October 1, 2013
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If you believe NetMarketshare figures, Internet Explorer (IE) wasn’t just leading the Web browser popularity contest in September 2013, with 51.09 percent, it’s actually widening its lead. But, ZDNet’s tens-of-millions of monthly readers have a different favorite: Chrome. Tech-savvy users … Continue reading
September 26, 2013
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For years, WebKit was easily the most popular Web-browser rendering engine. It was the foundation for no fewer than three of the most popular Web browsers: Chrome, Safari, and Opera. Then, Google forked WebKit with Blink, and now it’s not … Continue reading
September 26, 2013
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Google does lots of things today—Chromebooks, Android, and they’re the 800-pound gorilla of Internet advertising—but when all is said and done, search is still at its heart. So it comes as no surprise that for its 15th anniversary, Google is … Continue reading
September 13, 2013
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Despite being the most popular open-source database management system (DBMS), Oracle’s MySQL has been sinking into trouble. Major Linux distributions like Red Hat and SUSE, are switching it out for its fork, MariaDB. Major Websites, such as Wikipedia, have also replaced … Continue reading
August 20, 2013
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Sauce Labs, an Internet software testing and development company, specializes in automated testing for mobile and Web applications by delivering a test environment that accommodates over 150 browsers, operating systems, and device platforms. In the course of all that testing … Continue reading
August 20, 2013
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After using Chromebooks from their beginnings, I decided to put my Chromebook Pixel, the Porsche of the Chromebook line, to the ultimate test. I used it as my only computer at a major technology tradeshow: OScon. Take a Chromebook instead … Continue reading