Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has officially announced it. And they are open sourcing it, as I suspected below: “Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the [...]

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Apple has released the beta version of Safari 4 for Mac and PC, with claims that its Nitro rendering engine is 30 times faster than IE7, and three times faster than Firefox 3. Other new features include “Top Sites,” which shows users the most frequently visited Web pages, “Full History Search” for [...]

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The digital interactive marketplace will continue to take shape and even make strides in 2009. IPG Emerging Media Labs identifies five trend areas to watch next year, related to browsers, conversation, transmission, retail and consumer tech.
Digital Interactive Marketplace CRM

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Yesterday Apple quietly slipped out an update to their Safari Web browser to version 3.2. The notable feature is that it finally adds anti-phishing technology, an area where Safari has lagged behind competitors. Aside from that, it provides some security fixes, improved JavaScript performance, and a slightly newer version of Webkit, pulling [...]

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Perhaps the biggest threat to Google Inc. (GOOG)’s increasing dominance of Internet search and advertising is the rising fear, justified or not, that Google’s broadening reach is giving it unchecked power.
This scrutiny goes deeper than the skeptical eye that lawmakers and the Justice Department have given to Google’s proposed ad partnership with [...]

I am checking out the Flock social web browser. It has very powerful functionality. Worth a try, for sure.
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Tens of thousands of people are expected to line up this Friday for the most hyped gadget of the decade - the iPhone.
Don’t be one of them.
Oh, it’s a technological marvel. But Apple’s all-in-one handheld isn’t the best cellphone - or even the best iPhone - that will be sold in the next year.
The iPhone [...]

How many consumers will visit AT&T and Apple stores this Friday for the long-awaited launch of Apple’s iPhone? No one can say. Some analysts are speculating that the turnout could be disappointing, at least in relation to the expectations created by the massive hype around the product that combines the functionalities of a cell phone, [...]

Apple reports that it took Apple just two days to reach 1 million downloads of its newest Safari Web browser for Windows.
If these downloads manifested into regular Safari users, then we just
might have a third major browser on the Windows platform. If Safari can
obtain a 10% market share on Windows, then it would further weaken [...]

Beginner’s Guide to SEO
by Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz.org
Sections in this guide:
• Prologue: Who is SEOmoz and Why is this Guide Free?
• A: What is SEO?
o Why does my company need SEO?
o Why do the search engines need SEO?
o How much of this article do I need to read?
• B: How Search Engines Operate
o Speed Bumps and Walls
o Measuring Popularity and Relevance
o Information Search Engines [...]