Archive for June, 2010

Internet Explorer 9 vs. Google Chrome 6 (HTML5 Performance)

By | June 24, 2010 | 25 Comments


In rather pointless benchmark, DownloadSquad has tested latest Internet Explorer 9 build against Google Chrome 6 dev.

What are the results?
As seen in video above, IE9 annihilated Chrome. However, while it does sound great, author failed to mention that Google Chrome 6 does not really support hardware acceleration (still in early development stage). Therefore, it shouldn’t come as a big surprise.
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Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Platform Preview 3 Released

By | June 24, 2010 | 3 Comments

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Platform Preview 3 Released

It appears that rumors about the upcoming IE9 Platform Preview 3 release were true, as it is now available for developers and early adopters to download it.

Besides various performance improvements, this build introduces HTML5 canvas element (audio, video tags and 2D graphics) that is hardware accelerated, plus WOFF (Web Open Font Format) standard support.

You may download IE9 Platform Preview 3 from the following page.

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Opera and MegaFon Signs a Mobile Internet Deal

By | June 24, 2010 | 9 Comments

Opera and MegaFon Signs Mobile Internet DealIn yesterday’s press release, Opera Software and Russian mobile operator MegaFon, has announced a new partnership, under which MegaFon’s “Unlimited Internet with Opera Mini” package will be made available to all Russian territories (that’s more than 53 million mobile subscribers total).

Back in September 2009, MegaFon signed a similar deal that provided unlimited mobile web access to Moscow region only.

However, as press release says:
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Google Launches HTML5 Rocks Web Site

By | June 24, 2010 | 4 Comments

Google Launches HTML5 Rocks Web Site

In response to Apple’s HTML5 demos, Google has launched a website of its own that is far more useful.

Yes, it does include various presentations that were originally designed to run on Google Chrome. However, HTML5 Rocks also provide you with a tools and tutorials to code something for yourself.

So, who’s next? Mozilla, Opera or Microsoft?

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Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Platform Preview 3 is Coming

By | June 23, 2010 | 7 Comments

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Platform Preview 3 is CommingAlthough Microsoft has yet to confirm IE9 Platform Preview 3 release, according to Softpedia, company might be releasing such build for developers and early adopters later today.

While changes remain unknown, we expect further performance and web standards improvements, as well as other enhancements.

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Socialize, Organize and Share with Pearltrees

By | June 23, 2010 | 1 Comment


Here is an interesting add-on for Firefox called “Pearltrees” that tries to replace old fashioned way to bookmark interesting sites.

According to extension authors, it allows you to organize, discover and stuff from the interwebs. As they say: “A pearl is like a bookmark. It holds anything you find interesting on the Web. Click it to open it, drag and drop it to move it… or put your pearl into the trash to delete it.”

Download.

Via FirefoxFacts.

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Firefox 3.6.4 with Crash Protection Released

By | June 23, 2010 | 7 Comments

Firefox 3.6.4 with Flash Protection Released

Today, Mozilla has released Firefox 3.6.4 web browser.

Fixing a total of 226 bugs, Firefox 3.6.4 also includes a nifty feature called “Crash Protection” (Windows, Linux only) that prevents plugins from crashing whole browser. According to Mozilla wiki, it does that by running Adobe Flash, Apple QuickTime and Microsoft Silverlight in a separate process called plugin-container.

Download.

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Opera Software 15th Anniversary

By | June 22, 2010 | 4 Comments

Opera Software 15th Anniversary

Started in the year 1994 and founded in 1995, by Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner and Geir Ivarsøy, today Opera Software is celebrating its 15th year anniversary.

Happy anniversary!

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Weekly Browsers Recap, June 21st

By | June 21, 2010 | 1 Comment

Weekly Browsers Recap, June 21st

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The Difference between Google Chrome and Chromium
Softpedia has published a great article on Google Chrome and Chromium differences.

Flock Ditches Firefox in Favor of Chromium
Flock Inc., company behind well known social web browser has released the very first Beta of Flock 3.0.
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Opera 10.54 Released

By | June 21, 2010 | 2 Comments

Opera 10.54 ReleasedOpera Software has released a security update for Opera 10.5 web browser that fixes a total of 5 vulnerabilities.

Changelog (Windows):
Prevented Opera from being used as a vector for a font issue in the underlying operating system, as reported by Microsoft’s security team
Fixed an extremely severe issue; details will be disclosed at a later date.
Fixed a highly severe issue; details will be disclosed at a later date.
Fixed a moderately severe issue; details will be disclosed at a later date.
Fixed a less severe issue; details will be disclosed at a later date.

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