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Category Archives: Firefox
Chrome narrows Firefox's lead. Now what?
As an update to my last post about the future viability of Firefox comes news that Google Chrome will now have the built-in ability to sync your bookmarks with the cloud – presumably with Google Bookmarks – as well as … Continue reading
More Firefox: beating the competition and making money
My last post generated a fair amount of discussion (comments+email) about Firefox’s future given the increased competition in the browser marketplace. Let’s say Firefox does buck the trends that open-source applications seem to follow (either having their best features taken … Continue reading
Why you (probably) won't be using Firefox a while from now
Mozilla CEO John Lilly on the number of fast, capable browsers in the market: “The world is a lot different from a year ago, and we have three brand new browsers and there is a lot more competition and as … Continue reading
Internet Explorer 8. Why?
GigaOM announces the release of Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 So far [Microsoft] has been on the losing side of the equation, ceding market share to its upstart rivals, all of whom are touting ease of use, simplicity, security and speed. … Continue reading
Opera Mini and S60 Browser – both not quite there yet
On my N82: spent some time with Opera Mini after a while – had been using Nokia’s built-in S60 Browser exclusively over the past few months. Here’s a list of peeves and loves about each browser. Opera Mini Good … Continue reading
Google's Chrome gamble that no one's talking about
Much has been said about Google’s open-source browser strategy after the Chrome release. The consensus seems to be that Google doesn’t want to win any direct “browser wars” (at least, not in the Netscape v/s IE sense), but to raise … Continue reading
HOWTO: Syncing Contacts and Calendar info between Nokia smartphone and Outlook
Update: this HOWTO remains up to date even as of 2011. You need: the Nokia PC Suite and Microsoft Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2010 running on Windows XP or Windows Vista or Windows 7. And a Nokia … Continue reading
Posted in Firefox, HowTos, IE, LotusNotes, Microsoft, mobile, Nokia, Outlook, PC
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Moving to an Online Life
So my Thinkpad’s hard disk (a standard Hitachi 2.5″ 4200 RPM 80GB HDD) died Saturday evening. It began making ghastly noises all of a sudden, signaling imminent mechanical failure. I shut down the computer immediately, and on restarting, a BSOD … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Editorials, Email, Firefox, Gmail, google, HowTos, IM, internet, mobile, Nokia, RSS, Social, Thunderbird
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Integrating Firefox bookmarks with del.icio.us and G.B.
With support for tags for bookmarks in Firefox 3, perhaps we should start thinking of integrating the two major bookmarking services – Google Bookmarks and del.icio.us with Firefox’s local bookmarks. The thought struck me as soon as I read this … Continue reading
Why Safari won't matter
Apple released Safari 3.1 today, and has claimed that it is “the world’s fastest browser”. “Safari loads web pages 1.9 times faster than IE 7 and 1.7 times faster than Firefox 2. Safari also runs JavaScript up to six times faster … Continue reading
Posted in Editorials, Firefox, IE, IntellectualProperty, internet, Opera, Predictions, Safari
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