Archive for November 16th, 2009
An Early Look at Chrome’s Extensions System
November 16th, 2009 | 
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An Early Look at Chrome’s Extensions System
It’s not officially released, but a gallery-like site for extensions has made itself known into the latest development builds of Google Chrome for Windows and Linux. Take a peek at what’s coming, presumably very soon, in these development screenshots.
The Download Squad blog was the first to notice the new new thing in Chrome—namely, a jigsaw-like page corner in Chrome’s new tab page, next to a message at the bottom that reads “New! Chrome now ..read more
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Tags: Bottom Photos, Checker, Chromium, Developers, Development Screenshots, Dove, Functionality, Google, Icons, Jigsaw, Launch, Linux, Maps News, Mozilla, Original Source, Page Image, Peek, Repository, Siegler, Sync, System Extensions | 
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Celestia Brings Interstellar Exploration to Your Desktop
Celestia Brings Interstellar Exploration to Your Desktop
If you enjoyed playing with Stellarium, the open-source planetarium software we shared with you earlier this year, but felt strangely tied to an earth-bound perspective, you’ll definitely want to fly through space with Celestia.
Celestia picks up where Stellarium leaves off. With Celestia you can zoom through the known universe, flying through star clusters and swooping in to examine far off galaxies. On its own Celestia is a really fun tool to play with but ..read more
Posted in General |
Tags: Astronomy Hobbyists, Celestia Motherlode, Chance Check, Closer Look, Desktop Downloads, Detailed Maps, Galaxies, Handy Guide, Interstellar Exploration, Linux Operating Systems, Open Source, Original Source, Planetarium Software, Planets, Star Clusters, Star Map, Star Maps, Star Wars, Star Wars Universe, Surface Maps, Zoom |
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