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Google building 3D boost into Chrome
News By building its O3D plug-in into Chrome, Google is prepping for faster Web applications in its browser--and later in its operating system.
Tags: Operating systems, Plug-in, Google Inc., Web Browser, O3D, Google Chrome, 3D, CAD, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Hardware
How good are the censors in China?
News From China, CNET News.com reporter Michael Kanellos searches the Internet for "Tiananmen", and sees just how editors can alter history in the Digital Age.
Tags: Web sites, Search, Video
Will new browsers really upgrade the Web?
News The latest browsers sport many hot new features. But the avant-garde must reckon with inconsistent standards and slow adoption.
Tags: Web browsers, Web Browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Web Application, Adobe Systems Inc., Web Developer, video, Web browsers, HTML 5, HTML
Google tries jump-starting 3D Web with O3D
News An open-source browser plug-in gives games and other Web applications the ability to take advantage of a computer's graphics chip.
Tags: Web browsers, Plug-in, Google Inc., Web Browser, Graphics, O3D, 3D, CAD, performance, OpenGL
Firefox gets an early taste of 3D Web standard
News Programmers have begun building WebGL into developer-oriented versions of Mozilla's browser. The 3D-acceleration technology is coming to WebKit, too.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web Browser, Programmer, Graphics, Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp., 3D, Mozilla Firefox, blog
WebGL slips into Chrome, too, for 3D Web
News Google's browser is the latest to get support for a nascent standard for building accelerated 3D graphics into Web pages and Web applications.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Web services, Web browsers, Khronos Group, WebGL, Web sites, Web 2.0, Web Browser, Web-based Application
Google brings Chrome beta to Mac, Linux
News Search giant issues the first beta versions of its browser for Mac OS X and Linux. Maturity could spread adoption, and the stable version is due in a month.
Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Google Inc., Chrome 4.0, Web Page, Web Browser, Apple Macintosh, Google Chrome, Apple Mac OS, Beta
Firefox hopes to one-up IE with fast graphics
News Windows 7 features called Direct2D and DirectWrite will speed up Internet Explorer 9 performance. But Firefox hopes it might retool for the same benefit first.
Tags: Web browsers, Service level management, Google Inc., Direct2D, DirectWrite, Bas Schouten, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Graphics, Mozilla Corp.
Google shows Native Client built into HTML 5
News Google shows a version of its technology for putting Web applications on steroids that's built into its Chrome browser. Also: expect Web Worker support in Chrome soon.
Tags: Web browsers, Plug-in, Google Inc., Web Browser, Video, Web Application, photograph, I/O, desktop, Web
Google plans OS based on Chrome browser
News Google's browser project is the foundation for a Web-based operating system. Chrome OS netbooks are due in 2010.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Linux desktop OS, Linux, Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, operating system, Web Application, computer, blog
Native Client in Chrome: Google flexes Web muscle
News Google has built into its browser the ability to tap directly into a computer's native processing power through software called Native Client.
Tags: Operating systems, Google Inc., Operating System, software, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Web Application, Programming, Microsoft Windows, Web
Google Native Client grows out of research phase
News Satisfied with its security approach, Google has begun broader development of its technology for more powerful Web applications. Next: building into Chrome.
Tags: Web browsers, Open source, Security, Plug-in, Google Inc., Web Browser, photograph, Web browser plug-in, mailing list, Open source
