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[1 Feb 2012 | One Comment | 876 views]

Apple released Safari 5 on June 7, 2010 and over 18 months later we’re still using a dot-variant thereof. Whether intended or not — Steve Jobs had just declared war on Adobe Flash — that D-Day anniversary marked the beginning …

Mac, Reviews, how to, Software »

[23 Nov 2011 | 4 Comments | 1,085 views]

There is one big mover in this iteration of the Fairer Platform’s HTML5 benchmark survey, but crowd hasn’t moved much. However, devices running Apple’s iOS 5 post an impressively consistent score.
The last time we looked at HTML5 compatibility benchmarks back …

Music, movies, TV »

[22 Nov 2011 | One Comment | 991 views]

Everybody, even Adobe, knows that Flash is dead. Well, at the very least dying very, very quickly. Thereupon, YouTube has been one of the more enthusiastic proponents of HTML5 and the latest push extends WebM with more resolutions and full-screen.
If …

Mac, Software »

[21 Sep 2011 | 2 Comments | 2,795 views]

This plugin (ick) converts Windows Media Video (wmf) and Window Media Audio (wma) formats on the fly, which can be very convenient. The new version of Flip4Mac gains OS X Lion, Safari 5.1, Firefox 64-bit and Google Chrome compatibility, as …

Mac, Reviews, how to »

[1 Sep 2011 | 2 Comments | 5,175 views]

The DigiNotar Breach has exposed everyone, regardless of platform, to having their Gmail intercepted via a man-in-the-middle attack and read. The nut of the issue is summarized by Wired:
News about the hack at DigiNotar broke this weekend after reports …

Mac, Software »

[1 Jul 2011 | 2 Comments | 2,528 views]

The big change in this iteration of the HTML5 browser benchmark test report is the test itself. On June 22, Niels Leenheer updated the measure to test for even more features, raising the point bar from 400 to 450. Thereupon, …

Mac, Software »

[2 Jun 2011 | One Comment | 1,363 views]

Time may heal wounds, but it generally breaks software. Thereupon, searchzilla is advising Google Apps users that it’s dropping support for legacy versions of the big four browsers this Summer. They’re also warning that these older browsers won’t play well …

Deals, Games, Mac »

[16 May 2011 | 2 Comments | 2,272 views]

Angry Birds is everywhere you wanna be! You can get a 70-level version for free that will run on anything running Chrome, because it’s been ported to HTML5. Yes, it’s true and as addictive as ever. Personally, the Angry Birds …

Mac, Software »

[13 May 2011 | 14 Comments | 8,155 views]

Competition is a good thing. Yes, it’s true that Apple’s plane jane Safari 5.0.5 now ranks among the laggards, though Summer’s Mac OS X 10.7 Lion release will bring with it a thoroughly updated browser that offers much better HTML5 …

Mac, Software »

[21 Apr 2011 | No Comment | 1,874 views]

Support for Flock browsers will be discontinued as of April 26th, 2011. We would like to thank our loyal users around the world for their support, and we encourage the Flock community to migrate in the coming weeks to one …