News to know: Google Chrome; CAPTCHA breaking; StatusHQ
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Larry Dignan: Google to launch browser to target IE; Is Firefox a target or tag-team partner? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is Google Chrome an IE/Firefox/Opera/Safari killer? Ryan Naraine: Google Chrome, the security tidbits
- Official Google Blog: A fresh take on the browser
- Garett Rogers: Google confirms new browser initiative, probably not a good idea
- Dennis Howlett: Ruminating on Chrome
- Google Blogoscoped: Google Chrome, Google's Browser Project
- Kara Swisher: Google Ignites a New Browser War With Microsoft By Unveiling One of its Own This Week
- Here's the Google Chrome Browser Comic Book: Hey Microsoft, Kaa-POW!!!
- Techmeme
Jason Perlow: The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold War
Dancho Danchev: Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy
TechRepublic: Fixing a fine data mess
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: NetApplications Aug 08 data - Big gains for Firefox and iPhone
Mary Jo Foley: Opera grasps at straws with latest IE criticism
Paul Murphy: When Linux gets cited as a matter of course, it's truly gone mainstream
- Dana Blankenhorn: Is open source labor or management?
- Where the Linux laptops live
- TechRepublic: Open Source Etiquette
Zack Whittaker: Windows Live Messenger 9: my new best friend
Paul Murphy: Data center energy use
Dan Kusnetzky:The Launch of Virtual Computer, Inc.
Phil Wainewright: Google adds video to the virtual workplace
Dennis Howlett: The utility of Ubiquity
WSJ: Alcatel-Lucent Board Picks Chairman
Dennis Howlett: StatusHQ: another Twitter clone for enterprise
- Steve O'Hear: Live Feed: Facebook takes lifestreaming mainstream
- Jennifer Leggio: Cool Tools - What is your Twitter grade?
- StatusHQ - Microblogging for the enterprise?
Roland Piquepaille: Follow that robot!
Matthew Miller: Real live photos of the T-Mobile Google Android device surface
- MobileTechRoundup show #145, Traveling in Singapore, No
- Some tips for the mobile phone buyer traveling abroad
Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week (right)
Joe McKendrick: Another view: WOA vs. SOA debate a distraction?
Jason Perlow: My father, the casemodder
Dana Blankenhorn: Are we to have two Internets?
Heather Clancy: Green habits are learned young: Universities aggressive with recycling, energy-saving habits
Ars Technica: Howell verdict: RIAA wins $40,850 P2P judgment
Giga Om: A Quick Guide to Netbooks
Phil Wainewright: Mashing up the client to the cloud
Images: Crowdsourcing for car design (right)
Dennis Howlett: Lawson success but no saas here
Dan Kusnetzky:On the road, computer sick, the Dell adventure begins again
Paul Murphy: Partnoy's Complaint
JavaScript 2.0: Why Give Programmers Crutches?
Technologizer: Google's Knol: So Far, Not So Good
Garett Rogers: Microsoft spends $486 million to compete with Google
- Google Earth to license new satellite imagery
- Sam Diaz: Google-Yahoo to Washington: We're moving forward.
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