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Update Twitter With A Keyword Bookmark
2:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader Gilles writes in with an interesting tip: You can use a keyword bookmark to quickly post something to Twitter from the address bar in any browser. More »
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Microsoft’s Browser Comparison Chart Offends Anyone Who’s Ever Used Another Browser
3:30AM Adam Pash | Internet Explorer 8 is by far the best browser Microsoft’s ever released, but most of our readers are happily using a better alternative like Firefox or Chrome. Microsoft’s not happy about this, so they’ve created an absurd piece of propaganda to win you back. More »
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Five Best Web Browsers
2:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | It’s probably the most important and debated piece of software on the modern computer. See how your fellow readers get around the net in this week’s Hive Five. Picture background created with WEB2DNA Art Project. More »
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Chrome Extensions Seemingly Coming In May
12:00AM Kevin Purdy | Programmer Nicholas Moline looked at the lineup for a May 27 Google conference and, lo and behold, a session on “Developing extensions for Google Chrome” was scheduled. That likely means extension support will arrive before then, or at least at the same time. Now we’ll see if extension support could really get users to switch. Oh, and whether Mac or Linux versions launch before, simultaneously with, or in the never-ending “soon” after the extension features come out. Google Chrome Extensions Coming Out by May! [Nick.pro via Google Operating System] More »
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Internet Explorer 8 Already Showing Stiff Competition For Chrome
9:10AM Adam Pash | The first release candidate for Internet Explorer 8 may have just been released last week, but web site Softpedia reports that the still nascent browser from Microsoft is already making serious ground on Google Chrome, with both browsers claiming around 1% of the web’s user base. These results aren’t necessarily surprising, considering that web developers the world over are likely downloading IE8 to get their sites up to spec before users start switching from IE7 en masse. Likewise, Windows 7 comes with IE8 installed by default, so Microsoft’s recent Windows 7 Beta push can’t be hurting those numbers, either. More »
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Latest Firefox, Chrome Builds In Dead Heat For JavaScript Speed
12:15AM Kevin Purdy | CNET put the just-released Firefox 3.1 beta 2 and its speedy TraceMonkey JavaScript engine up against the most recent developer build of Google Chrome. The results from a SunSpider test were Firefox edging out Chrome by the teeny-tiniest of margins, making it basically a tie if you give any room for error. [Chart and data via WebWare] More »
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