Technologizer

Google Makes Chrome Speed Boost Boast. Who’s Next?

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Google is boasting that an update to Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine and Webkit browsing component has yielded a significant improvement in performance. Yippee. Now, who’s next? The renewed browser war resembles more of a game of leapfrog than the big-bang releases of the 1990’s when one version of Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator could change the [...]

One Windows. Multiple Browsers. Bundled. I Like It!

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

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Once again, those wacky Europeans are making life difficult for Microsoft. A site called EurActive is reporting that Microsoft’s ongoing antitrust tussle with the European Commission will result in the company being forced to help European Windows users opt for a browser that isn’t Internet Explorer. The details are yet to be worked out–the OS [...]

5Words for February 25th, 2009

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

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What’s up, ladies and gents? Safari 4 is blazingly fast. Google explains yesterday’s Gmail outage. …and Gmail users get phished. Google joins European Microsoft tussle. Is your congressperson on Twitter? Intel says thin is in. AMD demos six-core CPU. A big Photoshop bug fix. Microsoft’s stock isn’t so hot. Google updates Internet 6 Toolbar. Roy Blount wants Kindle cash. Samsung writes a Memoir (phone) Nokia music phone hits [...]

Safari 4: Rapid! Revolutionary! And Mostly Unnecessary

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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Apple Tuesday release Safari 4 on Tuesday, promising the “world’s fastest web browser” and exciting new features. Yes, this browser is fast Nitro makes this browser quite fast, and it works well — I’m using it right now to type out this post. While I have not tested it on Windows, a Microsoftie reported into [...]

State of the Browser Betas: A Technologizer Cheat Sheet

Thursday, December 4, 2008

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I’m hesitant to make any bold predictions about what 2009 will hold for technology, but this one seems profoundly safe: a lot of Web browser upgrades will ship. That’s because new versions of the current big five–Chrome, Firefox, IE, Opera, and Safari–are all in various stages of progress. And prerelease versions all except Safari are [...]