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JavaScript speed test: iPhone 3G S whips Palm Pre and Google G1

JavaScript speed test: iPhone 3G S whips Palm Pre and Google G1It is on par with the iPhone 3G v 3.0 thoughRegardless how much JS do you want on a phone with a tiny screen?also Anandtech's Wifi tests: iPhone beats Pre 20+%, beats G1 even morehttp://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3587Wow, great job Apple!My WM...

Tags: Scripting languages, OK IT, Apple iPhone, JavaScript Speed Test, Palm Pre, Google G1, Apple iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G S, JavaScript, Palm Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

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Google Chrome Frame boosts IE speed up to Chrome levels

If only it was for Firefox......but still astonishing results!Could this be the start of hybrid browsers? Will there be a FF version?irrelevantNobody uses IE 7 or 8 because of security.Making a bad product worse is not what windoze users need.This shows again the virtues of FOSS vs proprietary software.Corporate IT...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome Frame, Google Chrome, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Google gets more aggressive than Microsoft at moving users off IE 6

Could be a great product, and a great way for companies to keep IE6 forcompatibility reasons, but, pack a modern browser for modern websites. And, for all those users that still think that IE is the Internet, adding a Google plugin might just be the easiest way to get them...

Tags: Web browsers, Web site development, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE8

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Google Chrome ... one year on!

Wow "phones home with your surfing data"Is that true? Really bad then.One Year On, FailNo plugins/addons actually usable by actual humans fail, particularly no adblock major fail, and the app still phones home with your surfing data really the worst fail.Wouldn't use it on your computer.And these guys are writing...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Google seeks OEMs for Chrome browser; Sony signs on

RE: Google seeks OEMs for Chrome browser; Sony signs onThis is the worst possible combination ever. You have both companies who are known privacy rights violators combining forces to strip your PC of any confidential data you might have. Sony is going to love putting rootkits on the PC,...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Chrome, Google Inc., Web browser, operating system, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Sony Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Opera 10 release candidate available

They will probably get the law changed..because competing on your own merits doesn't apply to them.So how much will they pay me to use it?Because that's the only way anything they make will ever find its way on to any machine I run.RE: Opera 10 release candidate availableThe button to...

Tags: Opera 10, Opera 10 release candidate, Opera Software ASA, release candidate

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Firefox 3.5: Well positioned as mid-sized browser gorilla

Firefox 3.5: Well positioned as mid-sized browser gorillaFirefox 3.5: Well positioned as mid-sized browser gorillaFinally! It has been released. Now to download and install it. I'll be the first one at work with FF 3.5.Thank god I do not have the same attitudeRegarding your comment "I see no need...

Tags: Adrian, browser gorilla, Firefox 3.5, mid-sized browser gorilla, Mozilla Firefox, Opera Software ASA, Web browser, Well-Positioned

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

News to know: Yahoo, Windows 7, Palm, AMD, Blackberry Tour, Netbook

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. Sam Diaz: Bartz to Yahoo shareholders: Change is coming; We're not Google Yahoo: Showtime for shareholders this morning ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Richard Koman, Yahoo! Inc., Palm Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-06-26

JavaScript speed test: iPhone 3G S whips Palm Pre and Google G1

Users are very interested in smartphone performance because they are using smartphones more than ever. A new test compares JavaScript performance on the iPhone, Palm Pre, and Google G1. The iPhone 3GS was the big winner. by Jason Hiner

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Performance, Palm Inc., Smart Phone, JavaScript, Apple iPhone 3G, Palm Pre, Smart Phones, Performance Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Firefox 3.5 final prepped to ship early next week

Firefox 3.5 final prepped to ship early next weekThat's great!While I'm already satisfied with the current speed of FF3, a little speed boost never hurt anyone. I didn't install the beta on any of my machines, but I did try it while running a Fedora 11 Live CD. Even under...

Tags: Web browsers, Firefox 3.5, Mozilla Firefox, early next week

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Apple makes big bucks profit per iPhone 3G S

Apple makes big bucks profit per iPhone 3G SYou forgot a componentApple Logo = $421.04Medialets Sunspider Tests: iPhone 3GS 3x faster than Pre, 5x faster than G1In Medialets controlled tests on Javascript execution using Sunspider test suit provided by Webkit it found that the iPhone 3GS was significantly faster than...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G S, big buck, Apple iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, phone

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Microsoft's IE8 "Get the facts" campaign - heavy on propaganda, light on facts

Microsoft's IE8 "Get the facts" campaign - heavy on propaganda, light on factsHmmmYes, heavy on propaganda, however just a comment on CSS3. Just because most browsers are passing the ACID3 test, doesn't mean that that's the "standard". As far as I know CSS3 is still under drafting so features and...

Tags: Web browsers, IEPro, Microsoft Corp., IE8

Discussion threads 2009-06-18

Safari 4 - "The world???s fastest browser" ... NOT!

Safari 4 - "The world???s fastest browser" ... NOT!they used ibench AND sunspider... nt...RE: Safari 4 - Apple used iBench... which is debunk... and they've used in the past modified... pityful....Your text and pictures don't match.As to what is better or worse. What is what?Why V8?I guess if I...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Safari, Browser speed, Chrome, JavaScript, Opera Software ASA, Safari 4, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

WWDC 09: the announcements (Updated 10x)

Following is a wrap-up of the announcements at WWDC 2009 in San Francisco today. iPhone 3GS: “The S stands for speed." Launching Messages: 2.1x faster Load SimCity: 2.4x faster Viewing an Excel attachment: 3.6x faster Load NYTimes.com: 2.9x faster...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Car, Battery, ScrollMotion, Engineering, Construction, Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-08

Google Chrome 2.0 Beta - Fast. Fast! FAST!!!

Google Chrome 2.0 Beta - Fast. Fast! FAST!!!SecurityI'm rooting for Chrome, but until I become more confident in its security I'm going to be waiting on the sidelines. I don't expect perfection, but I do expect it to be better than the competition. Chrome uses webkitSo it makes sense that...

Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Google Inc., Chrome, JavaScript, Web browser, Google Chrome, Fast! FAST!!, Google Chrome 2.0, Google Chrome 2.0 Beta, beta

Discussion threads 2009-03-19

Are open source developers too dominant? Ubuntu, Firefox prove yes

Are open source developers too dominant? Ubuntu, Firefox prove yesGetting excited about a browser or an OS???? Why?Those should be just mature very reliable tools. The excitment should be in the things they allow you to do without getting in your way. I bet that at one time you were...

Tags: Web browsers, open source, Ubuntu, Mozilla Firefox, open-source developer, punk, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-03-02

Safari dominates browser benchmarks

Safari dominates browser benchmarksSo then the increased speedwill help download malware faster to OS X?How is that a good thing?RE: Safari dominates browser benchmarkswait....your running mac os 10.6?And this is a good thing? seriouslyI confess I honestly don't know if Javascript render speed is an important issue these days. ...

Tags: Web browsers, Apple Safari, browser benchmark, Web browser, Safari 4, JavaScript

Discussion threads 2009-02-25

How to make your website really, really fast

Steve Souders knows how to make a website speed through a web browser. And he works at Google, one of the fastest websites around. Web performace is a two-pronged beast: efficiency and response time. Efficiency deals with the scalability challenges...

Tags: Script, Web Site, Web Browser, Steve Souders, JS, Cuzillion, HTTPWatch, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Performance Management, Web Browsers, Scripting Languages, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-02-09

Opera 10.0 alpha 1 is impressive, but does it stand a chance against Firefox?

Opera 10.0 alpha 1 is impressive, but does it stand a chance against Firefox?I really want to...I really want to love Opera, but I guess I just haven't seen any reason to switch from Firefox for every day use.I run it every now and then, mostly to check website layouts,...

Tags: alpha 1-i, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera 10.0, Opera 10.0 alpha 1-i, Opera Software ASA

Discussion threads 2008-12-04

Secunia: popular security suites failing to block exploits

In a recently conducted comparative review, Danish security company Secunia, tested the detection rate of 12 different Internet Security Suites against 300 exploits (144 malicious files and 156 malicious web pages) affecting popular end user applications, to find that even the top performer in the test is in fact performing...

Tags: Web, Malware, Exploit, Secunia, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-10-14