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• Chrome to phone

  Android phones are remarkable devices, and essentially are full-blown computers that fit in your hand. In lots of ways, they work well with your PC -- but not in all ways. One of the biggest issues is Android's handling of bookmarks and browser information. Your Android browser doesn't talk to your PC browser, and vice versa. If you find a Web page on your PC that you want to save as a bookmark, it won't be saved to your Android browser. Chrome to Phone is a nifty, free workaround.

• Google adds Flash sandbox to Chrome beta

  Two weeks after it debuted a sandbox to isolate Adobe's Flash Player plug-in, Google today pushed the security enhancement to the more reliable beta channel of its Chrome browser.

• Google Chrome makes enterprise push

  A business-friendly version of Google's Chrome browser is ready for prime time, the company announced on its Chromium blog.

• Opera 11 ships, adds stacked tabs and extensions

  Opera Software today released version 11 of its flagship desktop browser, adding a new tab manager and support for extensions.

• Microsoft boosts HTML5 video for Firefox on Windows 7

  Microsoft released on Wednesday a Firefox browser add-on extending HTML5-based video on the company's Windows 7 OS.

• Google polishing Chrome browser for businesses

  Google on Wednesday unveiled administrative tools designed to make its Chrome browser a compelling choice for businesses.

• Forget the CR-48: Google is best at the cutting edge

  The results are in, and the overwhelming verdict when it comes to Google's Chrome OS is: "Why?" I lost track of the number of reviewers who pointed out that anybody can recreate the Chrome OS experience by simply maximizing a Chrome browser window.

• IE9's App Rep bumps browser's anti-malware score to 99%

  Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) blocks more malicious sites and malware than any other browser, including its predecessor IE8, according to a report released Tuesday.

• First look: Chrome OS beta's Achilles' heel is its reliance on the Web

  Computers and their software today are too complicated, and users are increasingly looking at iPads and cloud-based services such as Google Docs to handle the basics that most of us stick to: document editing, photo management, emailing, Web browsing, and the like. Running Office on a PC or Mac is beyond overkill for most people. Google proposes we do away with the PC altogether, at least part of the time, and replace it with Google's cloud-based laptop -- an appliance in which the Chrome browser serves as operating system. With the Chrome OS, all actions occur in the browser and the cloud.

• Remove old versions of Java Console from Firefox

  While we're on the subject of improving Firefox performance (see yesterday's post on clearing the Downloads list), let's talk about old, outdated Java Consoles.

• Is Mobile Broadband Ready for Chrome OS?

  Chrome OS is grabbing headlines this week, as Google reveals more details about its cloud-based operating system for mobile devices. Netbooks running Chrome OS won't ship until mid-2011, however, which allows us plenty of time to speculate on potential shortcomings.

• How fast is Google Chrome, really?

  Although Google's latest version of Chrome proved faster than earlier editions in some JavaScript benchmark tests, the browser barely exceeded its predecessors in another, according to Computerworld's tests.

• 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.)

• Microsoft spells out anti-tracking tool in IE9

  Microsoft today said that the next major milestone of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) will let users determine who tracks their movement and behavior online, its response to increasing calls for additional consumer control over the practice.

• Google opens Web app store, revs up Chrome

  As expected, Google launched its Chrome Web Store today, offering users of its browser free and paid Web apps.