GOOGLE CHROME PASSES INTERNET EXPLORER TO BECOME TOP BROWSER IN WORLD

When Google Chrome launched a couple years ago, people knew that Google’s massive web presence and cross-promotional powers would help it gain market share quickly. But in just over 26 months Chrome 15 has surpassed Internet Explorer 8 to become the most popular browser in the world.

Yes, it’s a single browser version — and with Chrome’s silent auto-update mechanism, that’s the entire Google Chrome army against just one version of Internet Explorer. When you look at all versions, IE is still top dog at about 39% worldwide, with Chrome near 27%. That doesn’t make the feat any more impressive. In just two years, Google has managed to build, test, release, and promote Chrome well enough that it’s now a force to be reckoned with in the web browser market.

GOOGLE'S CHROME BROWSER COMES IN FIRST IN BROWSER TESTS FOR WINDOWS

Google's Chrome browser annihilated the competition in a Windows browser test conducted by Ars Technica.  The test was done on a Asus laptop running a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate.  The Ars Technica team compared IE8, Opera 10, Firefox 3, Chrome 6 and Safari 5.  They also tested the betas of these browsers IE9, Firefox 4 beta, Chrome 7 dev, a WebKit nightly (Safari beta) and Opera 10.70.

The tests included the SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark, the V8 Benchmark Suite and Peacekeeper: The Browser Benchmark, testing JavaScripting performance.  They also used the Nontroppo General Browser Load-Time test, testing page load times.

In 6 out of the 8 tests, Chrome came in first.  In many instances by a wide margin.  In those tests where it did not come in first it was a close second.

Google's Chrome team goal is to release a new version approximately every six weeks, so the competition has its work cut out for it, but the Chrome team can't rest on its laurels since the other developers are also working on newer versions to un-crown the current king. [Ars Technica]

LEAKED: INTERNET EXPLORER 9 VIDEO

A video showing the latest iteration of Internet Explorer, 9, has been leaked.  The browser from Microsoft will enter beta testing next week.  It appears to have a sleeker more streamlined appearance with more screen space than previous incarnations of the browser.

The 1:17 video can be found on BoyGeniusReport.