A lot of browser news today . Lunascape, a Japanese company, has released an alpha version of their browser, called Genesis. I can already hear you thinking: What do we need another browser for? Well, the unique thing about this one is that it contains all three popular render engines. Where Internet Explorer uses Trident, [...]
Over at ExtremeTech they have posted a nice article about which browser is the fastest. The post is pretty lengthy (multiple pages), but it really explains well what they did and how the technology relates. The competing browsers are Firefox 3, Safari, Google Chrome, Opera and Internet Explorer 7. Tests performed include the new V8 [...]
Great news from the Linux front! Debian has launched their newest invention/toy, the screenshot repository, which you can access on screenshots.debian.net. This new database is to provide screenshots (duh!) of all the applications in their packages repository. Before installing you will now be able to see how an application will look before you actually install [...]
Adobe has announced yesterday the release of a 64-bit version of their popular Flash player. Currently the player is in beta-phase. This version is currently only available for Linux users, and can be obtained here. This decission was made because 64-bit Linux distributions don’t ship with a 32-bit browser by default. Neither do they usually [...]
As the newest stable release from the Mozilla Foundation is only a couple of months old, they are already releasing an alpha version of its successor, codename ‘Minefield‘ . While this release is far from finished, it’s already gaining popularity on the web. One of the most amazing things about it is its speed. With [...]
Adobe has officially released a new version of their popular Flash player software. Earlier the company had also made public the new authoring tool Flash CS4 Professional. The most significant improvement here is that with this new version, there is now support for effects and filters that are custom created by the designer. Also, for [...]
Yesterday, Microsoft announced in a press release the newest version of Silverlight, which is available for download starting from today. This new version, which is supposed to be an even more fierceful competitor for Adobe’s popular Flash player, looks very promising. Among one of the most eye-catching improvements is the promise that this new version [...]
Hello World !!! Welcome to my new blog! I’m going to try to write about my life in IT here… This will be about all kinds of topics, but most, if not all, IT related. Some of the topics I will be covering: Operating systems Hardware Software General IT news … Come back soon to [...]
