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[9 May 2012 | No Comment | 328 views]

For Mac gamers, Marathon and its two sequels were the gateway drugs. However, the PC/DOS crowd generally looks back to Wolfenstein 3D as the original first person shooter and this year marks that title’s 20th anniversary. In celebration thereof, iD …

Mac, Software »

[26 Apr 2012 | No Comment | 537 views]

Neither Gecko nor WebKit and definitely not Internet Explorer, Opera is beloved by a vocal minority of browser users because it’s fast and offers unique features. Part of the attraction is Opera’s strong development cycle and this release will burnish …

Mac, Software »

[5 Apr 2012 | No Comment | 516 views]

Hey, old friend. OmniWeb first shipped way back in 1995 and was one of the first old-line Mac browsers to make the transition to WebKit in 2003. Believe it or not, OmniGroup recently updated this “lost” labor of love to …

Mac, Software »

[27 Mar 2012 | 9 Comments | 2,356 views]

For users of the Windows version, there are “stability improvements.” On the Mac side, Apple says Safari 5.1.5 addresses a 32-bit issue under both Lion or Snow Leopard — why would a user need to run Safari in 32-bit …

Mac, Software »

[15 Mar 2012 | No Comment | 433 views]

It’s Mozilla Thursday here at the Fairer Platform with a trio of releases hot the heals of yesterday’s Firefox 11 and TenFourFox 10.0.3 updates. Though there a couple whole numbers in the mix, it’s hard to view them as anything …

Mac, Software »

[14 Mar 2012 | 2 Comments | 682 views]

More than a few people, myself included, have stopped using Google’s Chrome browser — crashy and slow when running in OS X Lion. Maybe a little late, but Mozilla has heard those cries and has created a way to transition …

Mac, Software »

[13 Mar 2012 | One Comment | 1,467 views]

Hey all of you Snow Leopard and Lion users, Apple’s got a fresh n’ tasty version of Safari for you chock full o’ fixes, as well as a palpable JavaScript performance boost. Fire up Software Update and then read on …

iOS, iPad, iPhone »

[2 Mar 2012 | No Comment | 669 views]

The Egg McMuffin of iOS browsers? There are plenty of contenders for the throne, but few are as good as Alexander Claus’ iCab Mobile, which has truly unique and cool features that can’t be found elsewhere including an extensible “module” …

Apple luv »

[22 Feb 2012 | 2 Comments | 1,165 views]

Camino began life when “Chimera” first shipped to the public on February 13, 2002. That makes today about as close to a plumb and true decade as you can manage on a development schedule — congratulations and thanks, guys, for …

Mac, Reviews, how to, Software »

[13 Feb 2012 | One Comment | 1,248 views]

I always feel like somebody’s watching me. It was always true then for Michael Jackson and anyone on the interwebs now — somebodies are always watching. On this, I am ambivalent, bristling at the notion of being monitored and glad …