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 .
To check the statistics for yourself or to check the ones for your country click here:
http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-monthly-200811-200912-bar
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 D510 Dual-core processor, also for low-end notebooks/desktops, and also combined with a new low-power chipset: the NM10 Express
All Atoms still run at 1.66 GHz (same speed as current Atoms) but they include an integrated graphics chip and memory controller.
For more information on the new Atoms click here: http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/2009/20091221comp_sm.htm
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 and MacOS X.
To check the statistics for yourself or to check the ones for your country click here:
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 ATI released the Radeon™ HD 5700 which is the first GPU which fully supports DirectX 11. On the other hand Nvidia is a bit late this time and will release a new GeForce which supports DirectX 11 in Q1 2010.
For more information on DirectX technology click here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/DirectX-frequently-asked-questions
For more information on DirectX 11 click here: http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-US/aboutGFW/pages/directx.aspx
For more information on the Radeon™ HD 5700 series click here:
http://sites.amd.com/us/underground/products/graphics/ati-radeon-hd-5000/Pages/ati-radeon-hd-5700-series.aspx
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
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 languages. It must be noted that for the time being only the labels on the left of the domain name (that is left to .com, .net, etc …) can be registered in non-Latin alphabets; the possibility to also register the top-level domain (like the country codes) will be added later.
For a list of registrars who can register .eu domains (in all alphabets) click here:
http://www.eurid.eu/en/eu-domain-names/registrar-list
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 original machine are of course inferior when compared to the latest incarnation (the PS 3), the advantage of this is the possibility to have it emulated on other platforms including Windows. Those of you who are still interested in the machine that started it all will find the following two links useful.
To view the 15th anniversery presentation click here: http://www.scei.co.jp/PS15th
To download and try the different emulators of the original Playstation click here: http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/psx