March 12, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Any idea how fast your broadband connection is? Do you care? The U.S. Federal Communications Commission does and thinks you might. So it’s decided to help.
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Tags: broadband, connection, FCC, measure, speed
March 9, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
After a few days of head scratching, Microsoft told Windows XP users today not to press the F1 key when prompted by a Web site.
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Tags: F1, flaw, help, Microsoft, Web site, Windows
February 1, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Those pesky browser bugs should be feeling the heat of Google’s latest attempt to catch them in their Chrome browser. Now, researchers who find the bugs can collect a reward.
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Tags: bounty, bugs, Chrome, Chromium, Google, Mozilla
January 26, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
If you haven’t yet ditched Microsoft’s Web browser, Internet Explorer, you may want to consider it now.
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Tags: Chrome, ditch, dump, Firefox, France, Germany, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Web browswers
December 28, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
The latest survey of computer users found that Internet usage has nearly doubled in the decade that’s ending this week. Today’s user now spends nearly two full workdays a week on the Web. Compare that to
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Tags: Harris Interactive, Internet, poll, usage
December 9, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
After months of speculation and angst, Google’s finally releasing a version of its much ballyhooed Web browser, Chome, for Macs.
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Tags: beta, Chrome, download, Google, Mac
November 23, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
You’ve probably heard the Google motto: “Don’t be evil.” But how many companies take their own, self-proclaimed philosophy seriously?
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November 11, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
One reason a lot of folks have switched to Mozilla’s Firefox browser is that the software’s developers keep coming up with useful features.
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Tags: check, Firefox, Mozilla, plugin, update
October 29, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Seems like the flu isn’t just likely to take down a big chunk of the nation’s workers. The feds are warning that it could soon impact the Web as well.
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Tags: flu, GAO, General Accountability Office, Internet, Pandemic, report
October 26, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
When the National Parks Service busted the director of Gettysburg National Military Park for viewing more than 3,400 inappropriate images on his work computer in the past two years, the news once again raised an important workplace question:
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Tags: Gettysburg National Military Park, John A. Latschar, sexually explicit images, viewing
