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Ryan Naraine / Zero Day:
Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw — Google's shiny new Web browser is vulnerable to a carpet-bombing vulnerability that could expose Windows users to malicious hacker attacks. — Just hours after the release of Google Chrome, researcher Aviv Raff discovered that he could combine …
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Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Speed test: Google Chrome beats Firefox, IE, Safari — Google introduced Chrome in part because it wants faster browsing and the richer Web applications that speed will unlock. So how does Chrome actually stack up? — Google's Chrome overpowers the other browsers on the five subtests …
Steven Levy / Wired News:
Inside Chrome: The Secret Project to Crush IE and Remake the Web — Brian Rakowski walks to the whiteboard in a small conference room in Building 41 on Google's Mountain View campus. A lanky, gregarious man in his twenties, Rakowski is the product manager of a top-secret project that's been under way for more than two years.
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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Justin Scheck / Wall Street Journal:
Dell to Offer ‘Netbook’ — Dell Inc. will soon introduce a mininotebook computer, people familiar with the matter said, entering into a fast-growing market for inexpensive, no-frills portables that offer Internet capabilities at low prices. — One person familiar with the matter …
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Antone Gonsalves / InformationWeek:
Dell Set To Unveil Mini-Notebook This Week — The upcoming Inspiron 910 is expected to support solid-state drives up to 16 GB, weigh as little as 2.2 pounds, and run either Ubuntu Linux or Windows XP. — Dell on Tuesday said it would unveil its first mini-notebook this week …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Want On The Digg Home Page? That'll Be $1,200. — InvespBlog has published what it claims is an interview with a top Digg user - someone who has a 34% success ratio in getting submitted stories to the home page of Digg. The Digg user isn't named - he or she says “I have a reputation to withhold” (we know what they meant).
Nokia:
Highly anticipated Nokia N96 begins shipping — The Nokia N96 offers the most personalized mobile internet experience to date — Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced the availability of the much anticipated Nokia N96, its flagship multimedia computer in the iconic Nokia Nseries range.
Mike Ricciuti / CNET News.com:
Adobe sets date for CS4 launch — Adobe on Tuesday said it will release an update to its flagship Creative Suite software bundle on September 23. — The company has offered few details of the planned CS4 release. The current iteration of the suite, CS3, is offered in several configurations …
Rachel Beckman / Washington Post:
Facebook Ads Target You Where It Hurts — Maybe it's my age, my sex or the fact that it knew I was engaged, but the site decided I was a gal who needed to drop a few pounds. And it wasn't shy about its tactics. — This was not a close friend taking me aside, telling me in gentle tones …
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Daniel Terdiman / CNET News:
There.com to add Mac support and Facebook plug-in — The virtual world, There.com, appears ready to reach for some new and broad audiences, announcing Tuesday night that it would finally be offering support for Mac OS X, as well as a new Facebook plug-in and an instant message application …
Patrick White / Globe and Mail:
Service call gone awry leads to playwright's arrest — It's a story as old as the Internet. — You fire up your Web browser and all you get is some cryptic error message. — Try as you might, jiggling wires, pulling plugs and tossing keyboards, the Internet is down. No Web. No e-mail.
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Sony Ericsson releases SDK for Xperia X1 Panel Interface, panel download service in the works (updated: video) — We know what you're thinking — it's Windows Mobile 6.1 fool, we've got the developers kit already. True, but not the SDK that allows developers to create custom …
Long Zheng / istartedsomething:
Live Mesh Windows Mobile client teased — At the Microsoft TechEd Australia 2008 conference keynote this morning, Dr. Neil and Amit Mital teased a very quick preview of the Live Mesh application running on a Windows Mobile Palm Treo Pro which should be publically available in the coming months.
