mirrors the Google Earth application on the desktop. Read more »

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Google introduces the Nexus One smartphone

Google VP of Product Management Mario Queiroz and Android Senior Product Manager Erick Tseng demo the new Google Nexus One smartphone. Read more »

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Google Chrome beta for Mac

It's not fully baked yet, but Google Chrome for Mac reaches a major milestone with the release of an official beta version. More stable than the development version, this Chrome beta brings rocket-powered browsing to Apple's computers -- but it still lacks some key features. Read more »

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Google Chrome OS demonstration

Vice President of Product Marketing Sundar Pichai gives a virtual tour of Google's new operating system, Chrome OS. Read more »

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt

Google's chief sits down for an extremely rare, wide-ranging interview and discusses Google's two operating systems, government scrutiny, and, of course, evil. Read more »

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Application virtualisation hits handsets

At VMworld in San Francisco, VMware CTO Stephen Herrod shows a Visa mobile application on a Microsoft Windows CE device that is also running virtually on Google's Android OS. Read more »

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Apple's app flap: Don't blame AT&T

ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz shares his views on the recent iPhone related controversy--Apple's rejection of Google Voice. Read more »

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IE9's H.264 vote killed Ogg

[blogs:betaliving] -- In a split decision by the judges, the winner of the W3C/WHATWG video codec consensus is H.264, taking home the future of video playback on the internet while loser Ogg goes home with nothing but thoughts of what might have been. Read more »

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LCA Open Day

Yesterday was show and tell day for linux.conf.au with a pavilion full of gadgets, toys and cool stuff Read more »

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Microsoft shows off IE9 preview

This week, highlights from Microsoft's MIX10 conference and more in the Roundup. Read more »

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IE9's H.264 vote killed Ogg

In a split decision by the judges, the winner of the W3C/WHATWG video codec consensus is H.264, taking home the future of video playback on the internet while loser Ogg goes home with nothing but thoughts of what might have been. Read more »

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Google launches Apps Marketplace

Google launches and app store, while Mozilla plans to re-write its open-source license. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »

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