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Google Chrome Version 6 Arrives on Browser’s Second Birthday

It’s hard to believe that two years have passed since the Chrome browser first hit the web. In that time, Chrome has come to control more than 7.5% of the worldwide browser market, according to Net Marketshare . Sure, Internet Explorer and Firefox hold 60.4% and 22.9% respectively, but if one considers that after 10 years, Opera holds less than 2.4%, then it’s fairly impressive.
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Mozilla’s Mobile Browser Alpha Hits Android and Nokia N900 [PICS]

Mozilla has just released the Fennec 2.0 Alpha for Nokia N900 and Android 2.0+ devices. Fennec is the code name for Firefox mobile and includes the ability to install browser add-ons and sync with the desktop version of Firefox. The new version comes with built-in support for Firefox Sync (what was known as Weave), so that tabs, passwords and bookmarks that you use on your desktop can be easily synced and transferred to your mobile device. The alpha also includes support for pinch-to-zoom on Android, location-aware browsing, the ability to save a site as a PDF, and built-in site sharing via Facebook, Twitter or Google Reader.
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Fennec (a.k.a. Firefox Mobile) goes alpha for Android and Nokia N900

Well, it looks like you can finally get rid of that less-than-stable pre-alpha release of Fennec (a.k.a. Firefox Mobile) for Android -- Mozillla has just released the full alpha release for not only Android (2.0 and later), but the Nokia N900 as well. The big news with this release is an increase in "performance and responsiveness to user actions" (always a good thing), as well as two new features dubbed "Electrolysis" and "Layers," the former of which lets the browser interface run in a separate process from the one rendering web content, while the latter promises to "greatly improve performance in graphic intensive actions like scrolling, zooming, animations and video." You'll also get full support for add-ons, and Firefox Sync built into the browser to let you have a continuous experience as you move between devices. Hit up the link below for the download link, and for a quick video overview of what's in store.
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Fennec (aka Firefox Mobile) Alpha Available for Android [Downloads]

Android 2.0+/Maemo: We were impressed by Fennec's pre-alpha builds , and happy when they started releasing nightly builds for more stable testing , but Firefox Mobile has finally graduated to alpha on Android. Sure, development is moving a bit slowly, and it is still is in a very young alpha stage, but it's got some pretty cool features, most notably syncing bookmarks, passwords, and open pages with Firefox on your desktop. Hit the link to give it a whirl, and let us know what you think in the comments. [ Fennec Alpha via Download Squad ] More
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TaskForce Manages Your Tasks and Email Activity in Gmail (and We’ve Got Beta Invites) [Gmail]

Your inbox is a steady stream of incoming information. TaskForce sorts your tasks, emails, and activity to help you work more efficiently. We've got 2,000 beta invites so hurry and sign up! More
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Firefox 4 Beta 4 Introduces Sync and Panorama

Mozilla has released Firefox 4 Beta 4, bringing two very interesting features to the table: Panorama (previously called Tab Candy) and Sync. Panorama is a nifty visual tool that lets you overview all of your open tabs and group them into sets with a simple drag and drop interface. It’s activated via an icon at the right end of the bookmark bar, which takes you to your tab playground, where you can expand or delete your tab sets, create new ones and organize them around the canvas as you see fit.
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Firefox’s Awesome Tab Candy Renamed Panorama, to Be Included with Sync in Firefox 4 [Updates]

/:16 Mozilla's creative lead Aza Raskin announced today that Tab Candy, the excellent tab management idea , will officially ship with Firefox 4. It's also been renamed to Firefox Panorama. Worth noting is that Firefox Sync (which handles bookmarks, history, Awesome Bar, passwords, form-fill data, and open tabs) is also shipping in Firefox 4. Sounds like good news for the next release of Firefox.
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HOW TO: Change the Google Logo to Your Favorite Google Doodle

We all love Google’s Doodles, in which the classic homepage design is changed to mark a special anniversary or event. But if you’re anything like us, you probably wish that the Google logo was a little more fun every day of the year . Fortunately, there’s a clever little and unofficial Greasemonkey script from Google employee Tiffany Lane that will let anyone using Firefox or Chrome personalize their Google homepage with their favorite Doodle all year-round. If that sounds like a win to you, then head to the gallery below for a quick how-to on this super-simple process, along with a few of our favorite Doodle choices.
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Remains of the Day: Cameron Diaz the Most Dangerous Search Term [For What It's Worth]

Firefox 4 is getting built-in Sync and hardware graphics acceleration, Google might be getting its own origin story movie, Cameron Diaz ranks atop the most malware-infested search terms, and Android's next release is a naturally sweetened incremental upgrade. More
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Restore Gmail’s Selection Links with a Greasemonkey Script [Featured User Script]

Firefox with Greasemonkey: During Gmail's latest design upgrade , the multiple selection links, including the "Unread" selector, were moved into an integrated box. Gmail fiends like Matt Kruse loved that "Unread" link, so he created a Greasemonkey script that brings them back. More
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