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The number of websites continued to grow at a rapid pace in September. Netcraft reports that there are now more than 504 million active hostnames (active and inactive websites).

Cadillac will offer in some of its 2012 vehicles a new entertainment system that imitates the user experience of a smartphone via a capacitive multi-touch screen as well as a triple-core ARM processor.

Opera is currently showcasing its browser ideas at the Upnorthweb conference in Oslo, Norway. the company demonstrated a hardware-accelerated version of the desktop browser, which we are scheduled to get on Thursday. There is also a significant emphasis on mobile browsing and bandwidth savings.

The speculation about the feature set of Chrome Remoting ends as Google has released the software as a beta extension for Chrome. Think GoToMyPC: Remoting is available as the Chrome Remote Desktop that enables a user to remote control another PC that runs Chrome. Microsoft and Mozilla, this is a killer feature that should not be underestimated.

Pre-orders for the iPhone 4S are in full swing and it appears that Apple’s new phone will be selling like hotcakes once more, even if there are some reasonable questions just how new this phone really is. If you are in line to get a new iPhone 4/ 4S it is worth your while to take a closer look at carrier options and choose the voice/data plan combination that you need. A mistake can easily cost you more than a thousand bucks.

Mozilla bows to user pressure and will implement a silent (forced) update structure into its browser. Your Firefox will soon update just like Chrome.

After more than five years, Microsoft decided that it is time to let go. The Zune portable media player outlived itself and was never able to make a dent in iPod sales as Microsoft had hoped.

Google’s Chrome developer team has a good reason to celebrate. For the very first time. Google surpassed IE8 with a single version of its browser. For two days, Chrome 14 maintained the role of, the world’s most popular browser as it trumped IE8 by more than half a point of market share.

Firefox 9 has entered the developer channel with a decent number of enhancements that are scheduled to be released to all users on December 20. It shapes up to be a powerful release in a year that has brought the most dramatic challenges and changes to Mozilla since its founding. Mozilla is under indirect fire as it struggles to maintain its role of Robin Hood of the Internet. Is it time to panic?

A patent filing by Google sheds light on the company’s speech recognition technology in Android and provides at least one clue why the engine works better on mobile than on desktop platforms and why it has a clear lead over the iPhone: Google uses a secret, predictive pre-recording approach which has an ingenious component to it, but may upset users for invasion of privacy.

Google is heading toward the finish line for the first release of Chrome for Android. According to a developer post, Google has set a build target for the browser. The new browser is now evolving into a powerful cross-platform application that may help Google to aggressively push Chrome as a gaming and entertainment platform.

Firefox 7 is the third rapid release of the browser rolled out since the end of June. Some may consider the first true rapid release as the first that delivers noteworthy improvements over Firefox 4 – improvements that are more than just cosmetics. Firefox 7 is a shining example that Mozilla still has a strong impact on the Internet, yet it is confronted with an increasingly aggressive competitive field that could make it less relevant in the future.