Google announced that is is unveiling a version of Open Source Web browser called Google Chrome, challenging Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.

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Google announced that is is unveiling a version of Open Source Web browser called Google Chrome, challenging Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.

Here’s the announcement snippets, from the Google blog:

We will be launching the beta version of Google Chrome tomorrow in more than 100 countries.

So why are we launching Google Chrome? Because we believe we can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web.

All of us at Google spend much of our time working inside a browser. We search, chat, email and collaborate in a browser. And in our spare time, we shop, bank, read news and keep in touch with friends — all using a browser. Because we spend so much time online, we began seriously thinking about what kind of browser could exist if we started from scratch and built on the best elements out there. We realized that the web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser. What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for web pages and applications, and that’s what we set out to build.

Here’s the full announcement , from the Google blog:

Dell introduced business laptops that can run for as long as 19 hours on a single charge.

Dell Latitude E6400 runs for as much as 10 hours on a single nine-cell battery, and an additional battery that snaps on to the bottom of the laptop adds as much as nine hours of battery life

According to announced specifications, The nine-cell battery configuration on the 14.1-inch Latitude E6400 provides 10 hours of battery life and by using Dell’s PowerSlice technology, that can be extended to 19 hours.

Microsoft announced that it has selected West Des Moine,Iowa city as the site for its latest massive data center.

Microsoft’s general manager for data services, said

Decision was made after a careful review of options around the world. Microsoft serves over 500 million unique users in its Web properties every single month.

This site will be Microsoft’s fourth massive data center after Quincy - Washington, San Antonio and Chicago

[ Microsoft to build $500M data center in Iowa ]