abelssoft.net - 12/16/2008
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Regarding to Google, "Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier". Unfortunately, each Google Chrome installation contains a unique ID that allowing identifying its user. Google doesn't make it an easy job to ...
gigaom.com - 12/15/2008
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gigaom.com —
The Wall Street Journal reports that Google, long
a network neutrality champion, is looking to cut deals...
with broadband providers — both cable and phone companies — to get faster access for its own content. The Journal claims it has seen documents ...
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Google Turns Its Back on Network Neutrality [GigaOM]
searchengineland.com - 12/13/2008
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searchengineland.com —
Earlier this year, Google Suggest finally made it
to the Google home page. The feature suggests queries...
as you begin typing in the search box. Now Google is testing providing links to web sites, direct answers and even ads that appear within the ...
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Google Search Suggest Get Ads, Links & Answers
theregister.co.uk - 12/14/2008
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theregister.co.uk —
Google this week admitted that its staff will
pick and choose what appears in its search results....
It's a historic statement - and nobody has yet grasped its significance. Not so very long ago, Google disclaimed responsibility for its search results by ...
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Google cranks up the Consensus Engine • The Register
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UnChrome removes the unique ID from Google Chrome
Download Squad —
... Concerns about what Google Chrome does with user data already spawned Iron, a browser based on the Chromium source code that strips various features like error and crash reporting, as well as the unique user identifier assigned to each install. If you'd ...
Anonymize Your Google Chrome Installation with UnChrome
The UberReview —
... UnChrome is the latest free software offering to do the job and worth checking out if you have privacy concerns or simply have an issue with Google having this kind of information harvesting potential. [UnChrome via ...
Three Ways to Enjoy Google Chrome Without Privacy Concerns
ReadWriteWeb —
... Like Privacy Guard, UnChrome also removes your unique ID from the browser, instead replacing it with a null value. This is a bit more convenient because ...
5 Good Google Chrome Resources [OStatic]
GigaOM Network —
... Privacy Please. When Chrome came out, there were many observers who were concerned that since Google already collects so much private information about us all, Chrome would invade our privacy. The debate about whether it does continues, but one thing that is known is that every installation of Chrome includes a unique identifier. If this concerns you, get UnChrome, a free download that anonymizes your Chrome identifier. We've also ...
5 Good Google Chrome Resources
OStatic blogs —
... Privacy Please. When Chrome came out, there were many observers who were concerned that since Google already collects so much private information about us all, Chrome would invade our privacy. The debate about whether it does continues, but one thing that is known is that every installation of Chrome includes a unique identifier. If this concerns you, get UnChrome, a free download that anonymizes your Chrome identifier. We've also ...
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UnChrome removes the unique ID from Google Chrome
downloadsquad.com 12/17/2008 —
Concerns about what Google Chrome does with user data already spawned Iron , a browser based on the Chromium source code that strips various features like error and crash reporting, as well as the unique user identifier assigned to each install. ...
Your New Agreement With Google, Chrome Users
readwriteweb.com 12/12/2008 — When Google released its browser called Chrome this fall, there was an unusually loud controversy about its End User Licensing Agreement (EULA) . The company responded quickly to those complaints.
Now the contract with users has been changed ...
Official Google Blog: Google Chrome (BETA)
googleblog.blogspot.com 12/11/2008 — Since we first released Google Chrome , the development team has been hard at work improving the stability and overall performance of the browser. In just 100 days, we have reached more than 10 million active users around the world (on all seven ...
Google Chrome now finally out of beta
obsessable.com 12/12/2008 — Rather than let the news that Chrome is on its way out of beta fester and spawn more speculation, Google has made its push and promoted the browser out of beta status , but there's still no Mac version.
Ten things I don’t like about Google Chrome
mattcutts.com 12/17/2008 — Preventing paranoia: when does Google Chrome talk to Google.com? For better or worse, my blog is popular with the Google conspiracy-theorist demographic. :) I knew that as soon as Google Chrome launched, some readers... Google Chrome user agent It's ...
Google Chrome Goes Gold With 1.0 Release -- Google Chrome -
informationweek.com 12/12/2008 — Google's Chrome Web browser for Windows is no longer beta software. The company released Chrome 1.0 on Thursday, a mere 3-1/2 months after its initial release. That's the blink of an eye compared with Gmail's gestation in beta, which began in April ...
Google Chrome 1.0 Released
googlesystem.blogspot.com 12/11/2008 — "We've heard a lot of feedback about product bugs and feature requests and have worked hard to prioritize work on them. We're excited to announce that with today's fifteenth release we are taking off the "beta" label," explains a post from Google ...
Google Chrome, Out of Beta. Will That Be Enough? [GigaOM]
gigaom.com 12/13/2008 — Google’s V-P of search products and user experience, Marissa Mayer, ruined the official coming-out party of the Chrome browser when she said yesterday that the company would soon take it out of beta. She spoke a day too soon — must be the ...
Google Chrome Has 10 Million Users; Are You One of Them?
mashable.com 12/11/2008 — Google has announced that its Chrome browser is now out of beta – an unusually quick transition for Google considering that Gmail still bears the “Beta” tag, 4+ years after its launch.
In the announcement, Google claims “more than 10 million ...
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