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Do More in Chrome Than Browse: 12 Free Fun Apps

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September 5, 2011
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Do More in Chrome Than Browse: 12 Free Fun Apps We've rounded up 12 great apps available for the Chrome browser that let you play games, stream movies and music, and even figure out what's for dinner--all without downloading anything.
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Sony to Sell Backup Battery for TVs, Home Appliances Sony announced Monday it will sell a large power pack to run home appliances when the electricity goes out.
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Google Doodle Celebrates Freddie Mercury's 65th Birthday An animated doodle celebrates the late musician internationally; U.S. users can see the art after Labor Day.
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Turkish Hackers Strike Websites With DNS Hack A Turkish hacking group tampered with Internet addressing records over the weekend, redirecting dozens of websites.
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Apple Owns Mobile Browsing: Report It's still only 6% of all online activity, but Apple rules the emerging market in browsing by phone and tablet.
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Hackers Forge Certificates to Break into Spy Agencies CIA, Mossad, MI6, and other sites may be vulnerable to forged certificates created out of data stolen from a Dutch security agency by Iranian DigiNotar-hackers.
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Just How Evil is Google? Google knew it was breaking U.S. laws by running ads for foreign pharmaceuticals--and did it anyway. What else have the Googlers been lying about?
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Big Is Not Always Better With Smartphone Screens Analysis: Product launches at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin offer an unprecedented choice of screen sizes. But can consumers love them all?
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Apple Wants to Put USB 3.0 alongside Thunderbolt in Future Macs Apple is reportedly considering support for the USB 3.0 standard in its forthcoming Mac products.
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Apple's iPhone 5 Launch: 2 Competing Theories Leaked memos about merchandising and presale schedules make for a murky rumor mill as the anticipated upgrade dates approach.
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Baidu a Step Closer to Mobile OS A set of new developer tools released by China's largest search engine Baidu signals the company's intent to create a mobile OS using Google's Android.
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Apple TV Set Has "Got To Happen," Former Exec Says An Apple TV could provide the missing link between the computer and the living room -- and show up Google, to boot.
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The iPad Takes on Manufacturing Apple's tablet, a darling of the consumer crowd, dares to get gritty as Pfizer and other companies try it out in industrial settings.
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Tech Spending Increases Business buying of technology and hiring tech workers beats expectations, according to a new report.
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Free Security Tool Detects Banking Malware A Finnish penetration testing company has released a free tool it says can detect all variants of five major families of malicious software that steal online...
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Google+, Day 27: Comparing Google+ with Facebook Google+ has some unique qualities that are missing in Facebook, but the two seem more alike than different, and the similarity of the social networks is going to be a problem for Google.
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Windows Phone 7, Day 4: Apps and the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace The quality and quantity of apps available for Windows Phone 7, and the process of shopping for and buying those apps is crucial to the Windows Phone 7 experience.
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India to Start Filtering Telemarketers Later This Month India's telecom regulator said on Monday that new legislation to filter telemarketers will come into force finally on Sept. 27, after a number of postponements.
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Photo Contest: Hot Pics for August Subscribers to Dave Johnson's Digital Focus newsletter took these shots.
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Netflix Expands Into Latin America, Caribbean Netflix will roll out its streaming movie service in 43 Central American, South American and Caribbean countries, beginning with Brazil, the company announced...
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Do More in Chrome Than Browse: 12 Free Fun Apps We've rounded up 12 great apps available for the Chrome browser that let you play games, stream movies and music, and even figure out what's for dinner--all without downloading anything.
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Sony to Sell Backup Battery for TVs, Home Appliances Sony announced Monday it will sell a large power pack to run home appliances when the electricity goes out.
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Hands On With Sony Tablet S: A Tablet That Goes Beyond Basics Now offering a slate for presale, Sony is fashionably late to the Android tablet party--but its gamble may just pay off.
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Utilities and security apps are two of the most important categories of software that PC users can download. From keeping your operating system slim and bloatware-free to eradicating cookies and spyware, these apps amply reward you for downloading them. And best of all, they're free!

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