Type of Article: MacNews Web Site

Chrome overtakes Safari for first time

Google’s internet browser Chrome has overtaken Apple’s Safari in the US for the first time on a weekly basis according to StatCounter, a company that provides free web site analytics. The firm’s research arm StatCounter Global Stats reports that for the week beginning 21 June Chrome overtook Safari to claim third place in the US browser market.

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Macgamestore.com announces 30% off sale on Mac games

Macgamestore.com (http://www.macgamestore.com) is offering a 30% off sale for virtually all Macintosh games through its store until July 1. The Mac games web site also announced that it has surpassed over 1,000 Mac digital download products available for purchase through its store.

Recent popular additions to the store include Planet Horse, Ranch Rush 2: Premium Edition, Jewel Quest 4, Toki Tori, Jolly Rover, Eschalon Book II, Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove, Westward IV: All Aboard and Jewel Quest Mysteries 2.

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One in five new TV purchases in US will be 3DTV by 2013

3D is the hottest thing happening in Hollywood. The excitement over 3D has found its way to the US consumer electronics market. By 2013, one in five new TVs sold in the US will be 3D, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). Year-over-year shipment growth will be 231% between 2010 and 2011, resulting in a doubling of the US installed base of units for 3DTVs from 2010 to 2011.

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ABI Research: more than 80 million USB wireless modems to ship this year

Wireless modem devices come in a variety of form factors including USB modems, PC cards, embedded modules, and wireless routers. Among the external devices, USB modems have become the most popular products — so popular that ABI Research (http://www.abiresearch.com) forecasts shipments of nearly 81 million this year.
 
Today, the majority of wireless broadband subscribers enjoying portable connectivity use USB ports. The alternative, the PC Card slot, has rapidly been displaced since USB’s introduction in 2006.

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Lexar Media introduces 64GB RealSSD drive

Lexar Media has introduced a 64GB addition to the Crucial RealSSD C300 product line. The new 64GB RealSSD C300 drive, like it’ predecessors, natively supports SATA 6Gb/second, is backwards compatible with the SATA 3Gb/s interface, and provides read speeds of up to 355MB/s and write speeds up to 75MB/s.

Priced at US$149.99, the new 64GB C300 drive is available in a standard 2.5-inch form factor, and comes with a limited three-year warranty. The 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB Crucial RealSSD C300 drives are available through select resellers worldwide and online at www.crucial.com/ssd .

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