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by Michael Muchmore @ PC Magazine Google Chrome Let me tell you about a browser. An innovative browser that was the first to implement new Web technologies that allowed for greater interactivity. A browser with a striking new interface. Chrome? No: Internet Explorer 6. There's a reason that Microsoft's browser took over 95 percent of the Web browser market from Netscape (Firefox's ancestor): IE6 could do things earlier browsers could not. There was dynamic HTML, CSS, and yes, it even had new security features. But over the years, problems with all these unique capabilities reared its ugly head. Every major Web site started to target IE, to the point that the sites didn't function correctly or fully in other browsers. Fast forward to 2011. The hot new browser is Google's Chrome, which has just overtaken former indie darling Firefox in global market share, according to StatCounter. Chrome can do things that no other browser can do, and Google now targets Chrome exclus...

Google Chrome Web Store to Debut in October Reuters - Aug 19, 2010 - 3 hours ago By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal at PC World Google's Chrome Web Store is likely to be up and running this October, reports 1Up.com. The online app store will ... Sarah Jacobsson Purewal

Now that you've been enjoying Google Chrome's headliner features and speed for almost a week now, it's time to dig into the less obvious functionality and options you don't already know about. Become a keyboard shortcut master, take a peek under the hood, and customize its behavior and skin with some of the best shortcuts, bookmarklets, themes, add-ons, and subtle functionality in Google Chrome. Mousing Around Chrome Despite its marketing as a minimalistic browser that forgoes all the extras, Chrome's interface actually sports quite a few useful features. Here are a few that will speed up your browsing with the mouse even more: Click and hold (or right-click) the Back or Forward button to go directly to a page far behind or forward in your browsing history. When you've got a URL on your clipboard , right-click Chrome's address bar to Paste and go to your destination (and save yourself an extra tap on the Enter key). Click and drag any textar...