Twitch provides an excellent streaming experience on your desktop, but it still has some flaws. Even if you have the fastest internet connection in the world, you would occasionally have problems that prohibit live broadcasts and pre-recorded films from playing correctly. So, if you are having trouble with faulty video feeds and persistent buffering, working your way through the list ...
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History of Web Browsers Infographic is Informative
A rather interesting infographic charts the history of web browsers, from the first instance of Netscape, through the rise of Internet Explorer and the crowded market of today.
Read More »Mozilla Crowdsources Firefox Customer Support with the Twitter-Aided ‘Army of Awesome’
With the massive number of people who use Firefox and the rather limited resources that you can expect from an open-source company, Mozilla has decided to turn over their Twitter customer support tasks to the people. Mozilla’s new Army of Awesome encourages Firefox lovers to help their fellow FFers by answering Twitter mentions of Firefox, which are updated in real-time ...
Read More »If Women Were Internet Browsers…
Firefox is a little heartbreaker. Just won’t let me shy away for too long without pulling me back in. I love my Chrome for doing certain things, but Firefox is the girl I keep coming back to time and time again. As for Internet Explorer? I’m just glad I went through that phase young and got her out of the ...
Read More »If Internet Browsers Were Forms of Transportation
It’s funny cuz it’s true. I’m a Chrome user myself. Pretty much exclusively for the past six months or so. And while it’s very speedy, it does have some buggy issues. Particularly the Mac beta. But I’ll throw them a bone here and give ’em the old Gearfuse stamp of approval. Link
Read More »Microsoft Unleashes Internet Explorer 8
Like a bat out of hell, Microsoft this morning released Internet Explorer 8. As the follow up to the ultra-successful IE7, version 8 has a lot to live up to considering how commonplace Mozilla’s Firefox is becoming. New features include searching with images, web slices, new accelerated rendering engines and…well, yeah. That’s the gist of it. Walt Mossberg from the ...
Read More »Introducing: Google Chrome
Tomorrow, Google will be launching the beta version of Google Chrome in more than 100 countries. Chrome is it’s new browser and while it may seem like it’s aimed at Internet Explorer or Firefox, Google is really targeting Windows. Google wants Chrome to be nothing short of a full on desktop operating system that could give Windows a run for ...
Read More »I Guess Everyone Drinks Kool-Aid Nowadays
I’ve got a problem and it’s with my former employer Michael Arrington. It’s not a personal problem at all, it’s just that he’s not making sense when it comes to his little Firefox Tablet he’s trying to build. Oh, and be warned – the page is bogged down by a gazillion comments, which brings me to my main point: Michael ...
Read More »I Have No Life On Google’s Lively
Step aside, Second Life. There’s a new time-wasting virtual social network just released by Google. It’s called Lively and it’s your ticket to the cyber world, complete with emotes and customized avatars. Screw that pay to play bullshit on Second Life. Hell, no one wants to hear your lame cyber concert anyways. Play on a real stage or go home! ...
Read More »Download Day for Firefox 3
You may recall from our Father’s Day guide that I recommended Firefox 3 for a download. After all, it’s free, safe and full of computational power. Now that it’s June 17th, it’s time to help set a Guinness World Record for most software downloads in a 24-hour period. Head on over to SpreadFirefox.com and pledge to to download FF3 when ...
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