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Firefox 3 In The Wild

Andy — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:15:57 +0000

Just in case you have been living the life as a hermitic troglodyte, Firefox 3 has been released and is in the wild. Go and download it.

Microsoft Taking Another Crack At Yahoo!

Andy — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:38:51 +0000

It’s everywhere on the interwebs now: Microsoft and Yahoo! are back at the table. This time Microsoft aren’t out to buy the company, rather they want to buy into it an retain an option to buy the entire company. Well, at least that’s what is rumoured. Seriously, I really like that Yahoo! are planning to integrate social features into their site. I just don’t think that the two companies are a good match, nor do I think they have a snowball’s hope in disrupting the chief disruptor: Google.

What’s The Best Web Conferencing Software?

Andy — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:38:00 +0000

As a telecommuter I frequently had to make trips to clients just to show them a mockup of something new, a list of changes etc. It gets a bit tedious after a few times, and more than time wasting. However, there are ways round this problem: web conferencing. But there are all sorts of flavours of software, so what are the best web conferencing solutions? Personally I would agree with WebEx being best.

The Pirate Bay Reaches 12 Million Users

Andy — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:35:41 +0000

TorrentFreak reports that The Pirate Bay has surpassed 12 million users, which, given the huge publicity the site has garnered, isn’t very surprising. What caught my attention wasn’t the number of people giving the RIAA two fingers, rather the fact that they now have more seeders than leachers!

Visual Search Just Got Better: Searchme

Andy — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:04:36 +0000

Fancy a change from Google’s sparse look? Try Searchme, a visual search engine. That’s visual as in you get screenshots of the pages rather than titles and snippets in your results. What makes it even cooler is how they used a CoverFlow’esque effect to jazz it up!

Tips To Improve Site Speed & Performance

Andy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:30:38 +0000

Statistics show that the average browser will give a site a generous 7 seconds to perform or they’re outta there faster than you can click a mouse. Add the rumours that Google are factoring site response times into their algorithm and it becomes even more important. Check out these tips to speed up your site and make it more responsive.

IE Usage Drops Below 80%

Andy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:16:22 +0000

It’s a joyous day in the land of browser-watchers, all 3 of us are ecstatic about the revelation that Internet Explorer usage has dropped below 80%! Firefox has a 16% share with Safari at 3%. CSS designers rejoice!

Best 404 ever

Andy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:41:22 +0000

There’s something to be said for a good 404, but even so many sites just have staid “there’s an error” pages that do very little to stop the visitor leaving. Treat this as an example of a well thought out 404 that actually appeals to the site’s target audience.

How the internet can die

Andy — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:18:37 +0000

It’s human nature to take things for granted, just as we take the internet for granted. But what if something cataclysmic happened on a scale so broad and deep that the internet as we know it died? Goodbye. Bye bye. Adios. I for one would be beside myself. Om chimes in on the matter.

The decentralization of data: cloud com …

Ryan — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:31:54 +0000

The decentralization of data: cloud computing to revolutionize Internet, research and personal computing.