If you own multiple Android devices, you shouldn't have to buy multiple copies of your apps. Fortunately, the Android Market makes it easy to install all of your paid apps on all of your devices without purchasing them again.

Before getting started, please note that these instructions are for devices running the new Android Market (versions 3.0 and higher). While it is possible to install paid apps on multiple devices through the old Android Market, there's one caveat: the Google account used for the purchases must be the primary account associated with the device. In any case, we've included notes that should make the process clear.

Step 1: Make sure the Google account used to purchase your apps is added to your new device. If it isn't, go to your Android Settings, tap "Accounts and sync," then "Add account."

Note: If you are still running the old version of the Android Market (version 2.3), then the desired Google account must be the first account added to your device. This is because the old Market can only access the device's primary account and has no means of switching.

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Step 2: Go to the Android Market. Tap Menu, then Accounts. Select the appropriate Google account.

Note: Again, only the new version of the Android Market (3.0 and higher) has this ability.

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Google, after working for months on a version of its Chrome Frame that can sidestep PC lockdown constraints, has released the first stable version of the plug-in for Internet Explorer.

Chrome Frame embeds a version of Google's browser into older versions of Microsoft's browser. Chrome Frame shows Web pages using the Chrome engine when Web programmers have set a flag that the software checks for.

One problem with the approach is that the very people who most need the technology often are those who don't have enough administrative privileges to install a newer browser than, say, the decade-old IE6. Thus Google wrote a version of Chrome Frame that hops over the lockdown barrier.

Programmer Greg Thompson announced in blog post today that this "non-admin" version of Chrome Frame has reached stable status. Those who want to stop using the beta version will have to uninstall it, then install the new version, he said.

In addition, Google programmer Alex Russell said in a blog post that Chrome Frame now can arrive faster on systems that alre... [Read more]

Updated player and team rosters are the main highlight in Madden NFL 2012 for Android and iOS.

It's a sign of the smartphone/tablet times that on the same day EA released Madden NFL 12 for Xbox 360, PS3, and other game consoles (read CNET's First Take), you could also buy it for your Android or iOS phone or tablet--for considerably less money, I might add.

Indeed, with price tags of just $6.99 for iPhone, $7.97 for Android, and $9.99 for iPad, these mobile versions are the Madden NFL 12 deal to beat.

Ah, but is there anything here to entice owners of Madden NFL 11? Or even Madden NFL 10? Those two games were already pretty spectacular, especially the Retina-optimized Madden 11.

But Madden 12 is about as evolutionary as sports-franchise sequels can be, offering few impro... [Read more]