LaptopMemo | Tech & Then Some » Internet http://laptopmemo.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:32:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Google Chrome 17 Released With Pre-Loading And Download Screening http://laptopmemo.com/2012/02/08/google-chrome-17-released-with-pre-loading-and-download-screening/ http://laptopmemo.com/2012/02/08/google-chrome-17-released-with-pre-loading-and-download-screening/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:44:00 +0000 Stefan Etienne http://laptopmemo.com/?p=17300 20120208-204300.jpgGoogle has just released the Chrome 17 update, which adds pre-loading to the browser. You can now have web pages instantly load when you start typing them out in the Omnibox, and Chrome will begin to understand web pages you visit every frequently and will pre-fetch them as well. This also applies to web pages Google “thinks” you will visit, so they will also pre-load to make your visits faster, per their algorithm.

Also included is download screening for .exe files. Nice stuff for a incremental update.

Via: Google Chrome Blog

]]> http://laptopmemo.com/2012/02/08/google-chrome-17-released-with-pre-loading-and-download-screening/feed/ 0 Introducing The TechMemo Podcast (Episode 1) http://laptopmemo.com/2012/02/04/introducing-the-techmemo-podcast-episode-1/ http://laptopmemo.com/2012/02/04/introducing-the-techmemo-podcast-episode-1/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:27:43 +0000 Stefan Etienne http://laptopmemo.com/?p=17246 It’s finally happened — a podcast on LaptopMemo, recorded in conjunction with Cam the Techtainian. Today we covered some of this week’s more interesting news and posts, as well as our three random things on the internet of interest and/or epicness. Check out the podcast and notes are after the break!

The Show Notes:

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This is a fantastic piece of work at xkcd. Best one in a while, in fact. Via: xkcd

]]> http://laptopmemo.com/2012/01/30/etymology-man-arrives-to-rescue-xkcd/feed/ 0 Mozilla is fine-tuning their Firefox start page http://laptopmemo.com/2012/01/28/mozilla-fine-tuning-firefox-start-page/ http://laptopmemo.com/2012/01/28/mozilla-fine-tuning-firefox-start-page/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:49:53 +0000 Stefan Etienne http://laptopmemo.com/?p=17151 Mozilla is doing what Google can with Chrome, and they can’t. That is, have a fast launch cycle (multiple versions of the browser in the month or in a quarter), whilst keeping all parts of the software polished. An example of this is Firefox’s start page — it has stayed almost the same since a decade ago, when it first launched. And so it shall change. A full preview of all of the new elements is available at the source link. Via: ExtremeTech

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