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Google Chrome Will Soon Be Controlled By Gamepads

1:30AM November 26, 2011 | Kat Hannaford - gizmodo uk

A lot of you read online using Google Chrome — which means a good percentage of you should be interested in the news that Chrome will soon have plug-and-play gamepad support added. It’ll work on any computer (or Chromebook) running the Chrome browser, and according to Google, will be a seamless experience. More »

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Get The New YouTube Before Everyone Else

7:59AM November 22, 2011 | David Galloway

Technology blog GHacks reports that YouTube is testing a new homepage design and that anyone can force this new design by adding a cookie to their browser. Here’s how to do to so for Chrome and Firefox. More »

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Internet Explorer Desertion Continues As Usage Drops Below 50%

6:40AM November 3, 2011 | Mario Aguilar

Internet Explorer has long been declining in popularity, but it hit an abandonment milestone in October as its market share dropped below 50 per cent for the first time in more than a decade. What browsers are reaping the benefits? More »

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Finally, An Easy Way To Search Your Twitter Stream

5:35AM October 4, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

Searching your Twitter stream is a pain in the arse. You usually end up scrolling down, down, down, until you find that gem of a tweet. CloudMagic will end the scrolling game with its updated browser extension. More »

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Chrome’s About To Knock Firefox To Third Place

9:20AM September 30, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Internet Explorer, the old, fat, mad king of the online kingdom still reigns uncontested. But beneath him, a power struggle between Chrome and Firefox, the latter of which has clung to the number two spot. But that’s about to change. More »

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How To Stop Facebook From Tracking You Across The Internet

8:40AM September 27, 2011 | Sam Biddle

If you want to use Facebook, but don’t want Facebook’s tendrils extending all over the internet and following your account, you’ll want this. Facebook Disconnect completely blocks the social network’s ability to track your account across the web. More »

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Offline Gmail, Google Calendar And Docs? Yes Please!

3:32AM September 1, 2011 | Brent Rose

Gmail. Damn near everyone you know uses it, and now they (and you) can use it offline. Sound the trumpets! And if that’s not enough, offline Google Calendar and Docs will be rolling out within the week. This pleases me. More »

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MuteTab Lets You Know Which Chrome Tab Is Making That Racket

2:40AM August 2, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Say you’re just bouncing around on the internet. Suddenly one of your thousand open tabs starts making noise. Now you’re annoyed, but you can’t find the tab. MuteTab helps you find it before you go crazy and hurt yourself. More »

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New HTML5 Music Video Experient: Embed A Message In An OK Go Clip

4:00PM July 28, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

We know that HTML 5 and stuff like Canvas, SVG, and WebGL is cool, but how cool are they? Cool enough to let you embed a message in a music video and have the band Ok Go dance it out for you. More »

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Google Adds Two-Finger Lion Gestures To Chrome

6:40PM July 27, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Obviously those who disabled natural scrolling are laughing. But as you may’ve noticed already, Chrome’s three-finger left/right swipe to navigate through previously viewed pages has been broken in Lion, because that gesture now flips between desktops. More »