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Microsoft gets a lot of flack for not following web standards in Internet Explorer.  In the past couple of years, MS has made an active move to become more standards compliant.  If you downloaded the latest version of Firefox, you may have seen the HTML5 video tag in action.  It… Continue Reading »

It’s that time again.  Welcome to the weird wired world of technology.  Can’t find a plug for that laptop or television or one of the other million chargers you have sitting around?  There’s a wall for that.  While you’ve got your computer plugged in, fire up Microsoft’s latest Internet Explorer. … Continue Reading »

In a continuation of the anti-trust skirmishes that Microsoft is facing, it seems they have decided to lose the battle in hopes of still winning the war.  In a confidential memo leaked to Cnet News originally intended for PC makers, it is made clear that Windows 7 will in fact… Continue Reading »

That is one descriptive title.  It totally explains the content of this post.  Microsoft has recently come out with its IE8 and I’m sure Firefox is shaking in its boots (if Firefox had boots and actually was afraid of Redmond).  Either way, it means that IE6 is even more outdated. … Continue Reading »

And the boys continue to fight over who’s is bigger.  I wonder if they all drive red cars?  This latest round in the Google/Microsoft bru-haha features Google wanting to hop in bed with those battling Microsoft in an effort to prove antitrust charges having to do with the software giant’s… Continue Reading »

After surviving US and European Antitrust lawsuits for bundling their Internet Explorer browser with Windows, Microsoft is finally feeling the hit from a group they never expected — the consumer.  It seems that less and less people are using the built in IE browser and are switching to better browsers,… Continue Reading »

Need a toolbar?  No?  I didn’t think so.  MySpace figures you do need a toolbar.  If your life is still on MySpace, the toolbar will let you get updates on your friend’s activities, automatic login, links to MySpace services and is powered by Google. The toolbar works with Firefox 2.0… Continue Reading »

Mozilla is growing, and it seems that in addition to the recent world record, which was set for the software downloads in a 24 hour time period, they have also risen to 19.03% of the market share. Mozilla saw an increase from 18.41% up to 19.03% from the end of… Continue Reading »

As outlined in a white paper on managing phishing written by its risk management unit, PayPal is set to implement a new policy that will block users from using PayPal from “unsafe browsers.”  These browsers include Internet Explorer 4 and 5 and other older version browsers. But don’t worry if… Continue Reading »

Microsoft probably have a parking space permanently reserved outside the European Commission due to the amount of anti-competition investigations they have had thrown at them. So guess what? Yep, two more investigations are on the way, the first to look at whether Microsoft unfairly ties its Explorer Internet browser to… Continue Reading »