March 11, 2011 - 12:56 AMT
Chrome launches new extension Silence of the Celebs

If people are fed up with news about so much talked celebs, they can easily ignore those news.

Now readers of news sites have a choice to silence news about celebs they don’t like by using Chrome’s new extension called Silence of the Celebs, according to Google Chrome browser plugins and extension website.

Presently, the extension is compatible with news sites such as CNN, NY Times, TMZ and The Huffington Post.

Users can also add their own celebrities whom they want to block. The developers of the extension are working on improving it so that it can block headlines from any websites. To download the extension, the user should visit Chrome Web Store or Chrome Extension Gallery.