Happy Third Birthday, Chrome!

Google's Chrome browser is turning 3 today.

First released on September 2, 2008, Chrome is credited with fueling the browser speed race to accelerate JavaScript as well as a trend that removed the focus on complex menus and shifted it to more space for web content.

Chrome has not been an instant hit. It took Google over half a year to collect more than 2 percent market share as users took time to adjust to the radically different look of the minimalist interface. However, since the second quarter of 2009 Chrome has been adding market share from its rivals IE and Firefox aggressively and has recently broke the 23 percent mark, according to StatCounter. At the current pace, Google will surpass Firefox in November at the 26 percent mark and could exceed IE's share by mid-2012 at about 32 percent.

Special Edition Xbox 360 Made for Modern Warfare 3

A console fit for Modern Warfare.

Just like all the Call of Duty games before it, Modern Warfare 3 is going to be one of the hottest selling games of this year.

Any platform holder that doesn't try to hitch itself to such a game would be making a mistake, and Microsoft has already revealed a special edition console for MW3 way ahead of the game's launch.

The special package will consist of a specially distressed-themed Xbox 360 console that has a custom sound scheme when powered on and when the disc tray ejects. Expect Modern Warfare noises when you use this. This will also pack two matching controllers.

Gmail Now Accessible Offline; Calendar & Docs Soon

Google has launched an app in the Chrome Web Store that allows users to access Gmailoffline. Google Calendar and Google Docs offline support will arrive shortly.

Wednesday Google product manger Benoît de Boursetty said that Gmail can now be accessed offline (again) via an HTML5-based app available on the Chrome Web Store. Google Calendar and Google Docs will also be available offline starting sometime next week.

Mozilla Previews Firefox for Tablets

Mozilla is providing another look at what appears to be a near-finalized design of the Firefoxtablet UI.

Judging by the images posted by Ian Barlow, the UI is much closer to Firefox for Android than to the desktop version of Firefox.

The tablet version will include two modes - a portrait and a landscape mode. The landscape mode will move the open tabs in thumbnail view to the left of the screen to take advantage of widescreen layouts. In portrait mode, there will be only one tab icon that shows the number of available tabs and enables access to them via a drop-down menu