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- Internet Explorer 9 to feature GPU acceleration
In recent months, Apple, Google, and Mozilla have really managed to squeeze impressive amounts of performance out of their respective web browsers, making page rendering and web applications noticeably snappier with each release. Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 lags behind a bit in current benchmarks, but the IE team has a...
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Last by FubbHead at 6:22 PM on 11/20/09 - YouTube to get 1080p videos next week
Full-HD YouTube is coming. Google has written up a short announcement on the official YouTube blog to say its video service will start serving up 1080p videos next week. YouTube currently lets folks choose between 360p, 480p, and 720p resolutions, distinguishing the latter two with the letters "HQ" and "HD,"...
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Last by sigher at 9:45 PM on 11/15/09 - Microsoft to get some Wolfram in its Bing
Wolfram Research's Wolfram|Alpha "computational knowledge engine" isn't meant to be a Google-killer, but it might just help turn Microsoft's Bing into one. Microsoft has announced on the Bing search blog that it has partnered up with Wolfram Research to integrate some Wolfram|Alpha features inside its search engine.
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Last by Pettytheft at 8:37 AM on 11/12/09 - European Commission holds up Sun, Oracle deal
Remember how Oracle and Sun shook hands on a $7.4-billion merger this spring? The U.S. Department of Justice okayed the deal in August, but now, the European Commission has thrown a wrench into the works. As the Associated Press reports, the Commission has issued a "statement of objections"...
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Last by RagingDragon at 8:44 PM on 11/11/09 - New Chrome beta is faster, has bookmark sync
Mozilla Firefox may be getting all the market share points, but Google is still hard at work improving its own web browser. The search giant has released a new Chrome beta that features both improved performance and the ability to synchronize bookmarks across different PCs. The bookmark sync feature...
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Last by Trymor at 5:59 AM on 11/07/09 - Firefox beats Internet Explorer 6 in popularity
Web developers rejoice: more people are now browsing the web using Firefox than Internet Explorer 6, according to Net Applications figures quoted by Ars Technica. The data show Firefox commanded 24.1% of the market last month, compared to 23.3% for IE6. (In September, the same two browsers had 23.8%...
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Last by Palek at 12:53 AM on 11/06/09 - New BitTorrent protocol supports throttling
With network neutrality hot on the U.S. government's agenda, the last thing you'd expect is for BitTorrent developers to extend an olive branch to Internet service providers. Yet according to TorrentFreak, that's just what's happening. BitTorrent Inc is developing a new, smarter version of the BitTorrent protocol it has...
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Last by Krogoth at 3:56 PM on 11/04/09 - Firefox 3.6 beta has tab-level Aero Peek support
Well, the first Firefox 3.6 beta didn't make it out quite as early as we thought, but it's available now. Just head over to the official beta page on Mozilla's Firefox site to get it—provided you care enough to install and use an unfinished web browser, of course. This...
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Last by blubje at 2:34 PM on 11/03/09 - ICANN to decide on non-Latin domain names
Some Internet domain names may start looking a little different next year. As the Associated Press reports, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is meeting in Seoul, South Korea this week to discuss, among other things, whether to support domain names written using non-Latin alphabets. If ICANN...
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Last by TechNut at 9:49 AM on 10/28/09 - After over a decade, Yahoo closes down GeoCities
A piece of the Internet's history went dark today. As the Los Angeles Times reports, Yahoo has closed down GeoCities, the legendary hosting service that fostered the rise of poorly designed personal web pages, bad animated GIFs, and embedded MIDI music. Yahoo stopped accepting new registrations for the service "earlier...
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Last by xzelence at 6:50 PM on 10/27/09 - Google may be planning a music service
Good thing Google's CEO left Apple's board of directors. After a smart phone platform, web browser, and operating system, Google may soon unleash a music service to rival iTunes, as well. TechCrunch cites "multiple sources" as saying Google has been going around inking deals with record labels these...
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Last by End User at 9:36 AM on 10/23/09 - Broadband access to become legal right in Finland
Finland may have a smaller population than Wisconsin and a language that looks like gibberish, but Finns clearly value their broadband Internet connections. In fact, according to Finnish state news, the Nordic nation is on track to make broadband access a legal right. YLE quotes Finland's Ministry of Transport...
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Last by aatu at 2:19 PM on 10/19/09 - New Chrome OS shots look most plausible yet
We've seen our fair share of fake Chrome OS screenshots over the past little while. The images posted yesterday on the OMG! Ubuntu! blog look like the most plausible yet, however, and there's a good reason for it: the blogger claims to have gotten working pre-release software straight...
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Last by SlyFerret at 12:23 PM on 10/15/09 - Firefox 3.6 includes page orientation code
Next time you tilt your laptop, the web page on your screen might just move accordingly. Well, maybe not, but Mozilla developers will definitely let web developers access laptop orientation information in the upcoming Firefox 3.6 release. According to a blog post by Mozilla evangelist Christopher Blizzard, the simple orientation...
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Last by poulpy at 5:52 AM on 10/14/09 - Firefox 3.6 beta to arrive next Tuesday
With Google, Apple, and Microsoft all trying to pull the rug from under Firefox's feet, Mozilla isn't resting on its laurels. According to Neowin, the organization will release the first beta of its next major Firefox release, numbered 3.6, early next week. Neowin points to a schedule post on the...
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Last by indeego at 6:23 PM on 10/09/09 - Apple may ditch Google Maps, launch own service
Could the days of Google Maps on the iPhone be numbered? According to ComputerWorld, Apple has quietly purchased a mapping-software firm, and it may be planning to develop its own maps application in-house. The first whispers about the acquisition came from a Twitter post in July, which said Apple had...
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Last by indeego at 6:20 PM on 10/05/09 - Firefox, WebKit nightlies get WebGL support
When we picked Neil Trevett's brains about WebGL a few weeks ago, the Khronos President told us to expect initial implementations next year. Open-source browser developers are certainly not wasting any time getting started, though. CNet reports that early WebGL support has already made its way into both...
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Last by axeman at 11:48 PM on 09/22/09 - Microsoft launches Office Web Apps tech preview
Google Documents is about to get some competition from the big dog. As ComputerWorld writes, Microsoft has kicked off an invite-only "technical preview" of Office Web Apps, the web-based version of its office productivity suite. The preview includes online versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, with a web-based OneNote to...
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Last by bdwilcox at 4:46 PM on 09/18/09
- Upcoming microATX MSI H57 motherboard pictured[9]
- Internet Explorer 9 to feature GPU acceleration[12]
- Deal of the week: A $550 ultraportable and a $225 home server[13]
- Name Your PC Day Shortbread[22]
- Chrome OS VMware image pops up on BitTorrent[18]
- Power Pack 3 for Windows Home Server arrives next week[13]
