By JortK on May 13, 2011
(Cross-posted on the Code and Chrome Blogs) A little less than two years ago we set out to make computers much better. Today, we’re announcing the first Chromebooks from our partners, Samsung and Acer. These are not typical notebooks. With a Chromebook you won’t wait minutes for your computer to boot and browser to start. [...]
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By JortK on March 9, 2011
From: The Google Blog & Google Chrome Blog Chrome speed Woman Doodle
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By JortK on February 28, 2011
Our goal is simple: to give people the most relevant answers to their queries as quickly as possible. This requires constant tuning of our algorithms, as new content—both good and bad—comes online all the time. Many of the changes we make are so subtle that very few people notice them. But in the last day [...]
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By JortK on May 3, 2010
Sometimes you don’t want to leave traces on your computer of some site you visit. Google Chrome’s incognito windows are made just for this. Visit a website in an incognito window, and when you close the window, the browser has no record of you having been there. Of course, you probably knew that. What you [...]
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By JortK on March 28, 2010
Google Chrome 5.0.342.8 has been released to the Beta channel on Windows. There’s not much to report because most of the features were released previously in Chrome 4.1. This release does have an option in the Under the Hood section to let you disable automatic translations. Now that all Beta users are on the same [...]
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By JortK on March 17, 2010
When reading the last tip about restoring closed tabs, you might have wondered if you can just get the browser to always start up where you left off. This would save you the trouble of re-opening your windows and tabs manually. It turns out you can do this easily. Open the Tools menu and select [...]
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By JortK on March 2, 2010
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By JortK on February 24, 2010
If you’ve ever accidentally closed a tab with something important in it, or shut down the browser only to realize you needed one more bit of information about the webpage you were reading, despair not. Google Chrome remembers the last ten tabs or windows you’ve closed, and lets you restore them. You can get at [...]
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By JortK on February 21, 2010
Google Chrome is a web browser that runs web pages and applications with lightning speed. Incognito – When you don’t want your website visits to be recorded in your browser history, you can browse in incognito mode. (A handy feature for planning surprise gifts and birthdays!)
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By JortK on February 19, 2010
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