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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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Chrome’s Sample Extensions Add Gmail Checking, Feed Subscribing

12:30AM Kevin Purdy | If you’re running Google Chrome’s development version, or a Mac or Linux nightly build of Chromium, you can already install three sample extensions from Google developers. Two of them add some pretty nifty Gmail and feed conveniences to your browser. More »
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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Chromium On Linux Gets Bookmark Sync

1:00AM Kevin Purdy | If you’re running on the cutting edge of Chrome with a Chromium daily build on Linux, you can now try out the Google-based bookmark syncing that Windows users have had for a bit now. More »
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Monday, November 16, 2009
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An Early Look At Chrome’s Extensions System

11:30PM Kevin Purdy | It’s not officially released, but a gallery-like site for extensions has made itself known into the latest development builds of Google Chrome for Windows and Linux. Take a peek at what’s coming, presumably very soon, in these development screenshots. More »
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
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Chromium Installs User Scripts As Extensions

3:00AM Kevin Purdy | The nightly builds of Google Chrome’s open-source foundation, Chromium, includes a feature that might mean great things for Greasemonkey fans. Click on a user script file, such as at UserScripts.org, and Chromium asks to install it as a working extension. More »
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
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Google Chrome To Feature Desktop Notifications

1:00AM Kevin Purdy | A design document posted at Google’s Chromium development site suggests that a system for desktop notifications would allow Google Chrome to notify when downloads are done, web sites need one’s attention and let extension developers creatively grab attention. More »
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Saturday, August 22, 2009
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64-Bit Google Chrome Coming To Linux

1:00AM Kevin Purdy | Linux users are some of the first to tout (or demand) the benefits of 64-bit computing, and it looks like the devotion may pay off. CNET points to Chrome developer mailing list posts indicating that a 64-bit build of Chrome’s open-source, development-stage Chromium counterpart is well underway, ahead of versions for Windows or OS X. So while Microsoft and Apple will have built-in 64-bit browsers for their 64-bit systems, Linux gets a helping hand in the browser field from the big G.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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Chromium Updater Keeps You On Bleeding Edge Of Chrome For Mac

4:30AM Adam Pash | Mac OS X: Chrome for Mac is progressing at a slow but steady pace, but if you’re willing to risk the latest Chromium for Mac builds, some great new features await. But how do you stay up-to-date with the latest Chromium builds? More »
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Friday, June 5, 2009

Chromium Releases Official Mac, Linux Browser Alphas

9:00PM Kevin Purdy | Mac/Linux: We’ve already seen unofficial Mac and Linux builds of the Google Chrome browser’s open-source base, but now the Chromium team is throwing them out for real—even if they’re also saying “DON’T DOWNLOAD THEM” More »
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Friday, May 29, 2009
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Chromium Linux Builds Reach Alpha Stage

12:00AM Kevin Purdy | If you’re an Ubuntu Linux user looking to try out a form of Google’s Chrome browser, set up the Chromium daily builds repository and install its packages, because the open-source roots of Chrome has hit what its developers are calling an Alpha stage. As with the really rough pre-alpha we saw before, that still means no Flash or other plug-ins, no Google Gears, and a few other rough edges, but it definitely feels snappy when loading straight-up web pages. [via Ars Technica]
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