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Walter S. Mossberg / Personal Technology:
First Test of Google's New Browser — Google has introduced a new Web browser, called Chrome, aimed at wresting dominance of the browser market from Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The move takes the Google-Microsoft rivalry to a whole new level. If Google succeeds, it will be a big deal …
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Hank Williams / Why does everything suck?:
Who cares about Chrome. IE6 Has 25% Market Share — At my company, Kloudshare, a big part of what we are developing involves pushing boundaries of what browsers are expected to do. Generally speaking this is the case industry wide as the web browser is becoming more and more a real application delivery system.
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Rory Cellan-Jones / BBC NEWS:
Chrome - first impressions — I spent an hour this afternoon at Google's London HQ getting a first look at its new browser, Chrome. So here are a few hurried first impressions... The first thing you see when you open the browser is a clutch of snapshots of some of your favourite websites, garnered from your search history.
Matt Cutts / Gadgets, Google, and SEO:
Live-blogging the Google Chrome announcement — According to a press release this morning, Google will host a webcast press briefing and demo of Google Chrome at 11 a.m. Pacific time today. I think this link (Windows Media Player) or this link (Real Player) will get you there in case you want to watch.
Jack Schofield / Guardian Unlimited:Is there anything original in Google Chrome?
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Fred / A VC:Chrome, Android, and The Cloud
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:Meet Chrome, Google's Windows Killer
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Nick / Rough Type:The cloud's Chrome lining
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Tom Krazit / CNET News - Apple:
Apple makes September 9 iPod event official — A trademark Apple special event will be held next week in San Francisco, and it looks like new iPods. — (Credit: Apple) — Updated 10:30 a.m. PDT after having a chance to catch my breath. — Apple has sent out invitations …
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Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
New iPods Coming on September 9, Apple Let's Rock Event — The new iPods will come on September 9, as expected. Apple has sent us an invitation to the event, which will happen at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco on September 9 at 10:00 a.m. Obviously, it's about the iPod.
Connie Guglielmo / Bloomberg:
Apple's 'Let's Rock' Event Fuels New IPod Speculation — Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. plans to host a special event next week, feeding speculation that it may release updated models of the iPod media player to spur holiday sales. — An invitation for the Sept. 9 event in San Francisco …
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Stephen Shankland / Underexposed:
Revamped Google Picasa site identifies photo faces — Google wants to help you put a name to that face. — With a face recognition feature set to launch at noon PDT Tuesday, Google's Picasa Web Albums will help users label their photos with the names of subjects.
Mykbibby / Mac Soda:
Is Steve Jobs Dying? And Is Fake Steve Resurrecting? — I have been exchanging emails with Dan Lyons, the man behind Fake Steve, and he revealed some scary news. I emailed him to tell him that Steve Jobs isn't dying like some believe, and that according to the New York Times, he's sick …
Vishesh Kumar / Wall Street Journal:
Price War Erupts For High-Speed Internet Service — The battle between cable and phone companies to sign up new customers for high-speed Internet service is heating up, creating fresh opportunities for consumers to cut their bills. — Verizon Communications Inc., which last quarter became …
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GigaOM, DSLreports, TechBlog, Telecompetitor, MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer and Silicon Alley Insider
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Ads For Twits On Twitter (TwittAd Launches) — Do you have 53 followers on Twitter? Shouldn't you be making money off of them somehow, selling their attention to the highest bidder? Well, now you can with TwittAd. You list how many followers you have and for how much you are willing …
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
Apple iPhone: 8 million and counting — On Saturday, Aug. 30, the daughters of “BillH” bought an iPhone at an AT&T store in Sunnyvale, Calif. The next day, their father, an Apple investor from Minneapolis, reported on The Mac Observer's Apple Finance Board (AFB) that the so-called IMEI number …
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Don Reisinger / TechCrunch:
Hulu Launches Fall Lineup, Premieres Before TV Broadcast — Hulu on Tuesday announced that it has launched its Fall Premiere Lineup, which over the next seven weeks, will be the place to find season premieres of Prison Break, Bones, House, Heroes, The Office and 30 Rock.
Randall Kennedy / Enterprise Desktop:
IE 8 consumes more RAM than Windows XP — exo.performance.network is declaring IE 8 to the be one seriously bloated piece of software. Not only is it “fatter” than IE 7, it's also more resource-intensive
