Download the Google Chrome OS Virtual Machine
Last week, Techcrunch reported rumors of the release of the Google Chrome OS. They stated that the info came from a reliable source, and indeed that source was reliable. Google had an event at their headquarters, and indeed provided new details and a demo of the Chrome OS. The Chromium Blog has some great videos that provide some additional information about Chrome OS as well.
New Google Operating System Confirmed
There have long been rumors of a Google Operating system. Last night those rumors were finally laid to rest with the announcement that a new Google operating system is in the works.
Download Flash Video from Any Website
Do you want to download a flash video? Are you having trouble finding a good program or plugin to rip flash videos? Do you want to know how to download flash video from any website? You’ve come to the right place.
Google Chrome 2.0
I was shocked last month when Google dropped the beta designation from Chrome. Chrome was in beta a mere three months, whereas some products such as Gmail are STILL in beta after more than four years! Sometimes I just don’t understand why they do weird things like this, but it’s really all just semantics.
Twitter Search Button for the Google Toolbar
I’ve been finding myself searching Twitter for information as of late. There was not a decent Twitter search button for the Google Toolbar (only a couple that use the Google Custom Search Engine), so I created one. It’s simple and easy to use, just like my Google Reader search button.
- Click the link below to install it
- When you want to search Twitter, type a search term into your Google Toolbar
- Click the Twitter button on the Google Toolbar
- You are taken to the Twitter search result page for your search term
Install the Twitter Search Button
Google Reader Search Button for the Google Toolbar
Why the Google Toolbar does not include a search button for Google Reader by default is beyond me! I searched for a Google Reader button in the button gallery, and much to my dismay the only one I found does not perform a search. I then took it upon myself to create my own search button for Google Reader. If you search your reader items as much as I do, you’re going to love it!
Install the Google Reader search button
New Version of Google Toolbar for Firefox
When Firefox 3 was officially released, the Google Toolbar was not supported. Of course, that didn’t stop me from manually updating the MaxVerison myself so that it would work. Although it didn’t take long for Google to release a new version that officially supported Firefox 3, I was disappointed as there were no new features to be found. It seems all they really did was update the MaxVersion as I had already done.
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Google Chrome Socks Proxy Workaround
If you would like to use Google Chrome at work, but are unable because you have a SOCKS proxy, you’re not alone. It is a known issue that Chrome does not work with socks. Initially I couldn’t even install Chrome because of my firewall at work. I did install it on my laptop when I got home the day it came out. However, when I came back to work the next day I was disappointed to learn that it didn’t work behind a SOCKS proxy.
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Portable Google Chrome
It didn’t take long for someone to come out with a portable version of Google Chrome. A German guy named Carsten Knobloch (please forgive me if I get the name wrong) managed to hack and compile a portable version of Chrome that works pretty well. Hopefully an “official portable version” will eventually make it into the Portable Apps suite.
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Cutting Edge Google Chrome Updates
CNET has an article about the Chromium team making development builds available to those who like to be on the cutting edge. The Chromium team anticipates that the dev releases will come about once a week. If you’re interested in getting these updates, you can subscribe to the Chromium Dev Channel and download the Chrome Channel Switcher. Once you’ve updated, you should be running version 0.2.152.1 (at the time I wrote this post). Just like Stephen Shankland (author of the CNET article), when I tried to verify I had the update, it said “checking for updates…” until I got tired of watching the little spinning icon.
ScribeFire Firefox Plugin
In an effort to simplify my life with keeping this blog up-to-date, I wanted to find a quick and easy way to write new blog posts. I figured surely there must be a nice Firefox plugin to help me, and I was right. Look no further than ScribeFire. ScribeFire allows you to quickly write up posts to your blog all within the convenience of a browser pane in the lower half of the screen. If you’re blogging about a particular web page, you can do it without even having to leave the page or having to go through the hassle of navigating multiple screens. Just pop open the ScribeFire pane, write up your post, and publish it. It took me all of about 30 seconds to realize I had found exactly what I was looking for. Read more…
about:internets
about:internets Google Chrome screenshot
Here’s a fun thing to do with Google Chrome. If you type about:internets in the Omnibar, you get this. I tried it while connected to my PC via Remote Desktop and it didn’t work. The title of the page said “The Tubes Are Clogged!” instead of “Don’t Clog the Tubes!” I suspect that the tubes are rendered with OpenGL or Direct3D, neither of which are possible to do on Remote Desktop since it is not a hardware accelerated display. Still a nice easter egg nonetheless.
