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Google just published a short online book (using HTML5) entitled 20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web.

The book provides simple step-by-step discussion of the web from both a technical and social perspective. Created by the Google Chrome team in not only exemplifies the potential of HTML5, but is beautifully ornamented by award-winning German illustrator and children’s author Christoph Niemann.


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Enjoying viral internet videos with your friends is fun, but somewhat awkward over instant message. YouTube Social lets you and your friends watch videos at the same time and chat through one unified web interface.


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Published in The Age, (November 18 2010) is an extract from the Hector Crawford Memorial Lecture, delivered (November 17 2010) at the Screen Producers Association of Australia given by The Movie Show's Margaret Pomeranz.

I look with awe at our 177-medal total at the recent Commonwealth Games. We trumped England, with a population in excess of 60 million. We trumped India with a billion. It's an indication of how much money this country is prepared to fork out to back winners.

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