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Chrome 3.0.195.4 beta version now delivers a claimed 30% boost in V8 and SunSpider benchmarks over v2.0 which is a stable release counterpart which testing puts the speed at double that of Firefox 3.5 and 8 times faster than Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.

Along with this speed increase there is a new redesigned tabs page whereby the user can “pin” their favourite websites to the “most visited” slots and get rid of info they don’t wish displayed.

Chrome 3.0.195.4 also delivers the 1st HTML5 capabilities along with superior multitasking and new links which are clicked on a page whilst still loading.

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An official Windows 7 upgrade chart has now been released by Microsoft and this upgrade chart explains the upgrades from both Windows Vista and Windows XP upgrading to Windows 7 OS.

What the Windows 7 upgrade chart does basically is it give the user an idea of if they will need to do a clean install or can simply upgrade the OS, but the chart does seem somewhat confusing for the average user.

Microsoft has obviously tried to be thorough with the chart and includes both 32-bit and 64-bit editions, but it would have been simpler to combine the 2 rows as the upgrade paths are identical.

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Google has now released an updated beta of their Chrome search engine, and with this new beta release there doesn’t look to be that many changes. However Google is claiming the new Chrome beta is faster than ever.

On the technical side, Google claims it has begun building HTML5 capabilities into the new beta release and includes video tag functionality and web workers.

On the cosmetic side there is a customisable new tab page and improved Omnibox and several new themes. We have a couple of videos for your viewing pleasure which can be viewed below.

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Reports of a “show stopper” bug in Windows 7 is capable of delaying the planned roll out, and Microsoft has blamed a chip controller issue rather than admit there is a critical but in the Windows 7 chkdsk/r tool which could well cause a memory leak which in turn could cause a PC to seize and crash.

After the president of Microsoft’s Windows division, Steven Sinofsky, took on bloggers and online forums that jumped on Windows 7 and the Microsoft development and testing process. Windows 7 customers have been advised to update their chipset drivers to the present driver supplied by their motherboard maker.

Apparently, Sinofsky has said that Microsoft has not reproduced the crash and has not experienced any crashes with chkdsk on the stack and took particular exception to the terms “critical bug” and “showstopper,” in Windows 7.

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Without a doubt the Alienware M17x is one of the most powerful laptops available right now with its dual GPU system and several reviews have popped up on the net with all saying potential buyers will be paying for the best with this 15.4 pound lappy with configuration option that could easily hit the $5000 mark.

Cent Australia says if you’d prefer more bang for your bucks then take a gander at the Asus W90. They go on to say the Alienware M17x 17.1 inch widescreen display is what they would expect from this high end laptop.

With the Alienware M17x packing an Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme QX9300, dual Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M GPUs, 8GB DDR3-1333 RAM and dual 500GB hard drives, it’s basically as good as it gets.

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