OT: Google Chrome
Moderator: Peak Moderation
Browser. Sorry. Brain fade.
I quite liked it at first, but the rendering isn't that good (text on buttons etc) and the terms and conditions are up for discussion. They could be interpreted to mean that google can do what they like with any content you submit to the web via their browser.
I quite liked it at first, but the rendering isn't that good (text on buttons etc) and the terms and conditions are up for discussion. They could be interpreted to mean that google can do what they like with any content you submit to the web via their browser.
Jim
For every complex problem, there is a simple answer, and it's wrong.
"Heaven and earth are ruthless, and treat the myriad creatures as straw dogs" (Lao Tzu V.i).
For every complex problem, there is a simple answer, and it's wrong.
"Heaven and earth are ruthless, and treat the myriad creatures as straw dogs" (Lao Tzu V.i).
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RenewableCandy
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http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/02/technol ... 2008090310
Google can't be trusted like the rest. Defo sticking with Firefox and IEThe company has been developing Chrome for two years, but the timing of its jump into the browser wars is probably no coincidence given two seemingly small features recently offered by the latest browsers from Microsoft and Mozilla.
Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft's most recent update to its browser, lets people navigate the Net while hiding their Internet address and viewing history - sometimes called "porn mode."
While this privacy feature isn't exactly new to the browsing world, it is the first time Microsoft has offered it. And given that Microsoft has 72% of the browser market, that move is seen as a significant threat to Google, which attempts to pinpoint its search results to a user's interests.
"Google Chrome is partly a defensive move as Microsoft is incorporating functionality in new browsers that may block the collection of ad targeting information," Stifel Nicolaus analyst George Askew wrote in a note Tuesday.
Google ChromeRogerCO wrote:For the benefit of those who don't have the faintest idea what you are on about with all this talk of metal plated search engines could someone please explain what it is and where you got it from. Is there any medicine you can take for it or should you just go and lie down in a darkened room if you are affected.
A beta release web browser, currently for Windoze only.
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John Maynard Keynes.
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I think Google is the most monitored and scrutinized company right now. Any hacker worth his weight in keyboards would just love to catch Google with their pants down. Gives much more cred than catching Microsoft with just another bad practice. All this public scrutiny keeps them straight better than anything else.oilslick wrote:http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/02/technol ... 2008090310
Google can't be trusted like the rest. Defo sticking with Firefox and IEThe company has been developing Chrome for two years, but the timing of its jump into the browser wars is probably no coincidence given two seemingly small features recently offered by the latest browsers from Microsoft and Mozilla.
Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft's most recent update to its browser, lets people navigate the Net while hiding their Internet address and viewing history - sometimes called "porn mode."
While this privacy feature isn't exactly new to the browsing world, it is the first time Microsoft has offered it. And given that Microsoft has 72% of the browser market, that move is seen as a significant threat to Google, which attempts to pinpoint its search results to a user's interests.
"Google Chrome is partly a defensive move as Microsoft is incorporating functionality in new browsers that may block the collection of ad targeting information," Stifel Nicolaus analyst George Askew wrote in a note Tuesday.
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landyowner
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One security flaw found already:MacG wrote:Any hacker worth his weight in keyboards would just love to catch Google with their pants down. Gives much more cred than catching Microsoft with just another bad practice. All this public scrutiny keeps them straight better than anything else.
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/se ... chrome.php
Seems easily avoidable though,just don't download anything you are not sure 100% of.
'The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.' - Dr. Albert Bartlett
Yeah I think so. Google server farms are blights on the landscape. Not a solar panel in sight, huge consumption of electricity and water. Microsoft are no different. All in the name of progress and the economy as usual.JohnB wrote:Aren't Google trying to outMicro$oft Micro$oft in their efforts at world domination? Surely we should be using really people friendly fluffy open source browsers like Firefox
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007 ... media.news
Jim
For every complex problem, there is a simple answer, and it's wrong.
"Heaven and earth are ruthless, and treat the myriad creatures as straw dogs" (Lao Tzu V.i).
For every complex problem, there is a simple answer, and it's wrong.
"Heaven and earth are ruthless, and treat the myriad creatures as straw dogs" (Lao Tzu V.i).
Google server farms are blights on the landscape. Not a solar panel in sight, huge consumption of electricity and water. Microsoft are no different. All in the name of progress and the economy as usual.
Oh, come on.
Google & Microsoft provide the world community with a lot of 'bang for the buck'.
Think of the resources consumed by say governments or 'smokestack industries' ... with often very little worthwhile return.
Oh, come on.
Google & Microsoft provide the world community with a lot of 'bang for the buck'.
Think of the resources consumed by say governments or 'smokestack industries' ... with often very little worthwhile return.
The offending clause has been withdrawn by Google!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/03 ... ula_sucks/
That is better......
But I am still staying clear of it.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/03 ... ula_sucks/
That is better......
But I am still staying clear of it.
Real money is gold and silver
That's as maybe, but 'Do no evil'??? If Google don't want to do evil then maybe some solar panels would be a good idea? My point is they are a profit driven company with a legal responsibility to maximise shareholder profitability. Their motto should really be 'Make shareholders rich', because that is the fundamental aim of the company. Lets not beat about the bush. Lets not pretend they are a 'fluffy' company, any more than microsoft are a fluffy company.Vortex wrote:Google server farms are blights on the landscape. Not a solar panel in sight, huge consumption of electricity and water. Microsoft are no different. All in the name of progress and the economy as usual.
Oh, come on.
Google & Microsoft provide the world community with a lot of 'bang for the buck'.
Think of the resources consumed by say governments or 'smokestack industries' ... with often very little worthwhile return.
Jim
For every complex problem, there is a simple answer, and it's wrong.
"Heaven and earth are ruthless, and treat the myriad creatures as straw dogs" (Lao Tzu V.i).
For every complex problem, there is a simple answer, and it's wrong.
"Heaven and earth are ruthless, and treat the myriad creatures as straw dogs" (Lao Tzu V.i).