Posts Tagged ‘ Software ’

Long Time Coming: Google Chrome Leapfrogs Mozilla Firefox for First Time

December 1, 2011
Long Time Coming: Google Chrome Leapfrogs Mozilla Firefox for First Time

At the rate things were going, it was only a matter of time before Google’s Chrome browser skipped ahead of Mozilla Firefox, and according to at least one Web analytics company, it’s finally happened. This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who’s paid attention to the browser market. Chrome has been gaining ground ever since [...]

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No Windows for Tablets Until 2012

March 7, 2011
No Windows for Tablets Until 2012

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform was fashionably late to the smartphone party, but in the slate shindig, Microsoft’s Windows platform is just going to be late. Citing “people with knowledge” of Microsoft’s plans, Bloomberg reports there won’t be a …

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Gigabyte Utility Checks Your Sandy Bridge SATA Port Configuration

February 4, 2011
Gigabyte Utility Checks Your Sandy Bridge SATA Port Configuration

At this point, you’re well aware of the “design flaw” affecting Intel’s 6-series chipsets for Sandy Bridge. And if you’ve been keeping up with our related FAQ, you know that SATA ports 0/1 are unaffected by the bug. On Gigabyte boards, these are the tw…

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Google Chrome Cracks 10 Percent Market Share

February 2, 2011
Google Chrome Cracks 10 Percent Market Share

For the first time ever, Google’s Chrome browser busted through the 10 percent global market share threshold in January, according to market research firm Net Applications.
Chrome’s market share has been steadily rising every month, while both Internet…

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Microsoft Refutes Bing Cheating Allegation

February 2, 2011
Microsoft Refutes Bing Cheating Allegation

The sultan of search (Google) is in a war of words with Redmond’s software giant (Microsoft). Google called shenanigans on Microsoft’s search team, claiming that Bing copies Google’s search queries and the sites users select in order to provide more re…

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The 18 Best PC Games of 2011 That You Don’t Know About

February 1, 2011
The 18 Best PC Games of 2011 That You Don’t Know About

2011 is finally starting to get under way, and you know what that means: roughly 20 million identical lists from your old pal The Internet telling you which games should have your clicking fingers and WASD-claws aching with excitement. Here’s the prob…

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EU Gives Intel’s Acquisition of McAfee Its Blessing

January 28, 2011
EU Gives Intel’s Acquisition of McAfee Its Blessing

The European Union won’t stand in the way of Intel’s proposed $7.68 billion acquisition of security firm McAfee, though the chip maker did have to promise it wouldn’t engage in any shenanigans, InformationWeek reports. Specifically, Intel had to promis…

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Barnes & Noble Upgrades Nook Color Firmware to Version 1.1

January 28, 2011
Barnes & Noble Upgrades Nook Color Firmware to Version 1.1

Barnes & Noble insists the latest Nook Color firmware upgrade (version 1.1.0) is a minor update, but collectively it improves the eReader on multiple fronts. Here’s what’s included:

Improvements to Wi-Fi connectivity
Improvements to Home and Shop …

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