Does Adobe Flash actually outperform HTML 5?
The battle between HTML 5 and Flash wages on with the discovery of an interesting report comparing the CPU usage of HTML 5 and Flash on both Mac and Windows platform. In the midst of all the smack talk about Flash, Flash was presumed to be a CPU hog that chokes your system to the [...]
Some Good News, and Some Bad News, About Adobe Flash 10.1 [Flash]
The good news first: Adobe’s promising Flash 10.1 is going to hit smartphones—Android, WebOS, Windows Mobile—and desktops in the “first half” of this year, a slightly less squishy date. And it’ll come over the air. The bad part?
Well it’s bad for Android, anyway: You’re gonna need Android 2.1. At least. Because it provides some [...]
Firefox Mobile For Maemo Officially Launches
Good news, everyone! Firefox is officially available for Maemo devices, like the Nokia N900!
What’s that you say? Firefox has been available for Maemo for a while now? Sure, but now it’s official.
Now, that’s not to say that the past releases were “unofficial”; they were just “Release Candidates”, which is sort of a fancy way of [...]
Firefox for Mobile makes Maemo its first home
As if you needed any more evidence of the tech supremacy of your Nokia N900 or N810, here’s Firefox making its official mobile debut on the most righteous Maemo OS. Available for download right now, version 1.0 will come with a pretty sweet feature named Weave Sync, which harmonizes your bookmarks, tabs, history and passwords [...]
From the Tips Box: Trial Subscriptions, Distraction-Free Browsing, and Dish Towels [From The Tips Box]
Readers offer their best tips for avoiding trial subscriptions that automatically charge your credit card, browsing the web without distractions, and cleaning dish towels overnight.
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About the Tips Box: Every day we receive boatloads of great reader tips in our inbox, but for various [...]
Firefox Mobile gets one step closer to release
It’s still not ready for its “official” launch, but Firefox Mobile just took one big ol’ step closer to the big day with the launch of Release Candidate 2. As with the past few releases, this one’s only available for Maemo device. Don’t got Nokia’s latest greatest tablet? Don’t sweat it — you can still [...]
Remains of the Day: Netflix to Delay New Release Rentals Edition [For What It's Worth]
The latest Firefox update aims to get more users upgrading when major releases roll around, AT&T starts testing nice speed increases on their 3G networks, and Netflix caves to studio wishes, delays new releases four weeks before offering them to users.
Netflix Bends To Warner Bros., Won’t Rent DVDs For 28 Days After They Go On [...]
Chrome browser climbs over Safari for No. 3 spot
Google’s Chrome browser has only been on the market for 16 months, but it has already taken a good share of the market and beat out Safari for the number three spot. Safari, for the first time ever, is now ranked fourth. By the end of December, Chrome was up at 4.63% market share whereas [...]
Help Mozilla Design Firefox 4’s Home Tab [Design]
When you close your eyes, do you see great new browser design concepts? Mozilla would like to borrow your talent for a few moments and ask for your help in designing the look, and purpose, of Firefox 4’s “Home” tab.
Mozilla is looking to pull the home button out of the main toolbar and give it [...]
