Today, many of us woke up to the incredible rumor that Google was planning on purchasing video game developer Valve. While this may be a geek’s dream, it was highly unlikely that this was actually true. Sure enough, Valve’s head PR guy has come out and said that this rumor is a “complete fabrication,” in an email to Stephen Totilo from MTV Multiplayer.

Just to make sure Lombardi wasn’t being cagey, I asked if it’s be correct if we posted that (my words) “Valve says Google isn’t buying the company.” He said that would be correct. So… no sale!

Sorry guys, it ain’t happening.

Do you like the speed of Google Chrome but miss the layout of Firefox? Well, you’re in luck because someone has already created a Firefox addon that displays and renders pages using Google Chrome, from within Firefox, much like the IETab addon.

Open web pages or even hyperlinks in Google Chrome from Firefox itself.

If are using Firefox along side Google’s browser, this “Open in Google Chrome” extension might come handy - it lets you send web sites and links directly to Google Chrome from Firefox.

It can also be configured to always open certain web pages in Chrome - e.g. *google*, gmail, etc.

Install “Open in Google Chrome” for Firefox 3

Download open-in-google-chrome.xpi on to your desktop and then drag it inside Firefox 3 much like what you did for Send to Google Docs.

Restart Firefox. Then go to Tools -> Add-ons -> Options and browse for the chrome.exe file on your Vista / XP / Windows 2000 machine.

In Windows XP, Google Chrome installs under \Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\ while in Windows Vista, Google Chrome installs in \Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\

The Google Chrome Firefox extension can also be configured to open a group of website(s) directly in Chrome even if you try accessing them from Firefox.

For instance, you may add “yahoo” to the list and any site that has yahoo in the URL would open in Chrome automatically. That includes “maps.yahoo.com”, “news.yahoo.com”, “yahoo.com” and even “bbc.com/news/yahoo-shares.html” so be careful while picking these wildcards.

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The Apple iPhone may now have a worthy competitor: The first Google Android OS powered phone is scheduled to arrive on November 10, 2008, from HTC, one of the world’s largest cell phone manufacturers, the phone has just been approved by the FCC in the US.

The phone will be available under T-Mobile in the US. Unfortunately, T-Mobile is last in terms of their high speed 3G network. However, T-Mobile has announced that they are expanding their 3G network to reach dozens more cities.
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