August 30, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
As the U.S. economy continues its sluggish recovery and worker morale sinks, the IT department needs to pay attention to moves that make users even more dissatisfied. One thing that’ll be sure to put ‘em in a bad mood: website blocking.
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Tags: blocking, Robert Half Technologies, survey, users, website, workers
March 24, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Apple execs face a tough decision in coming weeks: Do they approve an Opera browser app for the iPhone or do they reject it using the convoluted logic employed in the past?
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Tags: app store, Apple, approval, Opera, Opera mini, Web browser
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
