Chrome 8 goes final with PDF viewer, Web Store support
Google today quietly released a finished version of Chrome 8. The stable release adds a new built-in PDF viewer that, like Safari, saves having to use a companion app. The tool is sandboxed to prevent a rogue PDF from compromising the browser and posing a security threat to the rest of the system….
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The Library: Three Jeremiads
Robert Darnton When I look back at the plight of American research libraries in 2010, I feel inclined to break into a jeremiad. In fact, I want to deliver three jeremiads, because research libraries are facing crises on three fronts; but instead of prophesying doom, I hope to arrive at a happy ending.
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Meow! Murdoch Claws Back At Fellow App-trepreneur Branson
Ever wonder why Rupert Murdoch is content to lose million or so a year on the New York Post, a n
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