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Firefox 5 and Slow GMail Scrolling

According to the Mozilla Firefox 5 release notes, you may find that scrolling in the main Google GMail window may be slower than normal. They hope to have this fixed in a later release.

The Latest Google Chrome

Google released the latest version of their Chrome browser, version 12.0.742.91,  this week. In addition to the usual bug fixes, Google says they have upgraded security:

Chrome also now gives you more control over the data that websites store on your computer. This includes Flash Player’s Local Shared Objects (LSOs), which were previously only manageable using an online settings application on Adobe’s website. 

In the Mac version of Chrome, you can find these controls by going to Chrome>Preferences>Under The Hood and then clicking the Content Settings button.

Google Chrome and NVIDIA

Google says there is an incompatibility between their browser and the NVIDIA Network Access Manager. For now, Google's only suggestion is to disable the NVIDIA software. They say that Chrome doesn't like  NVIDIA nTune, either.

Google Chrome Incompatibility with NVIDIA nTune

Google says there is an incompatibility between their Google Chrome browser and NVIDIA nTune. There is no fix or workaround at this time, other than Google saying you should disable nTune. NVIDIA probably says you should use another browser.

Google Chrome is Tarnished

According to ZD Net's Zero Day security blog, Google is silently patching their Chrome browser due to a critical security bug. The problem is in how Chrome validates some input, which could allow an attacker to crash the browser and run hostile code. According to Zero Day, the browser will patch itself without informing the user. Read more here.

Backing Up iGoogle

It's important to back up your data - but what about stuff up in "the cloud", as in cloud computing. In particular, if you've spent lots of time customizing your iGoogle page, are all your settings safe? According to Google, they make back-ups of your settings on their servers. However, you can also make your own back-ups and save them on your own computer. This Google Help page shows you how.

Facebook Worm Fakes Out Google Reader

According to ZDNet, a Facebook worm that appears to be sending messages from you to your friends is also faking out the Google Reader, making it look like faked video downloads are actually hosted on Google. Read more about it here.

iGoogle - Bug or Feature?

If you use iGoogle as a portal or home page, you may have been surprised by the new look - I certainly was. Giving the tabs their own column seems like a waste of screen space, but the font on the rest of the page seems to have been made smaller, so more is visible vertically. Here's some other complaining about the change.