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September 18, 2008
Google Chrome: Enable Dev Updates
September 18, 2008
From the Chromium Developer Documentation:
Dev Channel: Early Access to Features and Fixes
Google Chrome publishes new releases to the Dev channel frequently. The Dev channel gives the community access to upcoming features, features in development, and the latest bug fixes. We can use feedback from Dev channel users to improve and iterate on feature ideas, and make sure that the latest features work properly before we release them to a wider audience.
The Dev channel is useful for:
- Web developers who want to test their sites or scripts with pre-release versions of Google Chrome
- Testers who need to make sure they’re working with the latest bug fixes
- Anyone who wants to help make Google Chrome better — your feedback helps us turn good new features into great features, and using the Dev channel is a simple way for anyone to help.
Note: Dev channel releases are less stable than Beta channel releases. Expect the occasional “sad tab” or even browser crashes (if you turn on ‘Help make Google Chrome better..’ in Options, we’ll get the crash reports so we can fix the bugs).
Automatic updates of new Dev channel releases are published every 1-2 weeks
Subscribing to the Dev channel
- Download and run the Google Chrome Channel Chooser (http://chromium.googlecode.com/files/chromechannel-1.0.exe).
- Click the circle next to Dev.
- Click Update to save your choice.
- Click Close.
- In Google Chrome, click the wrench menu and choose About Google Chrome.
Note: On Windows Vista, updates from the About box require Service Pack 1. With 0.2.149.29 (the current release), on demand updates do not work in Vista SP1 if User Account Control is disabled.- Click Update Now to install the current Dev channel release.
- Restart Google Chrome.
GOS: The First Android Phone Will Be Launched Next Week
September 18, 2008
From Google Operating System:
HTC Dream, the first mobile device that uses Android will be introduced on September 23 by T-Mobile at a press conference in New York. “HTC says it expects to ship 600,000 to 700,000 units of the smart phone, dubbed the Dream, this year,” according to Wall Street Journal.
The phone will be available at the end of October, but you can see a demo from Google Developer Day in London.
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/09/first-android-phone-will-be-launched.html
The $1589.99 Keyboard
September 18, 2008
Believe it or not, ThinkGeek is out of stock on this one…people have already purchased enough to clear the stock on a $1589.99 keyboard. Wow. (Yeah, I want one too.)
Product Features
- Revolutionary Keyboard Features a tiny OLED screen on each key. 113 screens total.
- Each key can be individually programmed to perform a series of functions, open an application or run an Applescript (Mac only)
- Various System Monitor functions can dynamically display on a key including CPU usage, CPU temperature, Network Speed, and Memory Usage
- Play a GIF animation or Quicktime movie on a Key
- Paint images across all keys at once in your image editor of choice
- Key sets can be linked to an application, so whenever you open that app the appropriate keys come up
- Powerful layer function allows you to combine existing key sets in different ways
- Use any language with the appropriate key images including Cyrillic, Ancient Greek, Georgian, Arabic, Quenya, and Hiragana.
- Display notes, numerals, special symbols, HTML codes, math functions or any other special symbol.
- Any key (or to be exact, a unit consisting of a cap, a microchip and a display) can be easily removed by hands to be cleaned or replaced
- Built in USB hub
- SD Card Slot for Storing keyboard Settings
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