I guess you’ve already heard that Google has recently joined the Web Browser wagon by throwing Chrome out in the open for all to see and download. While it has yet to be thoroughly tested by many experts (not to mention hackers), many are already claiming that it has surpassed IE and Firefox in several aspects.

For one thing, the browser packs and travels to cyberspace lightly. The setup file is just half a megabyte while the full blown up package is just a fraction if IE7’s size. The same is true for its design. Minimalist would appreciate the seemingly simple (or bare) design of Google Chrome.

This doesn’t mean that the User Interface is virtually non-existent due to its very simple layout. On the contrary, Chrome’s UI is one of the things that its maker can be proud of. Many have been clamoring for thumbnail views of their frequently-visited pages to be displayed in the UI. Unfortunately, Firefox, IE, and the other browsers ignored this.

Shifting to Chrome is easy. There’s no need to manually import bookmarks, usernames, passwords, and other data that you normally need or provide. The Google browser automatically downloads all of these during the installation process. You could immediately use it right after planting it in your hard drive.

While Chrome has been getting good reviews so far, don’t put your full trust on it just yet. Believe me, security issues will sprout soon. It will take a lot of time (as did Firefox and IE) for Chrome to fully cement its walls against malware attacks.

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Amazon.com Inc. finally unleashed its video-on-demand service. The service has buzzed around the blogosphere for a while. The service will allow ad-free movies and television shows to be watched on Macs or PCs.

The Amazon Video On Demand boosts Unbox application. Because of this update, users can now access more than 40,000 movies and TV shows and download them using the Unbox app.

Video on Demand also allows users to rent or buy movies and TV shows straight from their TVs. This is made possible thru the use of Sonys Bravia Internet Video Link Device on compatible Bravia TVs. On the other hand, users are entitled to a two minute preview of movies or TV shows before they can buy or rent a title.

Roy Price, director of Amazon Video on Demand said that the Video on Demand’s features were actually based on customers’ request.

Mixed reactions about the service are circulating the net.

A blogger from ArsTechnica, David Chartier considered Amazon’s second pass at a digital video distribution effort (after Unbox) an overall success. Chartier is impressed with the uniqueness of Amazon’s approach with Video on Demand.  He also pointed that the service “has struck a good balance between ‘owning’ content and not having to manage it.”

Source: ComputerWorld

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