Internet explorer 8 RC 1

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Internet Explorer 8 RC1 Now Available for Download

Microsoft has finally released the first release candidate-IE8 RC1 Build 8.0.6001- for Internet Explorer 8 promising to make the Internet experience faster, secure, compatibility enhancements,Private tweaks and more compliant with web standards.

The new version brings enhancements in private browsing, accessibility, overall reliability and speed. RC1 reaches a significant development milestone towards a browser that can compete on closer footing with Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera in terms of features. However, web standards support (especially CSS 3) and performance are still far behind the competition.

Features

• Tabbed Browsing-option to re-open accidentally closed tabs.
• Security-introduction of the Clickjacking feature.
• InPrivate-Microsoft had debuted the InPrivate mode for anonymous browsing
• Phishing Filter-IE8 integrates its own Phishing filter called the SmartScreen.
• Import/Export settings-added to import favorites from Firefox and Safari

IE8 has also taken a page from Chrome's playbook and now opens a separate process for every tab. This means that IE8 won't crash outright just because of problems with one tab.

Internet Explorer 8 RC1 can only be installed on Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server.

One feature Internet Explorer still lacks is a download manager—a feature you'll find in every other browser.

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Surf Internet with Google chrome 4.0

Browse Internet At Lightening Speed:
The fourth version of Google’s open-source browser is already cooking in Mountain View. This week the search giant has bumped the version number of Chrome’s underlying project all the way up to version 4.0. Just to be clear, it’s not Google Chrome itself that has been upgraded, but Chromium. According to Google, “Chromium is the open-source project behind Google Chrome.”In this respect, the updated Chromium 4.0, well, Build 4.0.202.0 (23302) to be more specific, points to the inherent evolution of Chrome itself. For the time being however, Google browser users will have to content themselves with version 3.0, if Chrome is indeed what they want to run.

Cool Features Of Chromium 4.0

• One box for everything
  
• New Tab page
  
• Application shortcuts
  
• Dynamic tabs
  
• Crash control
  
• Incognito mode
  
• Safe browsing
  
• Instant bookmarks
  
• Importing settings
  
• Simpler downloads
  

In case you are interested in taking Chromium 4.0 for a spin, you should know that the release is equivalent to an Alpha milestone. In this context, the browser version is plagued with bugs. However, Chromium 4.0 kicks browser performance up a notch, sporting a faster version of the V8 JavaScript engine. Testers will also notice that they will have additional personalization flexibility with extra themes.

“We've officially bumped Chromium to 4.0.x to reflect our code freeze point for 3.0. There is still a bit of work that needs to be done for 3.0 in terms of stability and fixes, and to that end we will be pulling changes into the 195 branch (what will become the stable release). Keep your eyes out for future updates on the beta channel,” revealed Anthony Laforge, technical program manager, Mountain View, CA.

Google has been little shy of jumping from one version to another. Chrome has had an extremely aggressive evolution pace, and aggressive is an understatement. It was just in the fall of 2008 that the Mountain View company was introducing version 1.0 of Chrome. Since then, the search giant has already produced Chrome 2.0 stable and moved to offering testers and developers v3.0.



Google Chrome 4.0

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Download Google's New Chrome 3.0.187.0

Download Google's New Chrome 3.0.187.0
Having jumped to version 2.0 from 1.0 for the stable channel, Google has also pushed Chrome onward with the introduction of v3.0. The latest update for Chrome 3.0 released through the developer channel is Build 3.0.187.0. This time around, Google is offering the release not just for the Windows operating system, but also for Linux and Mac OS X. Concomitantly with the evolution to build 3.0.187.0, the V8 JavaScript engine was also bumped up a notch to version 1.2.7. But, of course, Chrome 3.0.187.0 comes to the table with additional changes, as Jonathan Conradt, engineering program manager, revealed.

Cool Features Of Google Chrome:

1.One box for everything
Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages.

2.Thumbnails of your top sites
Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab.

3.Incognito mode
Don't want pages you visit to show up in your web history? Choose incognito mode for private browsing.

4.Safe browsing
Google Chrome warns you if you're about to visit a suspected phishing, malware or otherwise unsafe website.



Google Chrome 3.0.187.0

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