Examples include Gmail, Pandora, TeamSpeak, iTunes, and Google Gadgets, which unleashes many of Google's tools. You'll find quite a few widgets to download on PlayXpert's Web site to further enhance the program.

According to PlayXpert CEO Charles Manning, 'The program has broad compatibility and minimizes hits to performance by injecting its UI into the DirectX command stream as the information goes to the GPU.' When translated into English that means that PlayXpert does not trigger anticheat software, and it doesn't need an update for new games or recently patched games. You can easily browse the Web, play music, and chat over IM with your buddies right out of the initial install. Through PlayXpert's taskbar-like menu, you can access all sort of tools. More than just a browser, PlayXpert acts as your one-stop hub to the outside world all within the confines of a game. Read on to learn about four of the more promising in-game browsing applications. All of the solutions are fairly young and consequently have their quirks (think gleek rather than loogie), but they are getting better over time. Programs like PlayXpert, Rogue, Xfire, and even Steam let you hit up the Web without leaving the action. They figure you shouldn't have to leave the game and tempt lady luck to hawk a juicy one your way if you want to check a few scores, and find a FAQ. And then there are times when lady luck spits in our eye, and the computer locks up completely-which is precisely the moment our steely gazes come into play.Ī few companies have been toiling away on in-game Web browsers to make Alt-Tabbing a thing of the past. More often than not, the game will just crash on us or ignore the command altogether. When we're lucky, the windows flicker around in a voodoo-like fashion and take us to the desktop safe and sound. Unfortunately, Alt-Tabbing is also a toss of the dice, but gamers are gamblers, willing to hit Alt-Tab with iron wills and steely gazes at the ready. Whether you're driving down the streets of Liberty City wondering how to pass a mission or twiddling your thumbs waiting for a raid to start in World of Warcraft, the temptation to Alt-Tab out of the game to switch to the Web browser is something we've all faced. By: Sarju Shah - Posted on February 18, 2009

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