Archive for December, 2009
Firefox 3.5 is now the most popular browser
According StatCounter Global Statistics, Firefox 3.5 is currently the world’s most popular web browser. It must be noted that this refers exclusively to version 3.5 of Firefox. If one had to take all versions of Firefox and Internet Explorer, one will find that the latter still has the largest market share .
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Intel to release new Atoms
Intel just announced their next generation Atom CPUs for the netbook and low-end notebook/desktop markets. The new Atoms are the following:
- Atom N450 Single-core processor for netbooks, combined with a new low-power chipset: the NM10 Express
- Atom D410 Single-core processor for low-end notebooks/desktops, also combined with the new low-power chipset: the NM10 Express
- Atom [...]
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Windows XP is still the most popular o/s
According StatCounter Global Statistics, Windows XP is still the world’s most popular operating system. This is indeed remarkable for an o/s which is 8 years old! On the other hand this is not good news for Microsoft because despite all the hype surrouning Windows 7, their latest o/s still lags behind XP, Vista [...]
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DirectX 11
A lot of people still don’t know that Windows 7 ships with a new version of DirectX, which is now in its 11th incarnation. Most probably the reason behind this lack of awarness is the fact that until recently there were no graphic chipsets which took advantage of this latest technology. However, recently [...]
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Firefox Mobile coming soon
Mozilla will soon release a mobile version of the popular Firefox browser and this will initially be available for the Nokia N900. Later on it will be also released for the iPhone, Blackberry, Motorola and for Palm devices. A version is also being planned for Windows Mobile.
For more information on Firefox Mobile click here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/mobile
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Domain names in non-Latin alphabets
On the 10th of December, EURid (registrar of the .eu domain) has officialy opened registration for domains in Greek and Cyrillic alphabets. Of course the former applies to Greek speaking users only but the latter applies to a number of related (but distinct) languages such as Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Ukranian and other Cyrillic based [...]
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Playstation is 15 years old
The 3rd of December marked the 15th birthday of the Playstation. In fact the original Playstation (PSX), was released in Japan on December the 3rd, 1994. In the rest of the world it was released one year later and it was a complete success wherever it was released. Although the specs of the [...]
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