Ten days after Google launched Chrome, the new browser's share of those using it to reach Computerworld's US website has dropped from a peak of 9.7% right after it was released and stabilised at between 5% and 6%.
Google announced its web browser Chrome in the unconventional guise of a 38-page comic book last week. According to the comic, drawn by acclaimed comic artist and writer Scott McCloud, the forthcoming open-source browser is based on the open-source rendering engine WebKit, the same engine used by Apple's Safari browser and Google's own Android mobile-phone operating system.
Google's unveiling of a new browser is not really about trying to outmuscle the other top browsers; rather, it's a key weapon in the company's effort to kill Windows, according to industry observers.
Google will dump a section of the licensing agreement for its new Chrome browser after some internet users objected to its copyright implications.
Google's famed cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin came out to support Chrome, saying that browser technology is fundamental to the company's success, so Google decided to get more involved in this area.
Google has launched a beta version of its own web browser in more than 100 countries.
Google has gone from innovative upstart to fat-and-happy industry leader in what seems like record time. Put simply, the search giant has lost its mojo. That's good news for Microsoft, and it could affect how you use Google's cloud computing services.
Google is considering allowing users of its search engine to tinker with query results by re-ranking them and commenting on them.
Google is considering allowing users of its search engine to tinker with query results by re-ranking them and commenting on them.
A lot of the buzz in ICT is around the new(ish) concept of cloud computing, the idea that you simply subscribe to an IT or application service over the internet rather than develop and/or deliver it in-house.
GraphOn, a developer of server-based application publishing and web-enabling software, has filed a lawsuit alleging that Google's Base, AdWords, Sites and YouTube services infringe on four GraphOn patents.
Australian entrepreneurs Ryan Junee, Julian Frumar and Simon Ratner are laughing all the way to the bank as their online video start-up Omnisio was acquired by Google for US$15 million (NZ$20 million) in cash.
Transit New Zealand, operator of the state highways, is courting both Microsoft and Google in two geographic information management projects.
A former Google employee and her husband have launched a new search engine called Cuil (pronounced "cool").
Google said Friday it will pay US$140 million for a Russian contextual advertising company as it seeks to expand its services to advertisers and website publishers outside the US.