Practical Technology

At first I thought I’d write a little nothing of a story about the five most popular networking stories of 2011. Then, I looked at the list: Five Reasons not to “Upgrade” to Windows’ Internet Explorer 9 Chrome 10: Close to a perfect Web Browser 10 Chrome 10 vs. Internet Explorer 9 Reconsidered Internet BitTorrent [...]

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Mozilla, bless its heart, keeps trying to make Firefox relevant again with its speedy update schedule, but it just hasn’t been working out. Google, on the other hand, with its new Chrome sweet 16 release keeps getting better than ever. No, there’s nothing new in capital letters in this release. It’s just faster than ever, [...]

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Judging from all those Chromebook ads you’ve been seeing pop up on every tech. Web site known to man. Google really, really wants you to buy a Chromebook. Should you? I like my Samsung Chromebook, but it looks like not many people fell in love with these Chrome OS powered netbooks. So, Acer and Samsung [...]

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I want to like Opera. I really do. But, while this version is a step up from where it’s been, it’s still just not as good as its competition: Chrome, Internet Explorer, or even the beleaguered Firefox, are simply better. On the plus side, Opera 11.6, which is available as a free download for Linux, [...]

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I remember just how great it was when Firefox first came out. In 2004, when Firefox first appeared, Firefox was a breath of fresh air. Firefox 1.0 was far better and more secure than the already awful Internet Explorer 6. I loved Firefox then. We all did. But, that was then. This is now. Today, [...]

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