Stories About Google software

• Chrome Extensions for Mac Coming Soon The hundreds of extensions currently available for Windows and Linux users may soon be available for Mac-based users of Google's browser.
• Learn Your Own Browsing Habits With About:Me View Firefox history data and analyze browsing habits with about:me.
• Google Goggles: Bad for Business? Amidst the slew of Google announcements this week, one that really made me sit up in my chair concerned a new mobile service called Google Goggles.
• Microsoft Knew of Just-Patched IE Flaw for Months Microsoft may not have hustled as fast as researchers thought when the company patched a zero-day bug in Internet Explorer (IE) just 18 days after exploit code went public.
• Reviewers: The Nook Needs Some Work Barnes & Noble's e-book reader has plenty of potential, but is dragged down by sluggish software, most agree.
• Taiwanese Operator Forecasts Strong Asian Demand for Android Taiwanese mobile operator FET said 20 to 30 new Android smartphones will come out in the first half of 2010 from Taiwan makers, and more apps are on the way.
• China Unicom's IPhone Sales Hit 100,000 China Unicom said it has sold more than 100,000 iPhones, marking a slight pickup in sales since it launched the phone in late October.
• Panasonic Finally Wins Control of Sanyo Panasonic is poised to gain control of Sanyo Electric after a tender offer closed successfully on Wednesday, the two companies said on Thursday.
• China Expands Porn Sting by Shutting P2P Video Sites Chinese regulators have taken a wide-ranging war against online porn one step further by closing a series of popular BitTorrent and video-sharing Web sites.
• Acer Plans up to 6 New Android Handsets for First Half 2010 Acer plans to launch as many as six new Android handsets in the first half of next year.
• Intel May Give Larrabee Update in Late 2010, Analyst Says Intel is likely to give an update on plans for its delayed graphics chip during the third quarter of 2010.
• Malaysian Company Acquires Friendster, Bets on Micropayments Social networking site Friendster accepted a buyout offer from Malaysia's MOL Global.
• IBM Adding Data Centers, Cloud Computing Lab in Asia IBM invests in data centers and a lab in Asia where it sees a surge in demand for strategic outsourcing and cloud computing services.
• Hackers Find a Home in Amazon's EC2 Cloud CA has found a variant of the Zeus botnet running a command and control server on Amazon's EC2 infrastructure.
• Microblogs Face Uphill Battle With China's Censors Microblogging services are taking off in China, but regulation by an authoritarian government is challenging their growth.