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While we watched the world download the latest Firefox 4 browser , boffins in the Google stable were busy preparing the next version of the Chrome browser. The latest beta release, version 11 has a few new features. It’s not as major an overhaul as Firefox 4 was but there are quite a few new features.
Chrome 11 goes beta; brings text-to-speech functionality
The coolest of the features is the speech to text recognition which allows users to now speak their search keywords to their browsers. This is just a small example of what the new feature is capable of. Future versions and plugins might allow far advanced tasks like the ones you find on a Google Android. Head over to the Chrome Web Store and check out the Speechify plugin . You’ll need the latest beta for it to work. 3D GPU-accelerated CSS is also supported now which allows 3D objects to be placed in a browser using CSS. One of the smaller changes that can be noticed is the flatter, simpler looking Chrome icon. The last stable release still is version 10.
Our resident Hardware Ninja, Rossi, lives for speed - by uhh riding his bicycle. He's Tech2's utility man, dividing his time between cameras, software and intense bouts of Quake III. He's also a fan of all things obscure, case in point, Live for Speed (sic). Never heard of it? We rest our case. In his spare time he tries to teach our new joinees the tricks of the trade even though the blood sweat and tears, but give him a camera and all things forgotten.