Not anymore. Unless you want yourself to be compared to Bill Gates' personal... er... serviceman, try to use something besides IE.

If you use IE, the message you're sending out is basically this:

Yeah, it is that big of a medal. And it hangs on your face.

Using IE means that you silently accepted the browser that Microsoft forced you to use by packaging it with Windows. It means that you are a tool. It means that you are a powerless tile in the road Bill Gates follows as he laughs his way to the bank.

Then again, if you stop using Internet Explorer after reading this article, you are sending me a message as well:

If you start using Mozilla Firefox or Opera simply because I told you to, you are a total tool. You simply accept whatever the majority says as gospel truth. If its that easy to make you change your preferences, I want you on my jury when I get arrested.

So what are you gonna do, kid?

As a matter of fact, there are some basic guidelines to follow while choosing a browser.If you are still confused, click here...

Google argues that current Web browsers were designed eons ago, before so many of the developments that characterize today's Web: video, scams and spyware,  viruses that lurk even on legitimate sites, Web-based games and ambitious Web-based programs like Google's own Docs word processor.

As Google's blog puts it, "We realized that the Web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser."

What this early version of Chrome accomplishes isn't quite that grand. With no status bar, no menu bar and only a single toolbar (for bookmarks), Chrome is minimalist in the extreme. At the moment, for example, there's no way to e-mail a Web page to someone, no full-screen mode, no way to magnify the page (rather than just the text), and no screen for organizing bookmarks. Google says that these features are at the top of its to-do list.

Chrome is, nonetheless, full of really smart features that seem to have been inspired by other browsers - or ripped off from them, depending on your level of cynicism.

Also under the hood are what Google considers some of Chrome's most important features - the security enhancements. Google says that each tab runs in its own "sandbox," so that if there's nasty spyware-type software running on one Web site, it has no access to the rest of your computer, or even the other tabs. Google asserts that this is much stronger protection than Internet Explorer 8 gives you, especially in Windows XP. (Internet Explorer 8 supplies its best protection only in Windows Vista.)

Released last Tuesday (September 2nd), the Chrome browser immediately grabbed 1 per cent of the market, according to Net Applications.

Internet Explorer accounted for 72.2 per cent of the browsers used in August to access the 40,000-plus sites Net Applications monitors. That was a drop of about 0.9 percentage points from July. Meanwhile, Firefox increased its share by about half a percentage point, climbing from 19.2 per cent in July to end August at 19.7 per cent. Other browsers also boosted their shares: Apple's Safari went from 6.1 per cent to 6.4 per cent, while Opera's share hit 0.74 per cent, up slightly from July's 0.69 per cent.

Google's entry into the browser software industry is seen by analysts as inevitable. Google relies upon the browser for its primary access path to users and the primary vehicle for delivering its ads. Not having control of the browser cedes control of this key element and its development path to competitors such as Microsoft.

An interesting and welcome feature of Microsoft’s new Internet Explorer 8 is its “privacy” mode. While the ability to browse privately is both a welcome development for consumers and also a feature of Chrome, it signaled a long-expected threat that Microsoft or Apple could interfere with software features critical to the functioning of the online advertising network/exchanges such as DoubleClick.

By developing its own browser Google can simply eliminate that threat.

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Those with Window Operating system, mostly have their Internet Explorer freely available for usage. Why would they want to switch. For those with Machintos OS, they also have the Safari Browser installed, and hence probably the only person who wants to download and uses Chrome is the webmasters. Because as a webmaster, we tend to worry too much about compatibility of various browsers and since Google Chrome is available in the market, we need to make sure to download and test our websites with it just so that it is compatible - KiaShu

The other reason is that what do you think of the name? Chrome?? hmmm, I dont think it is a cool and catchy name at all.

In short, I think Google releases Chrome for one simple reason: as a gimmick for investor. This is because investors will be happy to invest in a company that is continuously producing something innovative. Therefore, Chrome is just a gimmick to attract Investors.

I give credit to http://www.readwriteweb.com/ for the information in my post, please read thier original article, link below. 

Links:

• Original Article: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/security_flaw_in_google_chrome.php

lets wait google launch the full version.

*give or take a jillion

Aside from the fact that it was just a lame attempt to try and elevate Microsoft's 'cool' factor, it immediately struck me the same way that the 'Pepsi Challenge' did way back when.  Pepsi was never content with their share of market, always trying to compete with Coke with a series of elaborately overproduced commercials like the one where Michael Jackson's head went up in flames.  From their 'blind' taste tests to their MTV video-inspired spots, their efforts were misplaced on making their marketing sexy instead of focusing on the product attributes themselves, and delivering on that. 

The bottom line is that Apple is cooler.  There's no question about that.

Macs are slicker, sleekier, sexier and just 'ier' all around than PCs in almost every way. 

And the multimedia capabilities, fuhgeddaboudit.

But, to me, it's never really been a contest.  So why is to Microsoft? And to such a degree that they are desperately clinging to a syndicated pop television icon hasbeen to re-ignite their popuarity.

Macs have their place.  So do PCs. 

OS has some key functionality. So does Windows.

Safari and Internet Explorer... OK, so that one gets a little dicey but the fact of the matter is that the entire planet is not ever going to completely switch to Apple no matter how impressive the apps unveiled at the developer's conference are or how many kazillion Gigabytes the new iPhone has.  Short of teleporting you to another location Star Trek-style, mass conversion is not imminent.

What Microsoft should be doing is focusing on the people who are loyal users of their brand and reach out to them instead of trying to appeal a whole other segment of the population who is never going to convert to Microsoft even if they do develop the 'moistest,' 'chewiest' new products. 

And while we're on the subject.................. moist? 

This is an adjective best reserved for those peddling lubricant or touting the right-out-of-the-oven moist and chewy goodness of a Tollhouse cookie. 

But it should never be used to describe software.

Never.

I think that's in the Ten Commandments actually. 

Thall shalt not use the word 'moist'  in vain.

Shame on you, Crispin Porter.

I wonder if they were motivated more by the media frenzy circus resulting from this spot or winning an Addy award than advising Microsoft effectively about their brand. Or maybe the Creative Director 'lost' the strategy brief because it certainly doesn't seem to be meeting any sound communications objectives.

In my opinion, all Miscrosoft's succeeded in doing is alienating their current customers while becoming the laughingstock of the diehard Apple disciples. 

Bill, you're not hip. But that's OK.

You're a trillionaire ten times over; isn't that enough??! Just focus on what it is you do, and do it well.  Leave the glitz and glam to Apple and focus on your productivity suite. Quit spinning your wheels on 'delicious' concepts and sharpen your business game before the forbidden fruit takes a bite out of that too.

In the end, remember it was Coke who taught the world to sing and Pepsi who said, 'we're better than Coke,' and Coke is still the market leader.

Microsoft lanzó el nuevo Internet Explorer 8, en fase beta, siguiendo la tendencia de google y muchos otros..."beta: no pongo las manos en el fuego por mi producto: si se te borran los datos, reclamale a magoya"). Volviendo al nuevo IE8, éste trae una nueva funcionalidad que, como Safari, oculta la información del usuario, impidiendo recolectar a los sitios información, pasando en limpio: no van a saber que es lo que te gusta navegar y, por lo tanto,  no te van a ofrecer publicidades. A pesar de su enojo, como sugieren, este funcionalidad ya la trae Safari, y se puede, widget mediante, agregar a Firefox (por ejemplo TOR envita sepan que estas navegando, que Windows/Linux/Etc... tenes en tu máquina, etc, etc...Buscá TOR en la galeria de aplicaciones para Forefox y navegá tranquilo)

Primera vez que veo el Iphone y la verdad que creí que era más pesado y más grande; algunas de las aplicaciones me parecieron un tanto aburridas, alguna que otra pasaban pero supongo que después de un tiempo me aburriría de ellos, ojalá vengan más celulares 3G pronto al Perú porque el Iphone todavía no me convence

En los pocos minutos que lo probé, el Safari se colgó cuando intenté recargar una web y luego de algunas maniobras (entiéndase por "maniobras": "movimiento brusco del aparato y el presionar botones aleatoriamente") logré recuperar el control de éste

Habían unas cuantas personas que me miraban mal pues llevaba unos 8 minutos con el Iphone así que decidí postear desde el MacBook Air que está al costado, en este momento hay 6 personas alrededor del iphone  (deberían poner más Iphones de muestra ya que todo el mundo se pelea por él)..

Ahora me voy a mi casa a ver el partido de vóley entre Perú y Venezuela, luego arreglo este post, ya que lo he escrito apurado porque el tipo de seguridad me está mirando feo y además hay varios sapos (chismosos, mirones, entrometidos) que están leyendo lo que escribo...

Grande attesa nella piccola città gioiello in provincia di Arezzo dove il cantante di 'Safari' vive e lavora da diversi anni e dove, ha conosciuto nel 1994 quella che domani diventerà ufficialmente sua moglie. La famiglia di Jovanotti è originaria del borgo dove lui trascorreva le vacanze, una cittadina dalle origini lontanissime, frequentata un tempo da Mitterand, oggi dalla Università della Georgia (USA). Il cantautore ha sofferto molto lo scorso anno per la morte dell'amatissimo fratello Umberto, caduto a bordo del suo ultraleggero.

Ora ha scelto di dividere, tra poco anche formalmente, la vita con quella che gliel'ha resa 'bella da morire'. Ma il 2008 è stato per Jovanotti soprattutto un anno pieno di soddisfazioni e colmo di successi. "Fango", il singolo estratto dall'album 'Safari' ha vinto il Premio Mogol.

L'appuntamento è alle 11 nella chiesa di Santa Maria Nuova. Seguirà un ricevimento privatissimo ma numeroso (si parla di 300 ospiti) nella villa della famiglia della sposa in san Martino a Bocena vicino a Cortona. Tanti gli esponenti del mondo della musica ma non solo: tra gli invitati, sicura la presenza del campione di motociclismo Valentino Rossi, mentre non è confermata quella del cantante Vasco Rossi. Quasi certo invece Ligabue (con Jovanotti non si parlavano da quasi due anni) e Nicoletta Mantovani moglie dello scomparso Luciano Pavarotti. E a Villa Valiani si stà allestendo un piccolo palco dove si alterneranno musicisti per ricordare proprio Big Luciano (di cui ricorre il primo anno dalla scomparsa).

Tra i nomi sicuri anche Pippo Baudo e Claudio Cecchetto.Tra gli invitati anche Silvio Muccino, Pino Daniele, i Negramaro, i Negrita e Syria. Probabile anche la presenza di Bono, degli U2 con cui Jovanotti condivide l'impegno umanitario. A officiare la cerimonia Don Gino Rigoldi quello del Beccaria, il carcere minorile di Milano. Con lui anche il parroco della coppia, don Antonio Mencarini. Come regali sono gradite offerte per l'associazione di Don Rigoldi che aiuta i bambini in Romania.

Top secret il menu del ricevimento (forse in gran parte vegetariano) così come l'abito degli sposi (anche se si sussurra che lei abbia scelto Roberto Cavalli e lui Costume National). Ma tutto potrebbe essere stravolto, almeno nei dettagli dell'organizzazione, dal vulcanico Jovanotti (nel '97 il matrimonio fu annunciato e poi annullato all'ultimo secondo, colpa delle suocere ha raccontato lui in seguito a un settimanale) .

Quindici anni di "storia d' amore" da festeggiare, tra alti e bassi ("innamorato? Credo. E lei ti ama? A suo modo", cantava in 'Tanto'). Domani il giuramento davanti a dio, e quindi basta scuse.

In addition to visitEarth's network of travel web sites, I've now launched a website design service element to support small, boutique tourism companies and tour operators. In additional to strategic consulting, site design, technical implementation, hosting and online marketing, visitEarth will provide free promotion and advertising on select sites. The services site is at www.visitearth.asia/services or www.visitearth.ca/services

As part of this launch, behind the scenes I've been working on a site for a new travel company based in East Africa and the US, called Everlast Tours & Safaris. They provide land and water adventures for Zanzibar, and guided safari tours to the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater, as well as expeditions up Mt. Kilimanjaro. Initial marketing support is on Zanzibar.cn.

To view the Everlast Tours site, please check out www.everlasttours.com ...

Cheers!
Bryan

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--John Wright

If Mr A is right (I wouldn’t ever bet against he with the knowledge) in predicting Google’s strategy then it's more than ironic that Microsoft themselves had a similar browser project called Chrome! Scoble says Google must have a sense of humour. I’m not sure they’re the ones who need it in order to laugh – Microsoft must be livid. How hardball can you get? Execs all over Redmond must be dusting off their copies of The Art of War.

But Microsoft have at least entered a fighter into this boxing tournament with their latest version of Internet Explorer, IE8.

Reality check: that’s a gross exaggeration. It’s worth remembering that IE has a 73% market share according to Net Applications. Three quarters of users touch websites via Microsoft! Then again, no one believes ‘the cloud’ won’t revolutionise the way operating systems are used/needed/bought. That means ousting not just IE but Microsoft from newly built machines. (And I’ll never forget the Netscape browser had a 90% market share in the 1990s, proving total implosion is always possible.)

Mozilla’s Firefox remains the popular outsider - certainly until Chrome is available for the Mac - with 19% of the market. Its got loads of plug ins that tech users love, is the de facto browser for the discerning user and has just released a new version. Apple’s Safari has a respectable 6%.

Most early adopters seem to be giving Chrome the thumbs up, but can the Google brand pull it off. Will they just be seen as the new Microsoft? Firefox is the poor cousin everyone loves to love. Google don’t have the cards to play it in quite the same way.

All the guys and boys sure don't want their girlfriend, wife or parents to realize how addicted they are to porn. Now they have a very simple solution, Google Chrome. From now on, they can feel very comfortable browsing their favorite sites knowing that all the records will be deleted once they click the close button. Let's do the math, suppose 50% percent of all people browsing the web is guys and only one tenth of them wants/needs to have this special mode. That's already 5% of the entire browser martket. Notice Safari only have 6% of martket share at this point. IE is gonna have its share, but for the people who's looking for an alternative, Chrome seems to be a pretty good candidate.

I also see Chrome can be a good pick in school's computers. Schools want a browser that's secure, robust, and fast on slow computers. Right now, many schools already have firefox as the default browser for security reasons. Chrome is definitely more rebust, thanks to the one tab one process idea, and faster, this goes to the V8 javascript engine.

So....in the midst of the slowness I decided to download FireFox and check it out - see why so many people that read my blog use it over anything else. And seriously?......Why have I not checked it out before?  I am loving it and am thrilled with all the neato little add-ons that are available to make it even better. I've got a lot more checking out to do, but my initial impression is really good....I think Internet explorer is going away in my world.

As an aside....I also did some checking out and using both Safari and Google Chrome as well to see which one I liked best. I love Apple and if I had the $ I would have a Mac in a heartbeat, but I'm not feeling the Safari. It's too stripped down and not intuitive enough for me. And Google Chrome? I wanted to like it...I really did, but sadly, I liked it even less than Safari.....it's stripped down to the max and I'm a girl who likes her gadgets.

So there you have it.....my expert take on all things Technological. Aren't you glad you have me in your life!

• There are 30 species of leopard

• Leopards can weigh up to 200 pounds

• The average lifespan of a leopard is 20 years

• Leopards prefer to stalk their prey from trees and because they are slow eaters will drag their prey into a tree to keep other predators away

• Like domestic cats leopards hiss and spit when they are angry and purr when they are content

• Leopards lead solitary lives

• The gestation period for a female leopard is 90-105 days producing a litter of 2-4 cubs which are born blind. The cubs stay with their mother until they are 13-18 months old

• 40/50% of cubs don't reach adulthood

For those interested in tiger tours it is time to book their tiger safari at tiger reserve in India. Find good travel agents in India who operate wildllife tours  are in touch with wildlife resorts and hotels in Kanha , Bandhavgarh and Pench tiger reserves these are the most popular places to see the tiger in India. Another destination of choice for tiger safaris is Ranthambhore Tiger reserve in Rajasthan.

In Rajasthan Ranthbhore tiger tour is very popular with eco tourists from all over the World and there are good hotels in Ranthambhore that offer budget as well as luxury accommodation.

Other places of interest for wildlife and tiger lovers is Corbett though it is more popular for wild elephants and birds. Though of late tiger sightings have increased at this destination in India.

The launch of "Chrome" from Google, tempted me to look at this new browser. I took no time to download and start using. The Google, which was known for its revolutionary search engine and other products expected to come out with something really different. The chrome offered me few very good features, but still lacked attraction. The browser look is good, tabbed browsing experience is good, the suggestions during browsing are all really nice experience. Also it gives preview of sites you frequently visit. The boom mark and customised tab based home page experience are also better. The speed also almost comparable to Firefox. However something was missing. The disaster is off course the toolbars. The chrome is not offering any toolbars or add ons. You can't even put Google's its own tool bar, leave alone yahoo or any other toolbar. This is an utter disappointment. The browser looks very simple and lacks the customisation facility of Firefox.This is only Beta version and  I am sure the Google team will come up to make up for all the deficiencies. But it would have been more comfortable, had Google introduced this feature with all the facilities. To learn more about chrome click here

Till then , I am more comfortable with Firefox, which offers me hoards of features. Let's watch , how chrome develops and compete with Internet explorer and Firefox. 

I sometime wonder how Internet explorer is able to sustain its 75 % market share. Probably its marketing works for it. Firefox is far more superior then Internet explorer and is not used by many. Probably since it is a open source browser, it marketing strategy is poor and hence it is unknown to many. But Google has strength to compete with Internet explorer and I am sure Google will address all the inherent issues and comes out with the excellent browser and may give run for money to Microsoft.

To download Google chrome click here. 

Critically yours

Critickiran

El día 2 de Septiembre como muchos de ustedes saben y si no, se los adelanto, salió al "mercado" de los navegadores un nuevo miembro: Google Chrome (en fase beta)... y los rumores van y vienen, los Twittereos de que si Chrome tiene errores, que si Chrome no es tan chungo... hem... chungo si... bueno, tan "bonito" como Firefox, que no tiene los Add-ons de la Zorra fogosa, que no tiene un diseño tan chingon como el de firefox... y un largo etcétera, aun así era algo común el dia de ayer ver que todo el mundo hablaba de Chrome en el twitter, y como no, si estamos hablando de una de las empresas la empresa que esta destinada a convertirse en un mounstro monopolico tal vez mayor que microsoft.

De hecho ya hay análisis de la velocidad de las páginas que se cargan en Chrome y las pruebas de la versión beta de el navegador demuestran que es muchisimo más rápido que Fire fox 3, aunque también se dice que con la llegada de la nueva versión del navegador de mozila, la versión 3.1 que saldrá a finales de año, se añadirá el motor Tracemonkey, el cuál le ganará otra vez en velocidad al navegador nativo de Google, cabe mencionar que la fundacion google tabién patrocina a Mozilla labs. los cuales desarrollan Firefox... una curiosa jugada del mercado debo decir, como sea, YO QUE SOY UN GEEK no pude contenerme y baje cuanto navegador pude y este es el resultado:

¡¡8 navegadores en mi windows vista!!

tenemos de izquierda a derecha y de arriba a abajo: flock, safari, avant, netscape, internet explorer 8, firefox 3, opera 9 y google chrome... y como plus mi wallpaper es de la película Tron...

¿cual es el más rapido de todos? sin duda chrome, pero mi zorrita fogosa aun no tiene rival

UPDATE: CARLOS H. MENDOZA/MANCHATE EN JAMBITZ HACE UNA INTERESANTE ANOTACIÓN SOBRE LOS EULA, EL CONTRATO DE USUARIO DE GOOGLE CHROME... CON ESTO SE CONSTA QUE ES MEJOR LEERLOS LAS LETRAS CHIQUITAS ANTES DE FIRMAR UN CONTRATO: EN JAMBITZ.COM

DEBASTEITOR SMAAASHH!!!!

A expectativa, agora, é de que o Chrome vá influenciar na perda de usuários do Internet Explorer da Microsoft. "A queda que a Microsoft tem sofrido nos últimos meses ainda é pequena, mas tem impacto direto no multimilionário mercado de buscadores, já que o padrão do Internet Explorer é o Live Search da Microsoft, contra o Firefox e o Chrome, que usam o Google", afirma Fred Pacheco, gerente de BI da Predicta.

"O Firefox é utilizado em grande parte pelo grupo que chamamos de early adopters, ou seja, aquelas pessoas que aceitam inovações tecnológicas antes da massa e esse grupo tem maior propensão a experimentar inovação mais cedo que os demais usuários, por isso, podemos assumir que esse grupo será o primeiro a experimentar o Google Chrome”, diz Pacheco. A afirmação dele pode ser justificada, por exemplo, nos dados que apontam que, entre o público que busca canais de tecnologia, o uso do navegador do Google já chega a 5,16%.

Fonte - B2B Magazine - http://www.b2bmagazine.com.br/web/interna.asp?id_canais=4&id_subcanais=23&id_noticia=23089&colunista=1

Hello again, it's great to be back here in the Lounge after spending a number of very busy days preparing for the re-launch of our Main Site.  Anyone who has visited our site knows that we've quickly outgrown the old site. (it was launched little more than 4 months ago)

We've had growing pains of course.  We had a major problem with our bilingual plug-in that was stopping some folks from even visiting the site.  We worked with the plug-in developer to resolve that issue - and now it's fixed.   Other users, who were using Internet Explorer 6, had display problems and were having difficulty navigating the site - that's also been fixed.  The site NOW works with Internet Explorer versions 6, 7 and 8, Firefox 2 & 3, Opera, Safari (including the new Chrome browser from Google) and others.

I had no idea our Site was going to become as popular as it has - mostly in response to our releasing our first set of how-to videos!   You can be sure we're busy planning a follow up series of videos on tips & tricks in Lightroom 2.  And that's where we had some issues.  The site was simply TOO NARROW to support the wide screen videos and our dynamic photo galleries.  So, we've released a FULL SCREEN version of the site that provides us with much needed room for growth.  

And grow we will.  First off, we're bring all the videos back into the main site, we're consolidating all of our photo galleries on one page.  Here you'll see a description of the gallery, thumbnail and the option to view a flash gallery or normal slide show.  We're also setting up a page where you can download our most popular photos as wallpaper in sizes to accomodate the most popular screen resolutions.

So have a look around, and if inclined, drop us a note or send us your ideas. There's a new comments feature available from the About page.  At any rate, look for exciting new developments in the next few weeks!

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Bye for now.