Internet Explorer

September 19th 2008

Staples Website Requires Internet Explorer 4.0, Thank You Very Much

Trying to buy something from the Staples website? I hope you’re using the latest and greatest internet technologies to do so, because it is cutting edge. In fact, you need Internet Explorer 4.0 to handle its incredible shopping-related features. Namely, their super-futuristic custom envelope creator, which gives you the above error message if you try…

Tech News Adam Frucci

September 17th 2008

Microsoft Sends Out Weird Press Kit for IE 8 Beta

I got this super weird IE 8 press kit from Microsoft in the mail a little while ago. I don’t think the phrase “slicing the web” has ever been used by anybody to refer to browser usage. Anybody. Still, it’s a decent effort (even if it is just for IE 8 beta 2 and not…

Tech News Jason Chen

September 3rd 2008

Dr. Frankenstein’s Browser: The Strangely Obvious Ancestry of Google Chrome

We’ve posted our first impressions of Google Chrome, and after extended use most of them have held up. Chrome is fast, feature-rich and stable, not to mention highly usable. But Google’s in-house innovations (the multi-threaded engine, Javascript handling and task manager, mainly) make up a tiny portion of the user experience. The rest of the…

Tech News John Herrman

September 2nd 2008

Download Google Chrome Now

Google’s new web browser, Google Chrome, is now available for download. Will it dethrone Firefox? Will it further crush the hopes and dreams of Internet Explorer? Hit the link to find out. Note: Mac users still out on the cold on this one, same goes for Linux. Also, click here for our full photo tour.[Google…

Tech News Mark Wilson

June 27th 2008

Things No One Gives Microsoft Credit For (But Should)

Microsoft gets more crap than any other company in tech. That’s partly because it’s given us garbage like Clippy, Microsoft BOB and Windows Vista. And it’s partly because it’s arguably the most important company in personal computing. Sure, Apple gets all the fawning press for designing pretty, easy-to-use gadgets. But Microsoft is rarely credited for…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

June 17th 2008

Microsoft Mistakes Browser War for Browser Party, Sends Firefox a Lovely Cake

Just like they did when Firefox 2 dropped, Microsoft has sent the guys over at Mozilla a congratulatory cake. The nerd food was delivered in person and was graciously accepted by the Firefox crew, who managed to hold back snide remarks about the cake’s standard compliance and proprietary recipe long enough to take a few…

Tech News John Herrman

February 23rd 2008

Firefox Passes 500 Million Downloads, Celebrates With a Lot of Rice

Firefox has just hit 500 million downloads worldwide; it is an impressive statistic and we think everyone who works on the project should get a pat on the back. As if their contribution in creating a kick-ass browser was not enough to the world, the Mozilla team is celebrating by raising funds for 500 million…

Tech News Haroon Malik

January 20th 2008

Skype Security Flaw Exposed

Researchers have uncovered a potentially critical security flaw within Skype that enables malicious code to be run, given certain conditions. The flaw affects those using IE, and is related to Local Zone security settings Skype uses to render internal and external HTML. Hit the link to find out more. [Ars Technica]

Tech News Haroon Malik

October 5th 2007