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No SOPA Chrome Extension Helps You Take a Stand

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No SOPA Chrome Extension
No SOPA Chrome Extension

We’ve been hearing about the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, for some time now. Whether or not you have been following the developments and arguments about it, there is no going around the fact that if this act does get passed, our lives will change. Well, unless you do not really use the Internet all that much. (As unthinkable as that may be, there ARE people who do not see the Internet as their life.)

Also known as H.R. 3261, this bill was introduced in October by Representative Lamar Smith, in cooperation with 12 other co-sponsors. One can discuss the bill at length, but the bottom line is that it aims to give more power to copyright holders and the U.S. Department of Justice to take web sites to court; that is, web sites that are accused of copyright infringement. [Read more…] about No SOPA Chrome Extension Helps You Take a Stand

Google Chrome 4 Supports Greasemonkey Scripts

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If you’ve been using Google Chrome 4 as your web browser, you’ve probably installed several extensions right after it was launched recently. But if you feel like that currently available Google Chrome extensions is not enough, how’s 40,000 more extensions sound to you?

Yes, believe it or not there are around 40,000 new extensions which you can install/activate on your Chrome 4. Well, thanks to Greasemonkey user scripts which has just been supported by Chrome. If you’ve been using Firefox before, you’d know that these scripts lets you customize web pages through simple Javascripts

Actually the 40,000 extensions are basically the converted user scripts available on Greasemonkey before. And with Greasemonkey enabled, you can practically use these user scripts on your Chrome browser after it is converted into Chrome Extension.

Installing these  scripts is just like installing or activating the usual Chrome extensions. That means the process can be done easily.

Of course there’s caveat emptor here. These scripts are very powerful and even has full access to your data, so be cautious of what scripts your are going to activate. In addition, some Greasemonkey may not work with Google Chrome 4 just yet.

So there. To make Google Chrome 4 more fun and useful either you check out the extensions gallery or get more Greasemonkey scripts.

Five Popular Google Chrome Extensions Worth Installing

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When Google announced recently that Google Chrome is now available for the Mac, Google Chrome Extensions in Chrome Beta was also made available. In case you’re not using Google Chrome, Extensions are just your Plugins and Add-Ons for Firefox.

There are currently around 300 Extensions available right now which can be found here. But you don’t have to go through all these extensions to find what are going to be useful to you. Here are 5 popular Google Chrome Extensions that you should install in case you are using Google Chrome Beta. Procedures for installing Extensions on Google Chrome Beta follows our list. So be sure to check it out. [Read more…] about Five Popular Google Chrome Extensions Worth Installing