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Is the new browser war a good thing for end users?

Is the new browser war a good thing for end users?Add-onsActually, its the add-ons that keep me with FireFox. I prefer No-Script and Ad-Block to prevent the majority of attacks. I use IE-Tab and Fox-marks. Other than that, I occasionally add a few more plugins to handle...

Tags: Web browsers, Safari 4 Beta, Opera 10, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox, new browser war, browser war

Discussion threads 2009-02-25

Images: Safari a welcome addition to Windows

Safari 3 comes to Windows and it brings just enough features to make the browser wars interesting.

Tags: Operating systems, SAFARI, browser war, Microsoft Windows, Web browser

Image galleries 2007-06-11

Opera releases new talking Web browser

Opera releases new talking Web browserinteresting but uesless to meIt would get in the way of my music playing while I surfed.Great!Although I'm a Firefox fan, I'm glad with this new Opera development. I think it's a good browser, and all this is a new SLAP IN THE FACE for...

Tags: Apple Inc., browser war, Opera 8, Opera Software ASA, Web browser

Discussion threads 2004-12-23

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Remember when FrontPage seemed pretty slick?

My school teaches...... web design in the conventional way. Intro classes cover HTML, CSS, using JQuery modules or writing basic js. Advances classes teach PHP and such. None of the classes I know of cover CMS.I had a summer internship where I used Drupal. I didn't do any of the...

Tags: Content management, CSS, Enterprise software, KompoZer, content management system, Microsoft FrontPage, CMS system

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

WSJ chief criticizes news aggregators - creators carry cost burden

More important...than net neutrality? You are out of your mind. You probably think you are a journalist as well. What a joke. Do you even proof read your own dribble? It's obvious you don't. What kind of journalist would send out content with grammar and spelling errors? it has...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, advertisement, Google Inc., revenue

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

RIM plugs BlackBerry phishing hole

Software versionIs there anywhere RIM states the software versions that contain the patch? I used their online tool to check my AT&T Bold and it told me v4.6.0.297 that I installed a month ago was the most current software. UselessI got the same result with my Storm. 1 would think...

Tags: Handhelds, phishing, BlackBerry Device Software Version, BlackBerry Device Software, RIM BlackBerry, Blackberry Device, Research In Motion Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

When it comes to security, who do you trust more - Microsoft or Google?

Chrome Frame browser plug-in for Internet Explorer seems to have kicked off a war of words between Google and Microsoft. When it comes to security, who do you trust more - Microsoft or Google? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-09-25

Crop circles: What's Google trying to tell us?

Biofuel competition?My hope is that is it not something as simple as Orwell's books being made available on Google Books. My thought is crops, space craft, space age technology, future technology...biofuel. Perhaps some sort of biofuel grant competition or similar?! It must be big if they are using...

Tags: Google Inc., Chrome OS, biofuel, operating system, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

News to know: Gmail outage; VMWorld; Skype; Browsers; Steve Jobs; Google Wave

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: Partly cloudy: Google's Gmail goes down; outage chronicled on Twitter Christopher Dawson: Oh sure...4 days in...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Outage, Sam Diaz, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Internet, Software

Blog posts 2009-09-02

Blackberry vs. iPhone smackdown

Smackdown I think that BB users will always be BB users and iPhone users are dedicated to their sets. I have seen more of my acquaintances switch from non-smart phones to iPhone than to BB, but that is anecdotal evidence and meaningless.I don't think RIM has to worry about their...

Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Google seeks OEMs for Chrome browser; Sony signs on

Google has partnered with Sony to promote its sleek but little-used Chrome browser, according to the Financial Times. The company is also in talks with other computer manufacturers, according to the report. The move marks increased effort on...

Tags: Sony Corp., Google Inc., Web Browser, Chrome, Web Browsers, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-01

Bing gains search share on Yahoo, Google

Strange guesses or hopes?[i]"Advertisers migrate to Microsoft today since it will have the ad platform going forward"[/i]Why? Google makes MS look like a microbe and advertisers want to be where the money is, i.e. where the [b]people[/b] is.What MS has is an effort to copy Google and make money on...

Tags: SEARCH, Yahoo! Inc., Bing, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

The incredible shrinking GOOG! 25% smaller...

oddmaybe that's how they're making google faster - just by indexing less?Analysis is way too simpleSimply looking at the number of returned results is a useless criterion for determining search quality. I Googled my name and got 489,000 results - none of the first 30 or so referred to me....

Tags: Web browsers, Noone, Paradigm-Shift, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

Firefox 4.0 looks like Chrome?

Firefox 4.0 looks like Chrome?umm...I kinda like the title barNot quite sure why they would want to not use the title bar? It is nice to have the full length page description up there. The tabs above the address bar is... well..ok I guess..but why no title bar?...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 4.0, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-07-28

Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books

Amazon uses 1984 to free e-booksDangerous gambleThey'll get harmonization. But likely to the US level through ACTARE: Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books"In this case the monopoly is copyright, which extends practically to infinity in the U.S., thanks to the Walt Disney Co., but is held to a reasonable length...

Tags: Corporate communications, E-books, probation, e-book, video, Amazon.com Inc., monitor, software

Discussion threads 2009-07-19

Microsoft Office 2010: The odyssey continues

Sequels never can match the thrill of the original. But the good ones offer a compelling story of their own, develop familiar characters, and introduce something new and exciting. Last week Microsoft gave developers a backstage pass to preview Office 2010, due out in the first half of next year....

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Sheri McLeish

Blog posts 2009-07-16

While I'm away..."Windows 7 is the same as Ubuntu"

This, of course, is the companion piece to "My kid hates Linux," reposted below while I'm on vacation. They're like moose droppings and Maine...they go together. Had to toss this one back up for your grumping pleasure. Obviously, this isn’t true. Their underlying architectures are...

Tags: Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-15

While I'm away..."My kid hates Linux"

I posted this a year ago (and reposted on my last vacation, as well) and, needless to say, it sparked quite a war of words both times. It's worth a repost, though, since he no longer cares what OS he uses see the next repost above. ...

Tags: Computer, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, 64-Bit, Open Source, Productivity, Software, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-15

Sun Valley roundup: Google, Twitter, Microsoft, Apple and more

There's plenty of high-profile buzz coming from Sun Valley, Idaho, where media executives have gathered for the annual Allen & Co. conference, considered to be an exclusive event for the who's who in the world of media and technology. Among the big questions capturing some attention: Will...

Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, Twitter, Corporate Governance, Operating Systems, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-10

Battling for the Mother Of All Monopolies...

Despite their motto 'Don't Be Evil', Google appear to be making a pretty good effort at attempting to own your online data and computing world, and all at a low, no up front cost to you. The latest Google product, an operating system, adds to the already formidable...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Internet, Web Browsers, Thin Clients, Hardware, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-07-08