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• Google Chrome doesn't integrate with Windows 7

  Google has scrubbed plans to fully integrate its Chrome web browser with Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system.

• Bugs and Fixes: file-sharing vulnerability hits Vista

  Windows Vista users (and IT folks taking care of Server 2008 computers) should watch out for a new security hole involving Windows file sharing. A remote attacker could assume full control of a vulnerable computer by exploiting a flaw in the SMB protocol for Windows file and printer sharing.

• IE8 runs 10 times faster with Google plug-in

  Microsoft's Internet Explorer zips through JavaScript nearly ten times faster than usual when Google's new Chrome Frame plug-in is partnered with the browser, benchmark tests show.

• Microsoft blasts Google over Chrome Frame plug-in

  Microsoft today warned Internet Explorer (IE) users that they could double their security woes if they installed and used Google Chrome Frame, the plug-in that provides better JavaScript performance and adds support for HTML 5 to Microsoft's browser.

• Chrome buries Windows rivals in browser drag race

  Google's new Chrome 3.0 is the fastest of the top five Windows browsers, and beats every rival, including Apple's Safari, by comfortable margins, benchmark tests show.

• Google Chrome 3.0 gains zip, style

  Google Tuesday launched Version 3 of its Chrome Web browser, which keeps the pressure on competing tools by boosting JavaScript performance by 25% vs. the latest stable release.

• Google-Sony deal signals new front in browser war

  A year after Google debuted Chrome with a bang, the browser may have failed to meet expectations. But recent moves by the search giant signal a new campaign in the war against rivals, analysts said today.

• IE tumbles, Firefox regains market share mojo

  Last month, Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer posted its largest market share loss since November 2008, while Firefox reaped nearly all the benefit, Web metrics company Net Applications said today.

• Google lands deal to put Chrome browser in Sony PCs

  Google has forged a deal to distribute Chrome in Sony PCs sold in North America, the company's first such deal with a PC vendor and one of a number of efforts to popularize the Internet browser.

• Opera, Chrome not officially supported by Office Web Apps

  Microsoft has left the Opera and Google Chrome browsers off of the list of those officially supported by its Web-based Office applications, which will be available worldwide in technical preview sometime this month.

• Google to launch open-source Chrome OS this year

  Google is developing an open-source operating system targeted at Internet-centric computers such as netbooks and will release it later this year, the company said Wednesday.

• Google fixes 'critical' security hole in Chrome

  Google has plugged a security vulnerability in its Chrome browser that the company considers critical.

• Microsoft's IE8, Google's Chrome post record gains in browser share

  Google's Chrome and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) were the big winners last month in the browser share sweepstakes, according to Web measurement company Net Applications.

• Google's Chrome was 'hackable' at Pwn2Own contest

  Although Google's Chrome was the only browser left standing after March's Pwn2Own hacking contest, it was vulnerable to the same bug that a German college student used to bring down Apple's Safari, Google acknowledged this week.

• Threading to boost Firefox on multi-core chips

  Mozilla's developers have announced plans to add application multi-threading to Firefox over the next two years, a feature already partially enabled in its main rivals, IE8 and Google Chrome.