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    Microsoft to Ditch Internet Explorer

    Poor Internet Explorer. Slow performance, poor security, and the butt of jokes and memes for over a decade. Its feelings obviously hurt, there will be no Internet Explorer 12 to accompany Windows 10 next year. Microsoft is officially retiring the browser and replacing it with a new, improved model, codenamed…

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    Google to Introduce Always-On Voice Commands to Chromebooks

    Google voice search has been available on Android smartphones and tablets for a while, and the company is now introducing the function to its Chromebook laptops as an ‘always-on’ function. Included with the latest Chrome OSbuild, the function is operated by the user speaking the phrase “OK Google” before saying the desired…

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    Google Plan Child-Friendly Versions of its Products

    Under 12s will soon be getting their own child-friendly versions of popular Google products, such as YouTube and the Chrome browser. Pavni Diwanji, Google’s Vice President of Engineering, announced the move in an interview with USA today, saying, “The big motivator inside the company is everyone is having kids, so…

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    Is Firefox Coming to iOS?

    After firmly denying that Firefox could ever make it to iOS, citing Apple’s prohibition of its web engine, Mozilla’s new CEO might be steering the company into a u-turn. At an event in Portland on Tuesday, Mozilla discussed their desire to release a version of Firefox for iOS. Lukas Blakk,…

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    Firefox Gets Free Integrated Video Chat Feature

    The latest version of Mozilla’s Firefox web browser, Firefox 34, comes with an integrated video chat feature, which is free and easy to use. The feature is called Firefox Hello, and any Firefox 34 user can initiate a video chat, with no need to signup or download any extra plugins.…

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    Google to End Chrome’s NPAPI Support

    By Autumn 2015, Google’s Chrome browser will cease supporting NPAPI protocol. The biggest knock-on effect will be that Microsoft’s web application framework Silverlight will be incompatible with Google Chrome. Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface, or NPAPI, is considered a rather outdated protocol, at least as far as Google is concerned.…

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    Get 1TB Free Google Drive Storage with Every Chromebook Purchase

    Google Chromebook has limited on-board storage by design – it’s an entry-level, stripped-down netbook, running the lightweight Chrome operating system, designed to be easy to use, run, and maintain, functioning mainly as a portal to the internet. Google has decided to expand the potential of its laptop by introducing 1TB…

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    Photoshop Now Works in Chrome – Not Available Yet

    Adobe has revealed the results of its efforts with Google to get Adobe Photoshop working in the Chrome browser. They say that the version they have now is effectively a full-fledged version of Photoshop being streamed remotely to the browser. Javascript sends the user’s commands back to the virtual machine running…

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    Google Announces Chrome 40 Beta

    Google today announced a beta of the 40th version of the Chrome browser. The new release features a brand new way to manage your bookmarks, allowing you to clip a screenshot from the webpage you’d like to keep, as well as including a brief description, so you remember exactly why you…

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    Google Improves Security – Adds USB Key Option to Chrome

    Concerned about securing your online accounts and preventing unwanted access? Google have improved their online security again this week by adding a physical USB option to their two-step verification process. Instead of typing in a code, such as the ones that you can have sent to your phone for the…

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    Google Snag Ex-Qualcomm Executive To Speed Up Google Fibre Process

    Ex-Senior Vice President of Qualcomm, Dennish Kish, has been announced as Google Fiber’s new VP – taking over from Milo Medin who is reported to be staying on as an advisor. Kish’s Linked In profile shows that he’s been working at Google’s headquarters since July 2014, however the official release…

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    New Update to Google Chrome features Built-in Password Generator

    Do you hear that? That’s the sound of account security just getting better across the web. Google looks to be tackling the big password generators like Dashlane, LastPass and 1Password in their latest version of Google Chrome. The new Chrome Canary build see’s the company including an extremely useful password…

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    Toshiba Announces New Chromebook with 1080p Display

    Still on the fence about picking up a Chromebook? Toshiba today announced that it’s refreshing its Chromebook lineup for 2014. Starting at $250 -the new “Chromebook 2” model will feature a 1080p display, 16GB of speedy flash storage, 4GB of RAM and HDMI out port. To assist with the minimal storage –…

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    Google Finally Unveils Stable 64 Bit Version of Chrome

    Google made the exciting reveal of 64 bit Chrome for Windows 7 and 8 back in June. Since that reveal the 64 bit version has yet to be released to the public in a stable form, that’s until today. Today Google revealed the stable version of 64 bit Google Chrome…

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    Chromebooks to Hit Sales of 5.2 Million by End of 2014

    Chromebooks are getting big, their popularity is increasing, especially within the educational areas, their cost is attracting schools everywhere to replace the expensive IT rooms we all used to use. People who buy a Chromebook aren’t hardware enthusiats let me assure you, their specs are minimal, I’m amazed they even…

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