June 21, 2011
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I’ve liked Firefox since it first showed up. But, this new Firefox 5 concerns me. Oh, it’s a fine browser. But, it’s not a major new release. At most, I’d call it Firefox 4.1, but really it’s little more than … Continue reading
June 20, 2011
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Seriously. What kind of joke is this? On Sunday, Sega announced that 1.3 million of its users had had their information stolen. Before that it was Sony losing millions of customers information. It’s getting to the point that when I … Continue reading
June 20, 2011
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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) board has voted to dramatically increase the number of Internet domain name endings–generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)–from the current 22, which includes such familiar domains as .com, .org and .net” to a … Continue reading
June 19, 2011
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“After nearly a decade, Microsoft’s reign as a monopoly is over.” … “The latest real-world data on web usage confirms that Microsoft’s once-dominant position in the world of personal computing is crumbling.” That’s not me, the Linux guy speaking. No, … Continue reading
June 17, 2011
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Make no mistake about it. I like my Samsung Series 5 Chromebook a lot. I think it will become a major challenge to Windows on light-duty business desktops… eventually. You see right now, as I’m well into week two with … Continue reading
June 14, 2011
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On the eve of the Chromebooks being released to the public, Google has rolled out the next version of its Chrome Web browser: Chrome 12. “Wait,” you say, “Didn’t Google just release a new edition of Chrome last month?” Yes, … Continue reading