Who subscribed to the Google Chrome CR-48?

Barely two days after Google unveiled its first portable generic powered by Chrome OS and people already are getting some test units of register in its pilot program.

Not much has been revealed about except notebook which is a 12. 1? without a name with an Intel Atom processor inside. WiFi, 3 G, and Bluetooth connectivity is present and Google says up to 8 hours of battery life.

We have a limited number of portable Chrome to distribute, and we must ensure that finding good homes. Is where you come in. Everything is still very much a work in progress and its users, like you, who often give us our best ideas about what feels clunky or what need you. So if you live in the United States, are at least 18 years of age and would like to be considered for our small pilot program, complete this. It should take about 15 minutes. We will review requests that come and contact you if you have been selected.

This application will be open until 11: 59: 59 PM PST on December 21, 2010.

You can still register here.

Update: is for U.S. residents only. However, I tried to apply through the MyUSMailBox service I have.

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Weeds on Google Reader feeds with Chrome PostRank extension

If you're big on Subscribe to feeds from Web sites, by which you can stay up-to-date on the latest news probably are experiencing the same content overload I am. To help you focus on the stories that matter, people in PageRank has released an extension for Chrome which facilitates real Surf Google Reader to show only stories that matter. The extension adds a PostRank indicator for each post in Google Reader feeds. The PostRank or PR is a measure of popularity of posts. This figure is derived by adding staff of dozens of social networks to find out what people are liking, sharing and markers.

Check out the screenshots below to familiarize yourself with this impressive extension which was recently presented by Google.Si you have comments or questions, please use the form at the end of the article reviews.

1. Download and install the Chrome PostRank extension.

Make sure that reloading the page Google Reader for that PageRank than aparezca.Si for any reason is not loading, restart Chrome.

A. open Google Reader will be account all titles of post in Google Reader has a PostRank icon with a rango.Rangos are color coded and use a numbering scheme based on the range listed content.

B. the purpose of using this extension is receiving the content that import you in select content less important to use the filter that appears to the right of the button Actualizar.Usted has four options:

All PR: 1.0 + PR: good 2.7 + PR: large (5.4 +) PR: Best (7.6 +)

Note that as you apply the filter, content that does not meet the criteria fades into the background so you can focus on the most important stories.

C. when you enable PostRank for other Web sites you can visit Menéame and see the PostRank brings history with a PR icon incrustado.Cuando place the cursor on the PR icon you can view details about the PostRank.

D. the same applies to Google search.Search results display the PostRank along with information about participation in various social networks.

Nota:If you use Google's instant searches, you will have to reload the page of search results to the PostRank appearing.

To enable this feature of Google search, Menéame, Digg and follow the instructions below.

1. Click on the icon Customize and control.

2. Click Tools on the menu.

3. Click on Extensions.

4. Locate the PostRank extension from the list and click Options.

5. Check the sites you want to run the script of recruitment.

6. Click Save.

Now you can run the PostRank script on all Web sites you've selected. believe you you want to use this extension? do you know of others with similar characteristics? please share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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