Software Blog » Browsers http://www.eftikasa.net/site Download Free Software As You Can ! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:03:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Facebook to Investors: You Like What You See? http://www.eftikasa.net/site/browsers/facebook-to-investors-you-like-what-you-see http://www.eftikasa.net/site/browsers/facebook-to-investors-you-like-what-you-see#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.eftikasa.net/site/programs/facebook-to-investors-you-like-what-you-see


Facebook’s finally decided to take a head-first dive into the mountain of cash it’s been standing on for years. Following several days of heated rumors and years of speculation about when CEO Mark Zuckerberg was finally going to cash in his chips, the company filed an S-1 statement with the SEC, paving the way for an IPO as early as this May. Facebook has its sights set on hauling in $5 billion, making it the biggest Internet IPO in history. The move will likely make hundreds of Facebook staffers millionaires overnight.

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Google will consolidate about 60 of its privacy policies across its products in March, creating one overarching policy and leaving only about another 10 unchanged for legal and other reasons. The company is also changing its terms of service. It may combine information on Google account holders across all the company’s services the account holder uses. This will provide a simpler, more intuitive Google experience and also let the company serve users better, it claims.

]]> http://www.eftikasa.net/site/browsers/privacy-advocates-fiercely-furrow-brows-at-google/feed 0 The Surprisingly Juicy Desktop Linux Market Share Report http://www.eftikasa.net/site/browsers/the-surprisingly-juicy-desktop-linux-market-share-report http://www.eftikasa.net/site/browsers/the-surprisingly-juicy-desktop-linux-market-share-report#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.eftikasa.net/site/programs/the-surprisingly-juicy-desktop-linux-market-share-report
There’s no doubt the Linux world has seen its share of good news over the past year or so, but every once in a while a tidbit comes along that calls for a little extra fanfare. Case in point: Recent data from research firm Net Applications suggests that desktop Linux’s market share has jumped considerably over the past few months. Want specifics? Here goes: The company’s NetMarketShare service just recently reported that Linux’s market share on the desktop has steadily increased since the summer, going from 0.97 percent in July to a new high of 1.41 percent last month.

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Linux bloggers’ New Year’s resolutions tend to be many and varied in any given year, but one most can surely agree upon is the desire to outfit a new PC with nothing but free software. That sentiment, indeed, is just the one that was anticipated over at Computeractive UK, which published a compelling little story along those lines back in December. “I want to use only free software on my new PC. Where do I start?” the piece began. Of course, as any good Linux geek knows, there’s a wide world of FOSS out there.

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Microsoft celebrated the demise of Internet Explorer 6 on Tuesday after usage estimates put the Web browser’s marketshare at under 1 percent in the U.S. Microsoft was as happy as anyone to see the browser go. The company has been running a kill campaign for IE6 for years, with Microsoft executive Amy Bazdukas stating in 2009 that “friends don’t let friends use IE6,” and launching a deathwatch website for the browser last March. A blog post Tuesday announcing the browser’s death ran with picture of a cake that read, “Goodbye, IE6!”

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If Google’s Zeitgeist 2011 — the company’s 11th annual list of the most popular and fastest-rising Internet searches — truly reflects the spirit of the times, then we must be living in a world of whiffle heads. In a year when the U.S. pulled its troops out of Iraq, the Congress almost brought the government to a financial standstill, and the nation’s sovereign credit was downgraded by Standard & Poor, the top search term was “Rebecca Black.” The Web celeb was the No. 1 fastest-rising query globally.

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Microsoft will automatically upgrade earlier versions of its Internet Explorer browser beginning in January. The updates will be for PCs running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, Redmond said. Users in Australia and Brazil who have turned on the automatic update feature in Windows Update will be the first to have their browsers automatically updated, and Microsoft will roll out this capability elsewhere over time. Customers will be given the ability to opt out of the automatic browser updates.

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Microsoft will automatically upgrade earlier versions of its Internet Explorer browser beginning in January. The updates will be for PCs running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, Redmond said. Users in Australia and Brazil who have turned on the automatic update feature in Windows Update will be the first to have their browsers automatically updated, and Microsoft will roll out this capability elsewhere over time. Customers will be given the ability to opt out of the automatic browser updates.

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Microsoft will automatically upgrade earlier versions of its Internet Explorer browser beginning in January. The updates will be for PCs running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, Redmond said. Users in Australia and Brazil who have turned on the automatic update feature in Windows Update will be the first to have their browsers automatically updated, and Microsoft will roll out this capability elsewhere over time. Customers will be given the ability to opt out of the automatic browser updates.

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Microsoft will automatically upgrade earlier versions of its Internet Explorer browser beginning in January. The updates will be for PCs running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, Redmond said. Users in Australia and Brazil who have turned on the automatic update feature in Windows Update will be the first to have their browsers automatically updated, and Microsoft will roll out this capability elsewhere over time. Customers will be given the ability to opt out of the automatic browser updates.

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Microsoft will automatically upgrade earlier versions of its Internet Explorer browser beginning in January. The updates will be for PCs running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, Redmond said. Users in Australia and Brazil who have turned on the automatic update feature in Windows Update will be the first to have their browsers automatically updated, and Microsoft will roll out this capability elsewhere over time. Customers will be given the ability to opt out of the automatic browser updates.

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Microsoft will automatically upgrade earlier versions of its Internet Explorer browser beginning in January. The updates will be for PCs running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, Redmond said. Users in Australia and Brazil who have turned on the automatic update feature in Windows Update will be the first to have their browsers automatically updated, and Microsoft will roll out this capability elsewhere over time. Customers will be given the ability to opt out of the automatic browser updates.

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Microsoft will automatically upgrade earlier versions of its Internet Explorer browser beginning in January. The updates will be for PCs running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, Redmond said. Users in Australia and Brazil who have turned on the automatic update feature in Windows Update will be the first to have their browsers automatically updated, and Microsoft will roll out this capability elsewhere over time. Customers will be given the ability to opt out of the automatic browser updates.

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Microsoft will automatically upgrade earlier versions of its Internet Explorer browser beginning in January. The updates will be for PCs running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, Redmond said. Users in Australia and Brazil who have turned on the automatic update feature in Windows Update will be the first to have their browsers automatically updated, and Microsoft will roll out this capability elsewhere over time. Customers will be given the ability to opt out of the automatic browser updates.

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Microsoft will automatically upgrade earlier versions of its Internet Explorer browser beginning in January. The updates will be for PCs running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, Redmond said. Users in Australia and Brazil who have turned on the automatic update feature in Windows Update will be the first to have their browsers automatically updated, and Microsoft will roll out this capability elsewhere over time. Customers will be given the ability to opt out of the automatic browser updates.

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As a happy iPad owner, I’ve been messing around with a Kindle Fire, and for the most part, I like what I’m experiencing. The Kindle Fire is a solid tablet with a generally pleasing interface. While it doesn’t compare to an iPad in a real direct way — apples to apples, oranges to oranges — it’s a tablet, and more importantly, it has the potential to capture the hearts and minds of at least some Apple-loving users. Why? While it doesn’t do all of what an iPad 2 can do, it does do at least half of it — media consumption — pretty darn well.

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When Apple pulled its popular “Texas Hold’em” game from the App Store, I was moderately surprised, but then again, it’s not like Apple was actively developing the game over the years. And besides, after racking up $100 million or so against the Artificial Intelligence engine, it’s been a long time since I’ve actively played it. But the move sparked my attention. Why did I stop playing, anyway? After all, I like poker, and I really like “Texas Hold’em.” While Apple’s take on the game was pretty good, I realized that there were several reasons why I stopped playing.

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What’s the future for Flash devs now that Adobe has turned its back on Flash Player for mobile devices and has shifted focus to HTML 5? Will Flash for the desktop survive or will it die out too? Adobe has pledged to enable Flash devs to package native apps with Adobe AIR for all the major mobile app stores, but it won’t develop Flash Player for new mobile device technology after version 11.1 for Android and the BlackBerry PlayBook is released. However, source code licensees will be able to work on and release their own implementations, raising the specter of fragmentation.

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Until recently, it has never occurred to me to check my heart rate with my iPad 2. Sure, I know there are medical apps that doctors and nurses are using to store and move information around, but using the camera in the iPad 2 to check my heart rate? And breathing rate, too? No way. Of course, I rarely check these vital signs anyway, and usually the only time I’m aware of them at all are when I’m sucking wind while playing basketball or hiking up some steep and rocky incline. Philips Electronics, it turns out, sort of has an app for that: Vital Signs Camera — Philips.

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If ever there was an announcement to get tongues wagging in the Linux blogosphere and beyond, it was the news that Adobe will stop developing Flash for mobile devices. That, of course, is just what was announced last week, and the wagging hasn’t stopped ever since. Dubbed “Story of the Week” on the Financial Times Tech Hub blog, the topic has been the focus of conversation on forums far and wide, not to mention the dominant topic of discussion in the Linux blogosphere’s own Mealy Apple cafe.

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