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Google Chrome Web Browser Shines

No longer is a beta, Google’s Chrome Web browser a capable contender to Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

However, the search company's browser not have some basic features found in IE, Firefox and Opera, and limits users who want to characterize settings and customize their browser. In spite of its shortcomings, browser users should give Google Chrome a try.

Just a few short months ago, Google surprised the Web world with the make public of the beta of Google Chrome, a new Web browser direct from the search massive itself.
So what does the launch of Google Chrome 1.0 mean for the Web browsing world and the Web in general? Well, the simple fact that it is from Google has a major impact, and should put the browser in a good place to fight with Microsoft and Mozilla for market share.

But what about the browser itself? From a severe usability standpoint, Google Chrome is one of the most attractive and instinctive browsers I have ever used, and is probably the most impressive first version of a browser ever. Once a user gets over some of the foibles and differences from other browser interfaces (such as tabs at the very top of the window and no file menus), Google Chrome quickly begins to feel like the right way to surf the Web.

Hopefully that post will help you any time you need computer repair related news, will get in that blog. Google Chrome also has some other nice touches, such as a hybrid search address bar and integration with Google Gears to provide desktop Web applications. However, not everything about Google Chrome shines brilliantly.

Microsoft preps to push IE 8; makes blocking tool available

As it has done with previous Internet Explorer (IE) releases, Microsoft has made available an IE 8 blocking toolkit to allow users to keep Microsoft’s browser from being downloaded automatically on their Windows machines.

In a January 6 posting to the Microsoft IE blog, company officials noted that Microsoft is planning to push the final IE 8 release via its Automatic Update (AU), Windows Update (WU) and Microsoft Update (MU) update systems. To keep the release from being pushed, customers can download the blocker toolkit from the Microsoft Download Center.

Unlike some previous versions of the toolkit, there is no expiration date on the latest blocker. The toolkit can be configured by running the registry file on client machines or via Group Policy, according to the IE 8 blog posting.

Once the final IE 8 bits are ready, Microsoft is planning to mark them as a top priority for distribution, officials said via the blog entry:
“The IE8 update will be released as the highest priority update for each operating system. For Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, it will be listed as Important. For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, the update will be listed as High Priority. Delivery of IE8 via AU will begin after we make IE8 available from the Microsoft Download Center. Of course, users can always decline to install IE8 through AU when it is offered.”

Microsoft hasn’t provided a final release target date for IE 8, other than to say some time in 2009. Late last year, company officials acknowledged Microsoft would not be releasing the final version of IE 8 before the end of calendar 2008, as some company officials had claimed previously. Instead, Microsoft is planning to distribute in the first quarter of 2009 one more public test release, Release Candidate 1, before it rolls out the final IE 8.

I’m not sure if we’ll see RC 1 of IE 8 this week. While Microsoft is expected to release the official version of Windows 7 Beta 1 to private and public testers over course of the next three days, the build of IE8 that is part of Windows 7 Beta 1 is still Beta 2, company officials said on January 7. (The refreshed partner test build of IE 8 that Microsoft released privately in December was designated as “RC1″ but isn’t the official RC1 release, the Softies have said.)
When I asked earlier this week, Microsoft officials wouldn’t comment on when IE 8 RC1 would go live.

RED HERRING AWARDS IYOGI FOR THE 2008 RED HERRING ASIA AMERICA 100

Award Recognizes the 100 “Most Promising” Asian Companies Driving the Future of Technology

Silicon Valley, CA, Dec 9th, 2008— Red Herring today announced that iYogi is a winner of the Red Herring 100 Award, a selection of the 100 most innovative private technology companies based in Asia.

iYogi delivers technical support services directly to consumers and small businesses and is the first, global, technical support brand based out of India with more than 50,000 customers. The company offers consumers an unlimited, annual subscription service for $119.99 per desktop that includes support for a wide range of technologies, including PC hardware, Microsoft Products Support, Windows Operating systems,Computer Support ,Software applications, MP3 players, Networking devices, Digital camera, Printers and scanners etc.

The Red Herring editorial board diligently surveyed the entrepreneurial scene throughout Asia and identified the top 100 out of more than 1,000 closely evaluated companies that are leading the next wave of innovation.

“Our winners and Finalists demonstrate that Asia is increasingly becoming a leader in innovation, contrary to common stereotypes", said Joel Dreyfuss, editor-in-chief of Red Herring. " It was tough to choose just the top 100 finalists from such a large list of excellent contenders, and we are very happy with the quality of the companies we selected as finalists."

“We believe consumers and small business owners should have low-cost access to the highest quality support available on the planet", said Uday Challu, CEO of iYogi. “We are thrilled that our innovative approach to solving everyday technology problems for consumers and our managed services for small businesses has been recognized by Red Herring’s keen-eyed leadership. We are continuously innovating in adding new services that includes PC recovery, anti-virus, anti-spyware, data back-up and PC optimization in providing the best tech support experience for our customers”, adds Uday.

The 100 winning companies have been announced at the Red Herring Asia event in Hong Kong. The CEOs of the winning start ups presented their innovative ideas and technologies to an audience of leading entrepreneurs, financiers, and corporate strategists at the event at the Hong Kong, JW Marriott Hotel earlier this week.

About iYogi

iYogi is the first direct-to-consumer and small business technical support service from India. Providing an annual unlimited subscription to technical support, iYogi now boasts of more than 50,000 customers. The company employs 600 professionals servicing customers in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and fast expanding to 12 new geographies across the globe. iYogi’s resolution rate of 87 percent and customer satisfaction rate of 93 percent are amongst the highest published benchmarks in the industry. For further information, please visit www.iyogi.net.

iYogi Contact

Vishal Dhar
President Marketing, iYogi Inc.
Phone: 212 229 0901
Email: vishal@iyogi.net

Foxmarks, the #1 Add-on for Bookmarks, Featured in Mozilla's Fashion Your Firefox Launch

Foxmarks, Inc., one of the most popular browser add-ons in the world with more than nine million downloads, announced that it is a featured add-on in Mozilla's Fashion Your Firefox launch. In addition, the company formally announced that James Joaquin has joined the executive team as CEO. Founded by Mitch Kapor of Lotus Development Corporation and Mozilla Foundation fame, Foxmarks is a browser add-on that instantly syncs browser data across computers, keeps it safe with automated backups, and makes it available online via any browser or mobile phone.

Fashion Your Firefox is a new Web application that enables Firefox users to customize their browser based on their interests and online activities. With Fashion Your Firefox, add-ons that fit people's online lifestyles are organized in easy-to-discover ways and are available for installation in just a few clicks.

Firefox add-ons are a next-generation platform for Web Applications. Strong consumer desire to personalize the Web experience has created a huge demand for add-ons like Foxmarks, which has been downloaded more than nine million times.

"With Foxmarks we've created the best of both worlds: seamless integration with the web browser combined with a cloud service that is accessible anytime, anywhere," said Joaquin. "We're thrilled to be part of 'Fashion for Firefox' and help consumers improve their online experience with our service."

Joaquin brings extensive Internet and executive management experience to Foxmarks, having served as CEO at Ofoto.com, where he led the company from pre-venture funding through an acquisition by Kodak, Inc. During his tenure as CEO, Ofoto became the world's most popular photo sharing and printing service, and scaled to in excess of 20 million members and more than 1 billion images stored. He also served as CEO of Xoom Corporation, the online international money transfer service. Most recently, Joaquin was Venture Partner at Bridgescale, a venture capital firm focused on growth equity investments in technology companies.

"James is just as passionate about the consumer web experience as I am -- he's a perfect match for the Foxmarks team," said Mitch Kapor, founder of Foxmarks. "Foxmarks is enjoying immense popularity and growth. I'm excited to remain on as Chairman and continue to counsel Foxmarks as it grows."

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Firefox 3.1 beta 2 delayed, beta 3 now scheduled

The Mozilla team had decided to delay beta 2 and release a beta 3 in order to resolve bugs and garner more feedback before the early 2009 ship.

An “uncooperative tree” and 15 remaining bugs has delayed the release of beta 2, though developers are confident that number will be pared down to zero by the end of the day. Mozilla expected the code would freeze on November 4 and release shortly thereafter.

After beta 2 is released later this month, the team will focus on getting another beta out by the end of the December rather than issue a release candidate.

What’s slowing down the process is the addition of several new features to Beta 2 such as private browsing as ell as several new features introduced over the weekend, namely new Clear Recent History function, which allows a more fine grained history removal, a new “Forget About this Site” function, which removes records of a site, and a separate UI for clearing private data.

On the team’s weekly call today, lead developer Mike Beltzner noted that the number of bugs is increasing rather than decreasing as beta 2 development continues and suggested the code requires another beta cycle to ensure it is rock solid before a release candidate is issued. He said there were 78 blockers five weeks ago and now the number of blockers is up to 103.

The release of another beta also gives extensions developers more time to enable compatibility with the forthcoming browser update; to date, only about 25 percent of extensions have been determined to be compatible with FF 3.1.

About 150,000 people are testing beta 1 and that number is expected to double ith the release of Beta 2 this month.

He said a third beta cycle will impact the release timeframe but not by much because of the holiday break late next month.
“The impact on [the] shipping schedule won’t be as huge as some might think because we’re looking at dead time between December and January and so that time can be used to collect data before the milestone, RC1 or beta 3,” Beltzner said, before the team decided to go for a beta 3.

Firefox is an open source browser and the No 2 browser behind Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Firefox controls roughly 20 percent of market share, researchers indicated earlier this month.

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Source- zdnet

Firefox Adds 'Porn Mode' and Market Share

The engineers at Mozilla have added a new feature to popular open-sourceWeb browser Firefox that many users felt was missing. Following in the steps of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome browsers, Firefox now has an enhanced privacy browsing mode affectionately known as "porn mode."

Released Monday night in the latest build of Minefield, adding porn mode to Firefox has long been in the queue for Firefox, even though the feature was not included in Firefox 3's initial release in June.

Porn mode, simply put, allows users to turn on the privacy feature in Firefox and not have the browser capture the latest URLs or cookies that you've visited on the Web. This means that some users can surf the Web for questionable content and not worry about anyone else sitting down at the machine and sussing out what you've been looking at.

This isn't the first time that Firefox users have been able to surf the Web without leaving cookies or a history in the browser. In fact, Stealthier has long been available as a plug-in for Firefox. The difference, however, is that porn mode is now natively built into the browser, which means a plug-in is no longer required.

It's likely that a privacy browsing mode will be built into Firefox 3.1, along with enhanced privacy features and performance features.

Mozilla has been having a good week all around. Earlier in the week the makers of Firefox announced that they had crossed 20 percent of Web browser market share for the first time, according to NetApplications. The uptick in Firefox's popularity comes at the expense of Microsoft's Web browsing share, which has declined.

The Firefox crew is rightly excited about crossing the 20 percent threshold because it shows that a small, open-source company can play on the same field as the big corporations. And right now, Mozilla is taking it to Microsoft on its own turf—and though they've added a new layer of privacy, Firefox is doing it right out in the open.

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Firefox hits record market share

Firefox has been playing with the 20% market share mark for some time now. Back in July, the browser has begun jumping over 20% on several days and this trend has solidified since then. In October, Firefox’ average market share according to Net Applications was 19.97%, up 0.51 points from 19.46% in September.

Internet Explorer (IE) dropped from 71.52% to 71.27%, according to Net Applications, and remains the software with the fastest declining market share among a group of the six most used browsers. Since the beginning of this year, IE lost 4.2 points, while Firefox gained 2.99 points, Apple Safari 0.75 points, Opera 0.13 points and Google’s Chrome 0.74 points.

The only other browsers that gained market share between September and October was Opera, which jumped from 0.69% to 0.75%. Apple’s Safari dropped slightly from 6.65 to 6.57%, Chrome from 0.78% to 0.74% and Netscape from 0.63% to 0.45%, according to Net Applications.

In terms of operating systems, Net Applications found that Windows usage increased from 90.29% to 90.46% in October, while the presence of Macs declined from8.23% to 8.21%, Linux dropped from 0.91% to 0.71% and Apple’s iPhone showed an increase from 0.32% to 0.33%.

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