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Opera sings about 9.5 release candidate
The cult favorite Opera browser is moving into the next cycle of “the browser ring.” After beta testing, and before the final version, we get the release candidate for Windows and Mac OS. What does this mean for fearless Opera fans?
The new skin for Opera 9.5.
(Credit: Opera Software)
There’s a massive spate of bug fixes in […]
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List of cities that are in AT&T’s 3G coverage
Filed under: WWDC, iPhone
That fancy iPhone 3G won’t feel much speedier than your first gen iPhone if you aren’t in an area that is covered by AT&T’s high-speed 3G network. Luckily, AT&T has a list of cities (yes, if you’re not in a metropolitan area chances are you’ll be using EDGE more often than not) […]
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Apple seeds developers with Safari 4.0
Filed under: OS, WWDC, Internet Tools, Developer
Apple has seeded developers with a copy of the new Safari 4, which adds some new features and is based on a newer version of WebKit. Apple is also rumored to be using the SquirrelFish JavaScript engine which allows for faster Javascript processing.
New to this version of Safari is […]
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Colbert: Truthiness on Hulu; Only for Americans
Yesterday there was a lot of commotion around the news of The Colbert Report being featured on Hulu. On the surface, the news is just peachy: More traffic for Hulu, more Colbert for America.
But that’s just it. Only America gets to watch. In case you’ve forgotten, not everyone will get to enjoy the quick witticisms […]
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Google Gears Updates for Firefox 3 [Offline Access]
Windows/Mac/Linux: Google’s offline-enabling browser plug-in, now simply called “Gears,” has been updated to 0.3 with full support for Firefox 3. In addition to the general convenience of having one less extension to pull out Firefox 2 for, Gears adds a dialog to create a nice-looking desktop icon for most sites that support it, and it’s […]
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Top 10 Useful Bookmarklets [Lifehacker Top 10]
Having a good set of bookmarklets on your browser’s toolbar is like having a web-savvy Leatherman handy—you can take them anywhere, use them in many situations, and they just simply work. A bookmarklet is a little different than a plain old bookmark–it’s a snippet of JavaScript that can perform all sorts of magic on […]
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Add-ons slowly upgraded for Firefox 3
Image via Wikipedia
The current version of Firefox 3 (release candidate 2) loads faster, looks nicer and generally outperforms Firefox 2, but it suffers from one problem: many of the handiest Firefox add-ons haven’t been upgraded for the next-generation browser.
(Add-ons are miniature bits of software that users can download to make Firefox perform extra tasks such […]
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Firefox 3 ‘awesome bar’ not awesome for all
(Credit: CNET Networks)
There’s no better way to incur user wrath than to change one of the fundamental features of a product. Apple’s been doing it for years with each revision, usually prompting a positive cheer from most while alienating a certain margin of its fervent user base that vows to never buy or use the […]
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