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Want to Win $5,000? Enter Google’s Latest Competition

If you are great at creating infographics, then Google’s latest contest should interest you! Google has recently announced that it will be offering $5,000 to the winner of its Data Viz Challenge, which is basically a contest to find the best person who can offer the best visualization of data about where exactly your tax money goes. The contest was announced today and is largely based on a website called www.whatwepayfor.com, which was started by Andrew Johnson and Lewis Garcia, two developers. Impressed with this website, Google’s staff came up with an idea of having their own “interactive data visualization” or simply, infographics. However, infographics does have its own set of limitations. So, taking up this challenge, Google has teamed up with Eyebeam, a non-profit art and technology center. Those who are interested can participate in this competition.

Chrome Beta 10: Delivering the Best

The new Chrome Beta Version 10 released by Google includes a wide variety of features like hardware-accelerated video, which has the capacity to cut the overall CPU usage by as much as 80% when running on full screen. Yes, Google has recently released its latest Beta version of Chrome, and I’m telling you guys – this version comes with some of the most dynamic features ever! It is said that Chrome’s version 10 now runs scripts at least 66% faster than any previous version. This new version also has features like hardware-accelerated videos which can cut your overall CPU usage by nearly 80% when running on full screen. This in turn helps to assist in overall performance as well as in extending your battery life. And what’s even more interesting is the settings interface that now appears as a tab instead of a dialog box. This comes with a search box as well, in case you do not find a particular option, then all you have to do is enter a related keyword and it will display anything relate...