Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle’s new web browser, Chrome, is now available to download. You can read our previous information about the browser, which explain some of the new features. I’ve only been using it for a few minutes, but I can sum it up in one word: fast. This thing flies! I’m sure some glitches and/or shortcomings will […]
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Google’s new “Chrome” browser to be launched tomorrow
Reading Time: 2 minGoogle has accidentally leaked a comic strip that talks about “Chrome”, their new web browser. Google has confirmed that a browser is coming, and will be lauched tomorrow (Tuesday). So what’s the scoop on the new browser? Here’s what we know so far (from TechCrunch and Google Blogoscoped): Windows only. Mac and Linux support coming […]
Get notified if your site gets hacked
Reading Time: < 1 minBlogStorm has an excellent post today about something very simple you can do to help protect your site. The problem, as they see it: Every month thousands of websites get hacked into and have hidden links inserted into the pages by people wanting their spam sites to rank highly in the search engines. I agree […]
Firefox 3 finally gets the Google Toolbar
Reading Time: < 1 minFor those of you that love the Google Toolbar, but have been missing it with Firefox 3, your wait is over! http://www.google.com/toolbar I figured we’d see it updated this week, since the public release of Firefox 3 is scheduled for tomorrow. I also expect we’ll see an update to the Google Earth plug-in very soon, […]
Firefox 3 RC2 now available
Reading Time: < 1 minAbout three weeks after RC1 was unveiled, Firefox 3 RC2 has just been released. Get it here! No word yet on what’s new, but I expect it’s mostly bug fixes and things of that nature. If you know of any substantial improvements, please let us know in the comments. Given how great RC1 has performed, […]
Firefox 3 RC1 now available
Reading Time: < 1 minWe’re getting pretty close to the official Firefox 3 release, with the new release of Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1. The beta versions had surprisingly few problems, so I would expect that this RC would be pretty solid. You’ll probably want to install this program, if for no other reason than to make sure your […]
Woopra looks awesome
Reading Time: < 1 minGreekBrief.TV has a short video clip that introduces Woopra, a new analytics client. It’s similar to Google Analytics, StatCounter and others of that nature, but does a few things very differently: Stats are delivered to a client that you install on your PC. Stats are shown in real-time, with details about each visitor. You can […]
Benchmarking now live in Google Analytics
Reading Time: 2 minAbout two weeks ago, Google added an option to include your Analytics data into their beta benchmarking program. Today, that data is now available for use for those that opted in. From analytics, you simply go to [Visitors] –> [Benchmarking (Beta)] and the data will appear. By default it compares your site to “All sites […]
Google Chart API now does maps
Reading Time: < 1 minThe Google Chart API has just released a new version. Among the new features: No limit on the number of requests. Support for maps! USA state maps, other country maps, world maps, etc. It’s quite slick. Click on the image on the right to see a chart of the states I’ve lived in (the lighter […]
Internet Explorer 8 is now available
Reading Time: < 1 minIn a surprise move at the MIX08 Conference, Microsoft announced that Internet Explorer 8 is now available for download. The list of enhancements include: Facebook Integration — Get status updates directly from your browser eBay Integration — You can use their new “webslices” to subscribe to individual portions of a page. Live Maps Integration — […]