InternetExplorer9承诺了速度和标准的遵从性，谷歌可能在玩弄一款只提供数据的**而不是真正的**，而Firefox则收紧了针对流氓插件的代码。

• Microsoft Announces IE9: Focus on Standards and Speed No release date or alpha builds, because it's only been in development for three weeks, but Microsoft said IE9 is already scripting almost at par with Firefox 3.6 and Chrome 4, will use hardware acceleration and handle fonts better, and be more standards compliant than IE8. And then they released dem***tration videos that require Silverlight. Seriously. [ReadWriteWeb]
• The Google Phone May Be Data Only, VoIP Driven Device The loudest voice at TechCrunch wrote yesterday that a cellphone designed and built by Google was on the way, and the mockery commenced. Now it's suggested to be a a data-only phone with Google Voice-powered VoIP, and the future looks a little fuzzier. [TechCrunch]
• coming soon... Chrome's extensi*** system, which we've seen pieces of already, gets even tease-ier by basically confirming the page where it will be hosted. [Google]
• Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Green robot icon Ever bug your Android-toting friends, thinking they're available on GChat when they've really just neglected to sign their phones out? If you use Google Talk as your chat client, you'll now see a little status-colored Android icon to show when they're only kinda-mobile-available. [Official Gmail Blog]
• DSi downloads can be moved-with a little help from Nintendo If you're upgrading or replacing a Nintendo DSi, there's no built-in or user-friendly way to get your downloaded apps and games back. There is, however, a solution—brute customer service querying. [Ars Technica]
• Firefox 3.6 locks out rogue add-*** Besides squashing bugs, Firefox 3.6 will, in final form, prevent add-*** from accessing Firefox's core "Components" code, forcing extensi*** that dig in a little too deeply to go through the same official extension channels as everyone else. [ComputerWorld]