Which could be something to do with the fact that it's based on Google's Chromium platform. Why, Chrome's market share is now said to be almost 50 percent.īut then here came Microsoft with something oddly competent. Humans, flocking fools that they are, immediately forsook their old browsers. Once upon a time, Google created Chrome, a browser that actually seemed to work for fundamental things like video and opening more than one tab at the same time. Here is but the latest chapter, for example, in its riveting browser scuffle with Microsoft. A T-Mobile salesman showed me how bigĪnd when it discovers competition - from what it deems an unworthy source - Google can become irritable. Everyone needs to buy one of these cheap security tools.Hunker down: The chip shortage and higher prices are set to linger for a while.Linus Torvalds: Juggling chainsaws and building Linux.