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From PCWorld
Google’s Chrome browser is now faster and has gained the ability for users to hide thumbnails on its New Tab page. The update, internally called Chrome 2, is being automatically rolled out to current users and is also available for download, according to Chrome team member Darin Fisher, writing in the Google corporate blog. According to Fisher, JavaScript-heavy pages [...]

From TechNewsWorld
In the realm of search, Microsoft trails far behind Google and Yahoo, two engines that deliver search results mainly by matching keywords. Can adding a little semantic technology give Microsoft’s search engine a better idea of what’s on the searcher’s mind — and thus attract more users? Redmond is expected to deliver such a [...]

Mozilla Labs has announced the release of Jetpack, an API that allows users to easily create Firefox add-ons. According to Mozilla, many useful Jetpack features can be written in under a dozen lines of code.” Jetpack will be an exploration in using Web technologies to enhance the browser… [read more]
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From GoogleBlog
We introduced Google Chrome back in September, and it’s received a great response so far. Since launching, we’ve been working hard on adding the top requested features and making Google Chrome even faster. Today, we are updating to a new version of Google Chrome that is faster than ever. JavaScript-heavy web pages will now run about 30% faster. See [...]

From AppleInsider
With a conventional netbook clearly out of the question, researchers for Piper Jaffray said Thursday there’s mounting evidence to suggest Apple next year will introduce its own take on the market in the form of a tablet-based device that will sell for $700 or less. ”Between indications from our component contacts in Asia, recent patents [...]

From CNET News
Space is an interesting subject. It arguably matters most to our knowledge of life. Understanding issues affecting the universe today will help us recognize them as they impact our lives going forward. And since we simply don’t have the ability to explore space the way it would be required to fully understand our [...]

From BusinessWeek
For the country’s two dominant wireless phone carriers, AT&T and Verizon Wireless, the arithmetic is clear. Cell-phone penetration in the U.S. is approaching 90% of the population, and the recession is damping enthusiasm for pricey new phones and services. So to avoid a slowdown in sales growth, both cellular giants are getting into a [...]

From ABCNews
Scientists say a 47-million-year-old fossil found in Germany may be a key link to explaining the evolution of early primates and, perhaps, telling them about developments that led to modern human beings. The fossil, of a young female that probably resembled a modern-day lemur, is described as “the most complete primate fossil ever found… [read more]
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