Chrome 5.0.356.0 Dev Available for Download

Just one day after it introduced the 4.1 minor update to the Stable version 4.0 of its open source browser, Google offered early adopters a new taste of Chrome’s next major iteration. Google Chrome 5.0.356.0 is now available for download through the Dev channel, delivering a range of fixes for all supported platforms. “The Dev channel has been updated to 5.0.356.0 for Windows, Linux, and Google Chrome Frame,” Anthony Laforge, from the Google Chrome team, revealed.
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While Chrome 4.1.249.1036 was released exclusively for Windows users, the Dev channel milestones are being released concomitantly for all platforms, with the development process synchronized across the three flavors of the browser. Although it delivered updates for Windows and Linux first, by the end of yesterday, Google also kicked up a notch Chrome for OS X.

Laforge enumerated some of the changes introduced by the latest Dev channel update. “Form autofill enabled by default for new profiles. [Just for ] Linux: Client SSL Certificate Support (UI) for Linux. Renderers can now figure out how much memory they're using and release it properly. Chrome Frame: Chrome frame should use ‘parentNode’ instead of ‘parentElement’ to get the DOM.

Better integration with host (InternetExplorer) popup blocker.”For Mac, “Implement Mac Address Book ‘me’ card integration with Autofill. Various improvements to the bookmark folder menus. Fix beach ball/performance issues with the cookie manager. Better integration with host (InternetExplorer) popup blocker,” Laforge added. Windows users that have jumped the gun and are running, testing or developing on top of Chrome 5.0 will notice that the browser is more stable after the latest update. Google introduced a number of reliability fixes that resolve a number of crash issues.

Laforge also noted that problems still existed. “Cannot drag anything (text or images) in a content area. For example, dragging a thumbnail on the new tab page hangs the page.”

The latest release of Google Chrome 5.0 is available for download http://download.softpedia.com/dl/fc711a013563fe139160cccd71ac9700/4ba5f6c1/100108166/software/internet/browser/chrome_installer_stable3.exe

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What to Do When Gmail Overflows

If you’ve maxed out the seven gigabytes of space you currently get with a Gmail account, there is a way to sling your old mail into another account. But it takes a few steps.

First, sign up for a new Gmail account at www.gmail.com and make note of the new address and password. Next, log into your original Gmail account.

At the top of the mail page, click on the Settings link and on the next screen, click on the Forwarding and POP/IMAP link. In the POP Download area of the page, click on the button next to Enable POP download for all mail. In the pop-up menu right below, choose what you want to do with all the old messages.

When you pick the “keep Gmail’s copy in the Inbox” selection, you can go back and delete the nonessential messages you don’t want to keep in your original account to reclaim space.

(If you don’t need all the old mail in this account, another option here automatically deletes all the messages from the Gmailbox after they are downloaded elsewhere.) Click the Save Changes button when finished.

Next, log into your new Gmail account and click on the Settings link. Click on the Accounts and Import link. Skip the “Import mail and contacts” area and go to the “Check mail using POP3” area, then click on the button to add a new POP3 e-mail account.

In the box that pops up, fill in your original Gmail account name and password and click the Add Account button. (The server address is pop.gmail.com.)

Gmail then imports all the messages from the original account. If you have several gigabytes of mail, it could take hours to fetch it all.

In your original account, you can now manually delete the less important messages. Finally, return to the Setting screen and disable the POP download function so the new mail stays on your original account.

Or you could pay Google $20 for 80 gigabytes of storage — if that seems easier. (Google has more information about pricing at and importing mail from other accounts at)

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StarHub Develops Double Mobile Broadband Download Speeds

StarHub has recently concluded a trial seeking to develop mobile broadband download speeds hitting up to 42.2 megabits per second. The test has been successful. The hence acquired downloading speed comes out to be double the current speed.

Working with its technology partner Huawei, StarHub has managed to upgrade its HSPA+ network.

The company said that the upgradation will be expanded gradually to boost total efficiency of the network.

With the recent achievement, StarHub has become the first mobile operator in Southeast Asia to have installed the Dual Carrier technology on its HSPA+ network. The Dual Carrier technology basically operates on the principle of joining two carrier channels.

The company is however, seeking the least requirement of upgrading the hardware.
Huawei Singapore Managing Director He Rong said that the increased speed will enhance the ease of the users and will boost communication.

StarHub has already initiated the technical experiments for the next generation mobile broadband set.

"The deployment of 42.2Mbps HSPA+ Dual Carrier technology is a straightforward upgrade of our current HSPA+ network that will double our current downlink peak rate", said Peter Cook, StarHub's Vice President.
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