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Sept. 25, according to foreign media, the Internet traffic monitor manufacturers NetApplications said Tuesday that nibbled by Microsoft IE and Mozilla's Firefox, the Google browser Chrome’s market share is declining, from 1% gained on the first day of its launch to 0.77 percent.
 
According to foreign media reports, NetApplications said, Chrome on September 2 the first day of the market share once to the impact of 1%. But last week, its market share had dropped to 0.77 percent.

NetApplications marketing executive vice president of the text VinceVizzaccaro said that many people in the trial after giving up Chrome, its market share continue to be down.

NetApplications data showed last week, Microsoft's IE market share of 71.48%, Mozilla Firefox with a market share of 19.42 percent, and Safari, Apple's market share of 6.73 percent.

Weizhakaluo said, Safari has not been Chrome, Chrome because the Mac can not run the above.

NetApplications that, Chrome share of the decrease was primarily due to the continued is that Google, through the browser to collect the user's information. At the same time, Weizhakaluo pointed out that Google quietly launched Chrome choose the way, did not carry out large-scale marketing campaign, which has to a certain extent affected the market Chrome influence.

Weizhakaluo said: "Google should be held some time the marketing activities, so that may contribute to the improvement of the market Chrome. Otherwise, Chrome's market share will continue to be lost."

Many industry analysts said Google not interested in provoking a new round of the browser war, the release of Chrome is only on behalf of the front-end applications of the company's network.

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Sept 21, according to foreign media reports, after the public of Google Chrome browser, the trade rumors that Chrome will support the plug-in function. A few days ago the news was confirmed by Google high-level development team. Google also revealed that, Chrome will support the users script at the same time.
 
To the above-mentioned position is that Google engineers Ojan Vafai. The engineer in New York on Friday to discuss a conference that in fact there are two types of browser plug-in. Similar to the Firefox browser plug-ins extend the software's features, in addition to the user script. He said: "We will support two types of plug-ins."

Users can plug-in script on the page to download the browser code be amended so as to achieve better personalization.

It is reported that Firefox Greasemonkey user script plug-in tools for developers Almada is currently working for the Chrome team.

In addition, Vafai also mentioned that many of the Firefox browser users have found that many of the plug-in on the stability of the problem, Google Chrome will certainly learn from the lessons of Firefox, so that users can still install the plug-in after the smooth realization of stability in the browser .

Chrome downloaded in the first week of 2,000,000 copies. As Google based on constant user feedback to improve for the industry generally agreed that, Chrome will be Microsoft's IE and Mozilla Firefox browser is a strong competitor.

However, analysts believe, the use of plug-in will "scare off" part of ordinary users with simple desire. Microsoft IE achieves a variety of functions under the condition that without plug-ins, so it is welcome by a large number of ordinary users.

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September 15, according to foreign media reports, the U.S. electronics retailing giant Bestbuy has agreed to purchase digital music service provider Napster with 121 million U.S. dollars, Best Buy said after the acquisition of Napster, the company will have more customers.

In accordance with the agreement between the two parties, Best Buy 2.65 U.S. dollars per share to buy Napster, including Napster book on the 67 million U.S. dollars in cash and short-term investment capital, the stock is Napster last Friday's closing price of 1.36 U.S. dollars nearly doubled.

Best Buy this time of the acquisition will be the end of the fourth quarter, the acquisition of Napster's assets, including 700,000 digital subscribers, Internet users and service platform for wireless channels. Best Buy president and chief operating officer Brian Dunn (Brian Dunn), "said Best Buy aimed at taking advantage of the strengths and Napster subscribers for digital entertainment, so that Best Buy will have more customers."

Best Buy has been developing wireless products and services, the company in the United States all have established mobile phone shop counters, in May this year, Best Buy invest 2.1 billion U.S. dollars and the British Carphone Warehouse Group to set up a joint venture company.

Napster said, Best Buy after the acquisition, the company's chief executive officer of克里Chris Gorog and other executives of the duties has not changed, and company headquarters will move out from Los Angeles.

In late May this year, Napster began selling unrestricted MP3 format songs, Napster hope that this will further help the company fight against Apple's iTunes and Amazon's shop. At the same time, Napster subscription services continue to sell through its limited song.

Influenced by the financial industry an unprecedented incident (that is, the U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings bankruptcy) outbroken at the weekend Best Buy stock fell 3.3 percent to 43.01 U.S. dollars before the deal in the city.

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September 10, according to the British Financial Times, the U.S. Forrest survey company Forrester pointed out that as the slowdown of global economic, 43 percent of the companies in 2008 reduce overall IT budget all over the world, 24 percent of the companies may suspended arbitrary IT expenses.

Forrest • John McCarthy (John McCarthy), in different countries, different industries and different types of enterprises and the economic slowdown on the impact of IT budgets is not the same. Of these, the financial sector most affected, 49 percent of financial services companies cut IT expenses, the media and entertainment companies to 39 percent, while the United States nearly 50 percent of the company reduced the IT budget, Germany has only 28 percent.

September 9, the world's fourth largest PC enterprise Lenovo CEO William Amelio also pointed out that due to uncertainty factor of global economy, the company may cut IT budgets. After the news, Lenovo shares fell 2.24 percent.

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