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Google's Chome is FAST

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:29:50 GMT

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New Firefox JavaScript engine is faster than Chrome's V8

One of the most impressive features in Google's open source Chrome web browser is V8, a high-performance JavaScript virtual machine that was developed by a team of specialists in Denmark. Although Chrome's performance beats the current stable version of Firefox, benchmarks show that Mozilla's next-generation JavaScript engine actually outperforms V8.

Mozilla is using tracing optimization techniques and Adobe's open source nanojit to increase the execution speed of SpiderMonkey, the JavaScript runtime engine in the Firefox web browser. The new engine, which is called TraceMonkey, delivers unprecedented JavaScript performance. The new optimizations have already landed in the latest Firefox nightly builds (but still have to be manually enabled) and will likely be included in Firefox 3.1.

flex info 6

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:23:16 GMT

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Clip Source: www.adobe.com

MXML is the language developers use to define the layout, appearance, and behaviors of a Flex application. ActionScript™ 3, an object-oriented language based on industry-standard ECMAScript, is the language that defines the client-side application logic. Your MXML and ActionScript are compiled together into a single SWF file that makes up your Flex application. Because the compiler is available both as a standalone utility in the Flex 3 SDK and as part of Adobe® Flex® Builder™ 3 software, developers can choose to develop in the Eclipse™ based Flex Builder IDE or in an IDE of their choice.

Flex Remoting and Messaging are both now available to all developers through the open source BlazeDS project. Developers can now start using these powerful Java™ server integration features for free, and then subscribe to Adobe LiveCycle® Data Services, Community Edition for certified builds and support, or upgrade to the full LiveCycle Data Services ES edition for a complete server solution.

Scientists Develop New Computational Method To Investigate Origin Of Life

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:33:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "Retroelements are an ancient and highly diverse class of proteins; therefore, they provide a rigorous benchmark for us to test our approach. We are happy with the results we derived, even though our method is in an early stage," said Patterson. The team plans to make the algorithms that they used in their method available to others as open-source software that is freely available on the Web.
Scientists map out the evolutionary histories of organisms by comparing their genetic and/or protein sequences. Those organisms that are closely related and share a recent common ancestor have greater degrees of similarity among their sequences.

Clip Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Scientists at Penn State have developed a new computational method that they say will help them to understand how life began on Earth. The team's method has the potential to trace the evolutionary histories of proteins all the way back to either cells or viruses, thus settling the debate once and for all over which of these life forms came first.

"We have just begun to tap the potential power of this method," said Randen Patterson, a Penn State assistant professor of biology and one of the project's leaders. "We believe, if it is possible at all, that it is within our grasp to determine whether viruses evolved from cells or vice-versa."

The team is focusing on an ancient group of proteins, called retroelements, which comprise approximately 50 percent of the human genome by weight and are a crucial component in a number of diseases, including AIDS.

Tags: life, computers, science

Flex info 4

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:00:59 GMT

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Clip Source: www.adobe.com

Flex is a free, open source framework for building highly interactive, expressive web applications that deploy consistently on all major browsers, desktops, and operating systems. It provides a modern, standards-based language and programming model that supports common design patterns. MXML, a declarative XML-based language, is used to describe UI layout and behaviors, and ActionScript™ 3, a powerful object-oriented programming language, is used to create client logic. Flex also includes a rich component library with more than 100 proven, extensible UI components for creating rich Internet applications (RIAs), as well as an interactive Flex application debugger.

Google Chrome, Google’s Browser Project

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:46:01 GMT

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Today there was a comic book in my mail, sent by Google and drawn by no less than Scott McCloud, creator of the classic Understanding Comics. Within the 38 pages, which I’ve scanned and put up, in very readable format Google gives the technical details into a project of theirs: an open source browser called Google Chrome. The book points to www.google.com/chrome, but I can’t see anything live there yet. In a nut-shell, here’s what the comic announces Google Chrome to be:

Google Chrome is Google’s open source browser project.

The browser will include a JavaScript Virtual Machine called V8

Google Chrome will use special tabs.

The browser has an address bar with auto-completion features

As a default homepage Chrome presents you with a kind of “speed dial” feature, similar to the one of Opera.

Chrome has a privacy mode; Google says you can create an “incognito” window “and nothing that occurs in that window is ever logged on your computer.”

Google Chrome

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:53:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: va y avoir du sport

Clip Source: www.internetnews.com

Google is jumping into the browser wars with both feet today with the launch of its new open source Web browser, called Google Chrome.

The new browser takes elements from Mozilla Firefox as well as Apple's Safari Web browser to deliver what Google hopes will be an optimized Web experience.

The Chrome browser will have Google facing off against its partner Mozilla as well as its rival Microsoft for domination of the Web browser market. Chrome is geared for handling the increasingly complex and data-rich applications such as video that are accounting for an ever-greater share of Internet traffic, and that can challenge the limits of existing browsers.

Why Firefox, Not Internet Explorer, Is Chrome's Real Target

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:19:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Smart analysis -- and, as always, some good dirt -- from Valleywag's Owen Thomas.

Clip Source: valleywag.com

The infighting between the browser maker and the search engine shows the limits of open source's "sharing is caring" ideology. Open-source projects can be just as political as proprietary code — and as vulnerable to twisting for corporate priorities. The bottom line of Google Chrome's creation? The bottom line. Google was worried that Firefox was making too much money, and Mozilla was getting too independent. Mozilla had to be stopped — and the true Firefox believers at Google had to be cajoled into doing Larry and Sergey's dirty work.

Tags: chrome, internet, explorer, firefox, mozilla

Chrome Released

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:06:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Wow - another browser. I'm a FireFox faithful so we shall see.

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Google Strikes again - Chrome released

September 2, 2008 1:35 pm thriving internet

Today google released their own opensource browser-Chrome. Like Mozilla Firefox, programmers can create unique applications for Chrome.

One new feature is that when one page stops working the others keep functioning.
I like using open source software; it enables the people who see what is needed to improve the program.

I’ll be checking out Chrome but not before I hear some reviews by some experienced users.
I’m also curious to see what plug-ins are made available. Being kinda addicted to Firefox, I certainly don’t want to lose all my special add on buttons.
Learn more about why Google created Chrome by clicking here.

Tags: browser, chrome, firefox

Google's Chrome aims to Kill Windows

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:16:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Tall order, but apparently Google is moving in that direction. Bill may have to come out of his retirement...

Clip Source: www.computerworld.com

Google's Chrome aims to kill Windows, make Web the OS of choice

This could be the threat that Microsofties have feared since the 1990s, analysts say

September 2, 2008 (Computerworld) Google Inc.'s unveiling yesterday of a new browser is not really about trying to outmuscle the other top browsers, it's a key weapon in the company's effort to kill Windows, according to industry observers.

A beta version of the open source browser, called Chrome, is set to be available today. Chrome includes a new JavaScript engine that Google says will power Web applications better and faster than other browsers. Google Gears, which will provide offline access and local storage for Web applications, is also embedded in the browser.

When combined with Goolge Gears - which provides offline access to Web apps - Chrome becomes a potential "Windows Killer," he contended.

Tags: microsoft, google, chrome, windows, war

Google Chrome - NEW Web browser from Google

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:52:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Coming as early as tomorrow... which is when the war will rear its potent head again.

Clip Source: news.cnet.com

The Web site for Google's new open-source Chrome browser is slowly waking up. As I first began writing this post, there was a logo, a single screenshot (below), a link to a broken video, and a non-functioning download link. The page now redirects to Google.com, though.

The company is hosting a press conference at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters Tuesday at 11 a.m. PDT. I will be there and will live blog. Sign up for a reminder in the box at right, or just show up on Webware.com.

Tags: google, chrome, browser

Google Chrome - the logo

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:27:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Here is the logo of the new browser being launched now...

Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

Google Chrome

Developed by Google OS Cross-platform Development status Beta Type Web browser License Open Source Software

Chrome Browser - Google Gladiator

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:03:15 GMT

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Clip Source: www.pcmag.com

Google to Release Open-Source 'Chrome' Browser

Are Internet Explorer and Firefox ready to do battle with Chrome?

Google announced Monday that it has been hard at work on an open-source browser known as Chrome, a beta version of which will be released in 100 countries on Tuesday.

New features will included "isolated" tabs designed to prevent browser crashes and a more powerful JavaScript engine.

Google also promised "improved speed and responsiveness across the board."

Like OpenSocial and Android, Chrome will be an open source initiative.

Tuesday's beta release will be available for Windows users. "We're hard at work building versions for Mac and Linux too, and will continue to make it even faster and more robust," Pichai and Upson wrote.

"This is just the beginning -- Google Chrome is far from done," they wrote. "Google Chrome is another option, and we hope it contributes to making the web even better."

Tags: browser, chrome, google, beta, browser wars, ie8

processing open source

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:47:11 GMT

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Clip Source: processing.org

Google to Launch Browser

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:22:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I'm happy with Firefox, so Google have their work cut out for them.

Clip Source: blogs.zdnet.com

Updated: Google will launch a Web browser called Chrome that will take on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and apparently Mozilla’s Firefox, which the search giant essentially funds.

Google’s browser will be open source;

Chrome will include a JavaScript Virtual Machine built from scratch;

Tabs will be moved around;

The browser has an address bar with auto-completion.

There’s a privacy feature like IE has;

And Google aims to be proactive about fighting phishing and malware attacks.

Update: Google confirmed that Chrome will launch on Tuesday in a beta that will cover 100 countries. Google said on its blog:

Tags: google

Google to Release Open-Source 'Chrome' Browser

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:55:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Google announced Monday that it has been hard at work on an open-source browser known as Chrome, a beta version of which will be released in 100 countries on Tuesday.

Clip Source: www.pcmag.com

Google announced Monday that it has been hard at work on an open-source browser known as Chrome, a beta version of which will be released in 100 countries on Tuesday.

New features will included "isolated" tabs designed to prevent browser crashes and a more powerful JavaScript engine.

"Why are we launching Google Chrome? Because we believe we can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web," Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management, and Linus Upson, Google engineering director, wrote in a blog post.

Google was apparently looking to keep news of Chrome under wraps until after the holiday weekend. A 38-page, online comic book that provided details about Chrome hit the blogosphere Monday morning, but Pichai and Upson said in their blog post that Google had "hit 'send' a bit early" on the web comic.

Tags: google browser open-source