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Try out Chrome's Multiple Profile Support in the Canary Builds

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 17:00

Windows: We've been waiting for multiple profile support in Chrome for a long time, and if you have a copy of the bleeding-edge Canary build, you can try Google's official—and rather polished—built-in profile support now. More »

Chrome 11 Arrives in Beta with Speech Input and New Icon [Updates]

Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/23/2011 - 06:00
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Adblock Plus for Chrome Updates, Finally Almost as Good as Firefox Version

Submitted by admin on Fri, 03/04/2011 - 17:00
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Chrome: Adblock Plus—the ad-blocking browser extension that does exactly what the name implies—has just updated on Google Chrome with significant improvements, and is now basically on par with the quality of the Firefox version. More »

Chrome 10 Now Lets Extensions Run in the Background

Submitted by admin on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 08:35

Certain extensions—like Gmail notifiers, for example—are great when your browser is running, but can't run when it's closed. Chrome's added a new feature that will let extensions stay open, even if you don't have any open browser windows. More »

Google Chrome Beta Updates with Speed Boosts All Around, Passphrase Encryption for Sync

Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 12:35

If you're living your Chrome-browsing life in the beta channel, you may have noticed the update icon sitting atop the wrench button. Once you install the update (click the wrench, then click Update Google Chrome), you can expect a solid speed boost from Chrome's updated JavaScript engine, some support for GPU-accelerated video, passphrase-encrypted password sync, and a redesigned settings dialog (see video above). [Google Chrome Blog] More »

Gmail Now Opens PDFs with Chrome's Built-In Viewer

Submitted by admin on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:45
 

Google Chrome added its own built-in PDF reader awhile back, and Gmail's now using this plugin to view PDFs instead of the somewhat slower Google Docs. You can enable the PDF viewer from about:plugins in Chrome. [Google Operating System] More »

Good News: Chrome Now Sandboxes Flash for More Secure Browsing [Security]

Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 14:25

It's only available in the daily builds of Chromium source code, but a bookmark manager with better looks, smarter layout, and a better place to open (in a new tab) will be heading to dev, then beta, then stable builds of Google's Chrome browser. The Download Squad blog has helpfully . That said, though, Chrome's improved bookmark manager is really just catching up to the norms and standards of the competition. What kind of bookmark manager should a fast-moving, web-connected company like Google be able to turn out? [Download Squad]

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