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[17 Feb 2012 | No Comment | 1,282 views]

A great big leap forward, a few steps back and some fairly obvious moves yet to come. Apple’s iChat replacement is clearly a work in progress and it’s long on promise — here’s a look at what works and some …

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[6 Jan 2012 | One Comment | 963 views]

Safari with a twist or, at the very least, a private label instance of WebKit with a twist. In addition to searchable bookmark tags, Dropbox integration and data portability, this still in beta browser will help you manage internet passwords …

Mac, Software »

[21 Dec 2011 | No Comment | 742 views]

It has been less than a week since Apple last released a fresh build of OS X 10.7.3 [11D33] to developers. And, like that seed, this one arrives with no known issues. What else hasn’t changed? Step inside for more …

Mac, Music, movies, TV, Software »

[23 Sep 2011 | 4 Comments | 1,869 views]

Pandora made the wholesale switch to HTML5 on Wednesday, dropping support for the old Flash version of their web-based player. That also killed off the third-party Pandora players, as well. Bitcartel’s PandoraJam is, however, the first to rise from the …

Mac, Software »

[19 Aug 2011 | One Comment | 2,155 views]

Mozilla says the next milestone release will ship late next month and that will offer big improvements vis-a-vis memory usage. Thereupon, made a quick comparison of how much RAM Firefox 6.0.1 and Firefox 7 beta actually suck up, and the …

Mac, Software »

[2 Aug 2011 | No Comment | 1,972 views]

We were promised an update and here is a beta of the smartest browser for the smartest people, especially those clever lads and lasses using legacy PowerPC Macs. Seriously, any browser that ships with its integrated Flash blocker turned on …

Mac, Software »

[9 Jul 2011 | 2 Comments | 2,941 views]

Mozilla has promised an accelerated development schedule for Firefox and they’re delivering. Like Chrome, which offers stable, beta and dev channel releases, Firefox now comes in three versions, as well, with Firefox 5 the current stable release.
And, here’s Firefox 6 …

Mac, Software »

[5 Jul 2011 | One Comment | 4,278 views]

When it comes to your Mac’s personal hygiene, it can be time consuming to keep it optimized and the caches clear. If you’re running OS X Snow Leopard or earlier, there are plenty of choices vis-a-vis Mac maintenance utilities. As …

Mac, Software »

[19 Jun 2011 | One Comment | 1,117 views]

If you’ve been participating in the Firefox 5 beta, pop open “About Firefox” to find a nice surprise. Whereas Mozilla has announced that the official release will come on June 21, final code is already available.
What’s new in this fast …

Mac, Software »

[3 Jun 2011 | No Comment | 1,163 views]

Competition is good. The browser space is very rough and tumble with plenty of feature differentiation, as well as competing implementations of cutting edge web specs, like CSS and HTML5. What’s new with Opera, the pride of Norway? Come inside …