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Chrome will block NPAPI plug-ins over stability, security concerns

2013-09-24 17:11:24| InfoWorld: Top News

Plug-ins based on the NPAPI architecture will be blocked by default in Chrome starting early next year as Google moves toward completely removing support for them in the browser. "NPAPI's 90s-era architecture has become a leading cause of hangs, crashes, security incidents, and code complexity," Justin Schuh, a Google Chrome security engineer, said Monday in a blog post. "Because of this, Chrome will be phasing out NPAPI support over the coming year."

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5 Best Weather Apps for Google Chrome

2013-09-20 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld

Fall is just around the corner in the Northern Hemisphere, and at least for those of us in some locales, outdoor activities can now ramp up with the milder temperatures. This week's All Things Appy takes a look at the top five free Chrome apps in the weather department. First up? Full Screen Weather, an app that offers the best-looking weather maps out there for desktop.

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Google, Intel cement ties on Chrome OS, could weaken Wintel

2013-09-12 13:39:24| InfoWorld: Top News

New Chromebooks announced this week signal Intel's willingness to broaden its horizons and work with companies like Google, at the expense of its long-standing Windows partnership with Microsoft. Three new Chromebooks from Hewlett-Packard, Acer and newcomer Toshiba with Google's Chrome OS were shown on stage during this week's Intel Developer Forum. The sub-$299 laptops will run on Intel's Haswell chips, and executives from Google and the chip maker said they worked closely to tune the OS at the kernel and driver levels to work with Intel's chips.

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Google previews Chrome app launcher for Macs

2013-09-06 16:42:28| InfoWorld: Top News

Google added an App Launcher preview to Chrome on OS X that lets Mac owners run the company's new packaged apps from the Dock. Users of Chrome 31 on OS X, currently in the "Dev" channel, the least-polished version of the browser, can access the souped-up Web apps from the launcher, which is automatically placed in the OS X Dock with the installation of any packaged app.

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Google seeks to marry desktop and cloud with new Chrome apps

2013-09-05 20:01:02| InfoWorld: Top News

Google has wheeled out a new type of application for its Chrome browser that according to the company combines the best of desktop and cloud software. Equating them to tablet- and smartphone-like apps for desktops and laptops, Google said on Thursday that they mix "the speed, security, and flexibility" of the Web with the "functionality" of software installed on devices.

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