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• In pictures: 21 Chrome Web apps for serious work

  If you use Google's Chrome browser (or a Chromebook), check out these great document creation, collaboration and management tools

• Chrome 13 renders pages before you click

  The stable version of Google Chrome 13 is now available. It features Instant Pages, which pre-renders top Google search results before the user even clicks on them.

• Chrome nibbles at IE, Microsoft finds silver lining

  It is the first day of the month, and that means new browser market share numbers from Net Applications. Internet Explorer and Firefox continue to slide as Chrome and Safari gain ground -- but Microsoft focuses on its own silver lining.

• WebFilter Chrome extension

  WebFilter is a free Chrome extension designed to block access to objectionable or dangerous sites, including those that are pornographic, harbor malware, show drug use, or are heavy bandwidth users. It's a generally useful tool, although it is somewhat marred by its surprising inability to block at least one very obvious problematic site.

• OS X Lion features could make Google Chromebooks tough sell

  Apple's new version of its desktop operating system is expected to allow quick access to the Internet without having to log back in when your system is locked.

• Google releases Chrome 12, adds security and 3D

  Google has released an update for its Chrome browser, bringing security and 3D improvements.

• Chrome marches on while IE continues downward spiral

  Net Applications has released the browser market share data for the month of May. It looks like more good news for Chrome, and more bad news for Internet Explorer.

• Eric Schmidt: Want security? Get a Mac

  Speaking at the All Things Digital D9 conference, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said in a wide-ranging Q&A session that the best workstation security is offered by a Mac, coupled with Google's Chrome browser. Additionally, he suggests users of Google's services should activate two-step authentication -- introduced earlier this year -- which requires users to enter a code that's texted to their phone each time they log in on a new computer.

• First Chrome OS desktop PC will ship in July

  As the U.S. arrival date approaches for the first Chromebooks from Samsung and Acer, hardware maker Xi3 on Friday announced its own entrant in the form of a desktop PC running Chrome OS.

• Kill your browser's address bar? Pros and cons

  Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox are working on deemphasizing your browser's address bar to maximize screen space and put the focus on web apps instead of websites.

• Chrome, Firefox experiment with hidden URL bars

  Netbook and tablet users looking for more screen space to display content from their favorite websites are getting some help from a pair of popular Internet browsers.

• Opinion: Chromebooks are doomed to fail

  A month from today, the Chromebooks from Samsung and Acer will hit the street. Google hopes to revolutionize mobile computing and free us from the shackles of the traditional PC experience, but the Chromebook is going to fizzle.

• Does Chromebook hardware-as-a-service make sense?

  Google made an interesting hardware-as-a-service proposition to businesses Wednesday with the introduction of the Chromebook. The Web-centric and laptop-like device will launch next month with support from vendor partners Samsung and Acer.

• Chrome tips users to dangerous Windows downloads

  Google on Tuesday said it will add malware download warnings to its Chrome browser.

• IE9: Five ways it cuts browser clutter

  It's a little ironic that the main focus of yesterday's Internet Explorer 9 beta launch event in San Francisco was to de-emphasize the browser itself.