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Introducing the Google Chrome OS

Well, it's official. Google will take on Windows, not with some based on Android (which is dumb, and curious, in my opinion), but with yet another OS based on the Chrome browser . Here's the full announcement. The bolded bits are my work, as I think those are the core bits. It's been an exciting...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-08-2009
Microsoft warns of Google Apps Sync for Outlook issue

Microsoft has responded, sort of, to Google's delivery of a free Exchange migration tool for Outlook users by trying to poke holes in the end result. More specifically, the company claims that the tool has a "bug/flaw" that causes Outlook search to stop working. Obviously, the solution...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-17-2009
Google Chrome gets even faster ... On Google sites ... According to Google

Google Blog : We introduced Google Chrome back in September, and it's received a great response so far. Since launching, we've been working hard on adding the top requested features and making Google Chrome even faster. Today, we are updating to a new version of Google Chrome that is faster than...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-21-2009
Is IE8 really fat and slow?

In sharp contrast to certain dimwitted bloggers out there, no one can ever accuse Ed Bott of "false misunderstanding." The guy grabs on to a topic and shakes it until it squeaks, and for this reason, he'll always be the voice of reason in our industry. The topic du jour: Reports that IE...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-27-2009
New beta version of Google Chrome released

Google Chrome blog: Since we took the "beta" tag off Google Chrome in December, we've been updating two release channels : developer and stable. With our latest release, we're re-introducing the beta channel for some early feedback — and if you're reading the brand new Google Chrome...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-17-2009
Microsoft: IE 8 is often faster than Firefox, Chrome or Safari

Sorry, benchmark followers. Not that it actually matters--in real world usage, all of these products actually perform similarly--but it turns out that the darling of Web browser benchmarks really isn't Safari. Or Chrome. Or even Firefox. It's IE 8 : Measuring Browser Performance: Understanding...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-12-2009
Google Sync

Oh my. Microsoft emailed me today to explain that they have licensed intellectual property to Google: Earlier today Google announced Google Sync , which is made possible by a patent license they obtained from Microsoft covering Google’s implementation of the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync protocol on...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 02-09-2009
Gmail gets offline support

Google has finally added Google Gears support to its Gmail Webmail service, allowing the service to be used offline. It’s still a Google Labs feature, meaning that it’s basically in perpetual beta, but still. Here it is . So what can you do the next time you're bracing yourself for that long flight...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 01-28-2009
The Plot to Kill Google

Wired posts an appropriately controversial story about Google's enemies and their (separate, as it turns out) efforts to slow down the Internet goliath. Chief among these enemies, of course, is Microsoft. Tom Barnett, assistant attorney general for antitrust at the US Department of Justice was signaling...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 01-20-2009
Google releases preview of Chrome 2.0

Looks like Google is serious about ramping up Chrome to better compete with IE and Firefox. There's an alpha version of Chrome 2.0 available, and the release notes include a list of new features... New version of WebKit. WebKit is the open source code Google Chrome uses to render web pages (HTML...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 01-09-2009

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