Tag Archive | "Internet Explorer"
Ballmer: “The Internet is not designed for the iPhone”
In a recent AP articleabout today’s release of Windows 7, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had an interesting answer in response to a question about whether or not smartphones “could unseat PC’s as the technology of choice for on-the-go consumers. Let’s face it, the Internet was designed for the PC. The Internet is not designed for the [...]
Continue reading...12 years ago today, Apple and Microsoft made amends, sort of [Video]
Thursday, August 6, 2009
12 years ago today, Steve Jobs delivered a keynote in Boston where he announced a number of new initiatives with its ole’ rival Microsoft and an end to the legal battle over Apple’s allegations that Microsoft illegally copied the “look and feel” of the Mac OS. In the video below, a non-turtleneck clad Jobs announced that [...]
Continue reading...Internet Explorer loses 11.4% of browser market share
Monday, July 6, 2009
Despite an increase in the number of people using IE 8, the overall number of users who browse the web with Internet Explorer continues to dwindle, with the latest report finding that since March, IE has lost 11.4% in browser market share. Internet Explorer has long been chastised for not strictly adhering to web standards, a [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft creates “viral” webspots to hype up IE8
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
In an attempt to create a viral video campaign to make the upcoming IE 8 a browser people dont, oh I don’t know, actually run away from, Microsoft has enlisted the help of Superman himself, Dean Cain. The spots are alright, I guess. They kept me entertained for the most part, but given how unbelievably [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft’s “Get the Facts” write-up on IE 8 isn’t very factual
Thursday, June 18, 2009
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In an effort to promote IE 8, Microsoft recently put up a “Get the Facts” page where it lays out a bunch of IE 8 “myths” and attempts to explain why they’re wrong. Only thing is, many of the so-called myths Microsoft cites are actually pretty dead-on. Geektechnica takes MSFT to task over here. It’s definitely [...]
Continue reading...Checking out the new iPhone on IE 5, running on an old Powerbook G3 [Photo]
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Talk about getting some bang for your buck. This guy is using a Powerbook G3 from 1998 to check out the new iPhone 3G S on Internet Explorer 5. Funny to think that that IE 5 was the de-facto Mac browser for quite some time.
Continue reading...Tuesday Evening Link Roundup
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
The latest links, hot off the press… iTunes launches indie store - Prefix Mag Safari 4 is 42x faster than IE7 and 3.5x faster than Firefox 3 - CNET Apple pulls pre-release iPod from EBAY - WritersBlockLive BlackBerry sales top iPhone sales in December - Electronista Premium-priced MacBook Pros top sales at Apple retail stores - AppleInsider Making sense of Mac market [...]
Continue reading...Internet Explorer share hits historic lows as Firefox gains ground
Monday, December 1, 2008
Electronista reports that Mac webshare hit 8.9% last month, while Firefox saw its share of the browser market top 20% for the first time in history. Internet Explorer’s share of the browser market dipped below 70%, a significant fall considering that at one point it had over 95% of the market. Internet Explorer has increasingly been [...]
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
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