Chrome blocks Flash
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Wednesday, 31 July 2019 12:12

Chrome blocks Flash


By default, by design

Google today launched Chrome 76 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS and this time Adobe Flash is blocked by default.

Google knifed Microsoft over Chrome brower
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Et Tu as Vole rushes to Chrome 

Google might have  stabbed Microsoft in the back after Vole started testing its new Microsoft Edge browser based on Chromium.

Microsoft is making a Chrome OS-like version of Windows
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Windows Lite

Software king of the world Microsoft is writing a cut-down version of Windows for dual-screen devices and Chromebook competitors.

Chrome UI is a colossal miss
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Monday, 31 December 2018 11:25

Chrome UI is a colossal miss


Users fume

Google's new Chrome UI appears to be a colossal miss and users are fuming.

Windows on ARM might end up on Chrome
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Thursday, 22 November 2018 12:34

Windows on ARM might end up on Chrome


Microsoft teams up with Google

Microsoft and Google engineers appear to be collaborating to support a version of Chrome running on Windows on ARM.

Next gen 2019 Snapdragon PC goes multi OS
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 19 October 2018 10:41

Next gen 2019 Snapdragon PC goes multi OS


Chrome to join Windows 10

Miguel Nunes, a senior director of product management at Qualcomm, took the stage at one of the ARM TechCon presentations and shared details about the 2019 always connected Snapdragon PC. ACPC stands for Always connected PC.

Google gives another reason to uninstall Chrome
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Tuesday, 25 September 2018 09:59

Google gives another reason to uninstall Chrome


Chrome now uploads all your browser history

In previous versions of Chrome, you could visit Gmail, YouTube or other Google websites and log into them without Chrome automatically uploading all of your browsing histories to Google but "fortunately" Google has seen fit to correct this flaw.

Flash gets old and runs out of steam
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Thursday, 01 March 2018 11:04

Flash gets old and runs out of steam


Only used by eight percent of Chrome users

The percentage of daily Chrome users who've loaded at least one page containing Flash content per day has gone down from around 80 percent in 2014 to under eight percent in early 2018.

Bait and switch sites fall to might of Chrome
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Thursday, 09 November 2017 11:37

Bait and switch sites fall to might of Chrome


Stop you being forwarded to another site

Google's Chrome browser is going to kill off redirects that send you to a website you didn't expect.

Microsoft presentation gives up on Edge
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Wednesday, 01 November 2017 11:51

Microsoft presentation gives up on Edge


Installs Chrome instead


A Microsoft engineer carrying out a demo before assorted hacks had to abandon his Edge browser and install Chrome after his Vole-approved default browser froze.