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• Chrome's trumping of Internet Explorer could herald things to come

  By Jon Gold | 22 March, 2012 04:40

  The news that Google's Chrome browser had briefly surpassed Internet Explorer, based on data compiled by StatCounter, as the most-used on the web last weekend may have taken some by surprise, but this writing has been on the wall for some time.

• Pre-rendered pages highlight latest Google Chrome release

  By Brad Reed | 10 February, 2012 04:29

  You're familiar with autocomplete. Now get ready for auto-page rendering.

• Google Chrome headed for Ice Cream Sandwich Android devices

  By Brad Reed | 08 February, 2012 08:26

  Google's popular Chrome browser is finally coming to Android-based phones, but only if you have the very latest version of the operating system.

• Google whips itself over Chrome debacle

  By Brad Reed | 05 January, 2012 04:28

  Google knows that it's been a very, very bad company.

• 13 features that make each Web browser unique

  By Peter Wayner | 02 May, 2011 20:08

  Many cynical users assume Web browsers do little more than dutifully render HTML. The content is the most important part, they say, so it makes little difference which browser you use.

• Google kills H.264 support in Chrome

  By Armando Rodriguez | 12 January, 2011 10:50

  Your move Apple: Google announced that they are changing Chrome's support of HTML5 'video' to be, in Google's view, more friendly towards open development. The H.264 codec is being removed in favor of the Theora and VP8 video codecs as well as any higher quality, open codecs. The resources that were used on H.264 will instead be used in supporting these open technologies.

• Five Great Free Business Apps for Google Chrome

  By Keir Thomas | 30 December, 2010 14:36

  Five Great Free Business Apps for Google Chrome

• How Ubuntu Linux could help Google's CR-48 notebook

  By Katherine Noyes | 17 December, 2010 10:24

  Google's Chrome operating system-based CR-48 notebook computer may be in just a select set of hands so far, but it's been generating plenty of media attention.

• Inside Google's new Chrome OS 'Chromebook'

  By Galen Gruman | 08 December, 2010 06:55

  It's been a year since Google first said it would deliver a browser-only operating system for laptops called Chrome OS. Today, Google previewed the real thing at a time the iPad slate concept has already gained remarkable traction by businesses and users alike. (InfoWorld.com is covering this event live. Return to this story to get the latest updates.)

• Google Chrome Web Store opens

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 08 December, 2010 07:49

  Google opened its Web application store for Chrome browser users on Tuesday, offering highly interactive, graphically rich applications from a variety of sources, including National Public Radio, Amazon.com, Electronic Arts and Sports Illustrated.

• Google patches Chrome second time this month

  By Gregg Keizer | 17 September, 2010 08:46

  Google patched 10 vulnerabilities in Chrome this week, including one pegged critical on the Mac.

• Google patches 10 Chrome bugs, pays out $US10K in bounties

  By Gregg Keizer | 21 August, 2010 01:20

  Google on Thursday patched 10 vulnerabilities in Chrome, but did not award any of the researchers who reported bugs the new top-dollar reward of $US3,133. Google's most serious threat rating, seven labeled "high" and another pegged as "medium."

• Google makes Chrome devs dig into pockets

  By Gregg Keizer | 21 August, 2010 04:09

  Google on Thursday announced it would require new Chrome extension developers to pay a one-time US$5 registration fee as a way to stymie malicious add-ons for its browser.

• Chrome 6 beta may hint at mythical Chrome OS tablet

  By Alessondra Springmann | 21 August, 2010 06:05

  The latest beta of Chrome 6 is out, and its menus have been optimized for touch--complete with buttons for copying, pasting, as well as zooming in on a page. Could this be a taste of what the rumored Chrome OS tablet will be like? Maybe.

• Google to rev up Chrome release schedule

  By Gregg Keizer | 23 July, 2010 07:46

  Google on Thursday said it will pick up Chrome's release pace by issuing a new version of the browser about every six weeks. According to Anthony Laforge, a Chrome program manager, the new schedule will put a a new "stable" version of the browser in users' hands roughly twice often as in the past. The picked-up pace will debut over the next few months.