Archive for the ‘Internet Technologies’ Category
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Less than a year since it's launch in March 19, 2009, Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 is now the world's most-used web browser based on this post from the Windows Experience Blog:
This week, Net Applications released their January browser market share report. Their report shows that Internet Explorer ...
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
After years of speculation and fears that it isn't going to happen, Apple has finally made it official by introducing their new tablet device dubbed the iPad. Steve Job's own words were it is "way better than a laptop, way better than a phone. It's the best web experience ...
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
If you're like me, you've played the part of long distance PC troubleshooting "expert". It could be a friend or a family member asking you why their computer seems to have a mind of it's own or doesn't work the way it's supposed to. Instead of basing your advice on ...
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Saturday, January 9th, 2010
All Firefox fans, the Release Candidate for version 3.6 is available for download. The updated browser features the updated Mozilla Gecko 1.9.2 rendering platform which is optimized to run on small footprint operating systems like Windows CE and Maemo.
Firefox 3.6 has gone through numerous updates from the Alpha release to ...
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
To all WordPress users it's time to do the update dance once again. WordPress Version 2.9 was released about a week ago with around 500 bugfixes and enhancements to make online publishing an even more seamless and customizable experience.
From the user's standpoint, here are the newest enhancements based on the ...
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Eye-Fi. All opinions are 100% mine.
I'm sure it's happened to you. Especially if you're the "official" photographer for the family outing or company party. No more than a day after, you start getting requests from people to upload the ...
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Keeping a personal computer safe from malware and hackers should be a priority for any responsible netizen. It may come as a surprise to some of you but having a firewall and updated anti-virus/spyware software isn't necessarily enough to keep internet malcontents at bay.
Aside from having a firewall and installing ...
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Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Today my geeky self enjoyed configuring two brand new laptops. They came without an operating system preinstalled so I had to install the OS, install an antivirus, run updates, and install applications on both. I came across two very helpful tools in the process. One of them simplifies and automates ...
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Everyone's favorite open-source browser, Firefox, turned five years old on November 9. When version 1.0 was launched, a good number of netizens migrated to it as the best alternative to Microsoft's problematic Internet Explorer 6.
Probably one of the reasons for the rapid rise in Firefox's popularity was the lack of ...
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
"What email would look like if it were invented today." That's how Google describes Google Wave, a new online real-time communication and collaboration tool currently under development.
What does it do exactly? Well this is as exact as I can get it since Wave is still a work in progress and ...
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