Chrome desktop integration with Dolphin's mobile browser, via extension.

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The latest version of the Dolphin mobile browser debuts a slick new feature for sharing, desktop sync, and Evernote Web Clipper integration.

The Dolphin browser for Android (download), Dolphin browser for iPhone (download), and Dolphin browser for iPad (download) all come with one-tap sharing, a multi-faceted option for getting the Web site you're looking at to your friends as efficiently as possible.

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Sometimes code speaks louder than words.

That's why Microsoft today published software demonstrating its own proposal for a Web standard enabling browser-based audio and video chat. In the demo, the CU-RTC-Web (Customizable, Ubiquitous Real-Time Communication) technology is used to set up a real-time voice communication link between Chrome on Mac and IE10 on Windows.

Microsoft has an uphill battle getting CU-RTC-Web to catch on: it showed up late to the game, well after the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) began work standardizing a different approach called WebRTC.

But Microsoft thinks its own proposal is well placed for a come-from-behind victory. That's because WebRTC uses technology called SDP that's difficult for Web programmers to tackle and that still must be updated for browser-based use, said Matthew Kaufman, a principal architect for Microsoft's Skype division and the person who worked on Adobe Systems' real-time chat technology in Flash Player.

"In reality, it turns out there are so many changes required in SDP that we're only starting the process in IETF," Kaufman said in an interview today.

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Pokki's Start menu for Windows 8.

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Pokki's Windows 8 Start menu app has been refreshed with more features and more flexibility.

Pokki provides unique Start menu to Windows 8 users who can't quite live without one. The app blends in smoothly with the Windows desktop, offering all the traditional Start menu features while tapping into the new Windows 8 environment.

Released yesterday, the latest version kicks in a new layout and design with larger fonts and wider spacing, so it's easier on the eyes. You can also switch the layout between a light and dark color scheme.

You can now add folders and files directly to the Pokki Menu. Right-click on any item in File Explorer and select the "Add to Pokki" menu command from the dropdown menu. That folder or file then appears in your Pokki Favorites section. You can also add or remove the folders that appear on the left pane of the Pokki menu. You can display as many as ten different folders, choosing among Documents, Music, Pictures, Favorites, and your own personal user folder.

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If only he unleashed these powers at the free throw line...

Are you tired of the whole zombie craze yet? What if those zombies happen to be mutants in a post-apocalyptic wasteland? What if the hero protagonist in all this mess was, oh, I don't know, 7'1'', 325-lb former NBA Superstar Shaquille O'Neal?

Yes, someone on this earth not only conceived of this, but managed to produce it, even going so far as getting the man of steel himself to lend his voice.

ShaqDown (Android, iOS) is One Spear Entertainment's first outing. Their business model apparently consists of building mobile games around celebrities, and we'll see 3 more by the end of the year, according to One Spear's website.

Gameplay is simple and immediate, and frankly much more enjoyable than I thought it would be given the nature of the material. As Shaq, or the Justice Bringer as he's referred to in-game, players barrel through one of three lanes, swiping up or down to jump between the three in order to either steamroll or avoid the three types of mutant zombies. Gamers can choose either story or survival mode. Story is comprised of on... [Read more]