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Software

Internet Explorer Desertion Continues As Usage Drops Below 50%

Internet Explorer has long been declining in popularity, but it hit an abandonment milestone in October as its market share dropped below 50 per cent for the first time in more than a decade. What browsers are reaping the benefits?

October 21, 2011
Software

How To Stage An Internet Explorer Intervention

Problem: because of forgivable ignorance and prominent icon placement, friend/roommate/loved one still uses Internet Explorer. Solution, as engineered by Redditor Permabla: make the more attractive alternatives extremely visible.

October 4, 2011
Software

Finally, An Easy Way To Search Your Twitter Stream

Searching your Twitter stream is a pain in the arse. You usually end up scrolling down, down, down, until you find that gem of a tweet. CloudMagic will end the scrolling game with its updated browser extension.

September 30, 2011
Software

Chrome’s About To Knock Firefox To Third Place

Internet Explorer, the old, fat, mad king of the online kingdom still reigns uncontested. But beneath him, a power struggle between Chrome and Firefox, the latter of which has clung to the number two spot. But that’s about to change.

September 28, 2011
Online

Firefox 7 Now Available For Download

Gizmodo AU

Whatever happened to small point releases? It was only mid-August when Firefox 6 bolted out of its pen, and overnight, Firefox 7 was released for PC, Mac and Linux.

September 14, 2011
Software

Firefox For Android Tablets Is Open For Testing

Mozilla has made the latest nightly builds for Firefox for Honeycomb ready for download. It’s already optimised for the tablet real estate and Android’s quirks, and will let you use Firefox Sync to share data with your desktop. [Mobiputing]

August 31, 2011
Software

Mozilla Brings The Best Of Honeycomb To Firefox For Tablets

Mozilla released a sneak peak at Firefox for Tablets today, a version of the popular web browser built on the Firefox Mobile engine but optimised for a tablet’s roomier screen.

August 14, 2011
Software

Firefox 6 Is Out Ahead Of Schedule

It seems the good folks at Mozilla just set the latest version of Firefox loose. It promises to be 20% faster than the already zippy Version 5. It also gets a facelift and a speed boost on Android. Neat.

July 29, 2011
Software

Are Internet Explorer Users Dumber?

Gizmodo AU

A new study from a self-described “psychometric consultant” and recruitment firm says that there’s no real difference in IQ between other browsers — but IE users are, well, below average. To study the “effects of cognitive ability on the choice of web browser”, they ran a free online IQ test to over 100,000 people, and plotted the average IQ scores based on the browser used.

July 26, 2011
Mobile

Mozilla Is Making A Mobile Phone OS Based On Android

Choice is a wonderful thing, but successful restaurants have smaller menus for a reason. If you’ve been grappling with making a decision on phone platforms as is, Mozilla’s about to chuck their hat into the ring with their Boot to Gecko mobile platform.

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