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LastPass now available for Google Chrome

by Ben on 02/10/2009 · Comments

in Browser, Chrome, Extensions, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Software, Utility Software

LastPass is a free password management program. It has been available as a extension to many browsers like Firefox and Internet Explorer for a while now. However it was not supported on Google Chrome until today.

LastPass manages all your passwords and you can simply fill in login forms with just one simple click. LastPass also comes with a password generator which will produce some strong password which are harder to brute-hack.

LastPass for Google Chrome is available right now on the latest Dev build. To install LastPass point your Chrome browser to https://lastpass.com/lpchrome.crx. Once you have installed LastPass you can disable Chrome’s inbuilt password manager from options.

LastPass for Chrome is still on the first version, there may still be bugs. But its working great on my Chrome installed on Windows XP SP3, if you do try it out let me know how your experience was.

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Browsers Can Extend Laptop Battery Life

by Ben on 15/09/2009 · Comments

in Browser, Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Software

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The image above says it all, with a proper browser you can save precious battery life on your laptop. The best performer Internet Explorer 8 outlasted 34minute longer than the worst performer Safari 4.

Big surprise was that IE8 came in better than Firefox with adblock installed by 7 minute. However if your doing some intensive browsing on your laptop Firefox would still come out on top as you might find due to its superior page loading speed over IE8 which might save you a good 10-15 minute.

Source [Gizmodo]

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Google Chrome 1.0.154.53

by Ben on 24/03/2009 · Comments

in Browser, Chrome

Google today release the latest stable version of chrome to the public. Changelogs are below, if you are using the beta version this version does not comply to you as the beta version is already upgraded.

* Fix a problem with logging statistics.
* Fix issue 5806: Blank entries can appear in the omnibox.
* Fix issues 7568, 6732, 6504: Issues with setting Google Chrome as the default browser on Vista.
* Prevent Javascript from accessing HTTP-only cookies.
* Add a histogram to track how Google Chrome was launched.
* Fix issue 4387: A tab crash when dates are set past Y3000.
* Fix issue 8473: Block reading unauthenticated bytes from the proxy when the user cancels a 407 proxy auth request.
* Fix issue 4150: Add SwissSign Gold CA as a trusted CA for extended validation (EV) certificates.
* Fix issue 7527: Add DigiNotar as a trusted CA for EV certificates.

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Ultimate Browser Fighting League?

8 March 2009

MaximumPC has written an indepth review of all the popular browsers (firefox, chrome, opera, IE and safari) thats available to the public. The article took a look at the features and the GUI and whats next with these popular browsers. Heres a comparison chart of the browsers including their features, rendering engine, user interface and [...]

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