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• Service NSW dumps Windows for Chrome OS

  Service NSW is planning to roll out Chromebooks and Google’s G Suite to all of its staff over the next 12 months.

• IE takes another beating, keeps on retreating

  Microsoft's browsers, Internet Explorer (IE) and Edge, continued to bleed users in January.

• In Pictures: 15 of the best Google Chrome experiments ever

  A look at some of the coolest bits of Chrome experimentation out there, in honor of Google’s 1000th Chrome experiment being published this week.

• Time for Chromebooks in the enterprise?

  Chromebooks, the stripped down "laptops" running Google's web-focused Chrome OS, have almost no presence in the market, after two years. But a new report from Forrester Research says these "post-PC" devices could fill a niche, or more than one, in the enterprise.

• Pinkie Pie hacker strikes again; Google repairs two major Chrome vulnerabilities

  The Chrome hacker known as "Pinkie Pie" helped reveal a serious flaw in the browser's media handler that was patched last week with the release of Chrome 23. That update also fixed a file path handling problem, which was discovered by Google's in-house researchers.

• Chrome 15 tops IE8 as the world's most popular browser

  Google's Chrome 15 browser is currently the most-used browser in the world, according to new data from Web analytics firm StatCounter.

• Google launches WebGL Globe data visualisation tool

  Google has used its Chrome Experiments site to launch a new platform for geographic data visualisation. WebGL Globe, the source code of which is available from Google's code.google.com repository, can map data sets stored in the JSON format to a 3D depiction of Earth.

• 13 features that make each Web browser unique

  Many cynical users assume Web browsers do little more than dutifully render HTML. The content is the most important part, they say, so it makes little difference which browser you use.

• Firefox 4 speeds past 20 million downloads

  In the first week of its release, the Firefox Web browser has already tallied more than 20 million downloads with a real-time heat map recording the activity.

• Google’s new Chrome billboard ads: Fast thinking on a slow medium

  Google has stepped up its "Chrome browser is fast" marketing campaign with a new direction – plain old printed billboards hoisted around Sydney train stations.

• Google kills H.264 support in Chrome

  Your move Apple: Google announced that they are changing Chrome's support of HTML5 'video' to be, in Google's view, more friendly towards open development. The H.264 codec is being removed in favor of the Theora and VP8 video codecs as well as any higher quality, open codecs. The resources that were used on H.264 will instead be used in supporting these open technologies.

• Five Great Free Business Apps for Google Chrome

  Five Great Free Business Apps for Google Chrome

• How Ubuntu Linux could help Google's CR-48 notebook

  Google's Chrome operating system-based CR-48 notebook computer may be in just a select set of hands so far, but it's been generating plenty of media attention.

• Inside Google's new Chrome OS 'Chromebook'

  It's been a year since Google first said it would deliver a browser-only operating system for laptops called Chrome OS. Today, Google previewed the real thing at a time the iPad slate concept has already gained remarkable traction by businesses and users alike. (InfoWorld.com is covering this event live. Return to this story to get the latest updates.)

• Google Chrome Web Store opens

  Google opened its Web application store for Chrome browser users on Tuesday, offering highly interactive, graphically rich applications from a variety of sources, including National Public Radio, Amazon.com, Electronic Arts and Sports Illustrated.