December 1, 2011
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 [...]
Tags: browser, chrome, firefox, Google, IE, Internet, Internet Explorer, microsoft, Mozilla, News Worthy, online, Software, statcounter
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March 7, 2011
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 …
Tags: hardware, maximum tech, mobile, News Worthy, operating system, OS, slate, Software, tablet, windows
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February 4, 2011
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…
Tags: 6-series sata check, app, chipset, gigabyte, sandy bridge, sata, Software, utility
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February 2, 2011
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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February 2, 2011
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…
Tags: Bing, cheating, Google, Internet, microsoft, News Worthy, online, search, Software
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February 1, 2011
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…
Tags: Features, Firefall, from dust, frozen synapse, gaming, Homefront, natural selection 2, rock of ages, Software, spy party, Web Exclusive
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January 28, 2011
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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January 28, 2011
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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