The major advantage Firefox users have claimed over Google Chrome is the ability to customize their browser by choosing from a vast library of extensions. But that advantage falls away with the introduction of extension support in Google Chrome 4.0.

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How Apple’s new device raises the stakes for that other disruptor. BURLINGAME, Calif. — Apple’s new iPad aims to remake a market touched on by laptops, tablet computers, netbooks and even the iPod–portable devices for the creation and consumption of media, largely text and video. That also hits its increasingly active competitor Google.

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snydeq writes “Google has found a way to let iPhone owners use Google Voice, launching a Google Voice Web app that runs on iPhone 3.0 OS devices, as well as on Palm WebOS devices. The Google Voice application leverages HTML 5′s functionality for running sophisticated Web applications on a browser at speeds matching those of native applications, Google said. The Google Voice-iPhone conflict is one of several issues putting the companies on a collision (more…)

ezabi writes “According to a post on the official Google blog, in the coming weeks Google Docs will offer to host all file types with a limit of 250 MB, which as they say is larger than the current limit for email attachments. This will have its consequences: paid file sharing will die, more shared pirated material, newer vulnerabilities and malware distribution channels…”

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wkurzius writes “Engadget has gotten their hands a Nexus One, and have put the first impressions up for the world to see, including whether or not they think it’s the ‘be-all-end-all Android phone / iPhone eviscerator.’ Their opinion? ‘Not really.’”

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While many of these extensions are next to pointless, there are a few gems that can make your Chrome browsing experience a bit more useful.

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accido writes “As reported by The LA Times, Google has now decided to expand its marketing and data collection to include what you watch on your Tivo. The data collected would help Google, who sells TV ads, show who watches which commercials and who skips right over them. The article outlines how this could be bad for networks that cash in whether you watch the ad or not. Does this mean fewer commercials for viewers? Not likely, but one can hope.”

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Web search leader Google said it is buying Silicon Valley display advertising technology start up Teracent, which expands its competition with display leader Yahoo.

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Lars and Jens Rasmussen were broke and jobless — with only $16 between them — when they made it big in the Web world by selling their idea for Google Maps.

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Give a bunch of computer geeks a new medium to play around in, and you could probably guess that the first thing they’d think to do with it is… no, not that, we’re talking role-playing games.

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