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Custom Facebook status origins
May 18th, 2011 
sylv3rblade 
Posted in The Internet 
Tags: Custom facebook status origin, Facebook, Facebook status message, Internet 
Comments OffFirefox 4.0 Now available [Windows, Mac, Linux]
March 23rd, 2011 sylv3rblade ![Firefox 4.0 Now available [Windows, Mac, Linux]](http://www.techiexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Screen-shot-2011-03-23-at-2.05.20-PM-150x150.png)
Mozilla has finally released the final RTM/RTW build of Firefox 4.0 and it is now available for download on Windows, Mac and Linux. Firefox 4.0 sports a redesigned user interface (GUI) (most noticeably how tabs are handled), better performance and page rendering speed with Gecko 2.0 engine and new JägerMonkey JavaScript engine, topped off with [...]
Google officially launches goo.gl URL shortener
October 2nd, 2010 sylv3rblade 
Google has finally released it’s own brew of it’s URL shortening service to the public. Dubbed as the Google URL Shortener (goo.gl), it has been part of the Google Toolbar and Feedburner syndication service at launch, slowly making it’s way into other Google products like News, Blogger, Maps, Picasa Web Albums, and Moderator. Since people [...]
Mobile: Flash 10 runs better than HTML5
September 21st, 2010 sylv3rblade Flash is faster and much more efficient than HTML5 on mobile phones, that is if Web developer Christopher Black’s conclusions hold water. Black says, “HTML5 will sit side by side with Flash. Gradient fonts, drop shadows, basic video and simple transitions are probably better suited for HTML5. When it comes to rendering display objects, animation [...]
Download Internet Explorer 9 BETA
September 17th, 2010 sylv3rblade 
Microsoft has released the public BETA of Internet Explorer 9 and it is available for download to all Windows Vista and Windows 7 users. IE9 packs a lot of enhancements and features such as HTML5 support, hardware acceleration graphics rendering using Direct2D, hardware accelerated text rendering using DirectWrite, hardware accelerated video rendering using Media Foundation, [...]
Sony to setup an iTunes rival
September 5th, 2010 sylv3rblade 
Sony is set to launch a new service that’s meant to rival Apple’s iTunes. The announcement was made public Wednesday, September 1 at the IFA Technology Conference fair in Berlin, Germany . Details are still currently scarce but Sony has announced that this subscription based music and video service is on track for a 2011 [...]
Yahoo! now officially powered by Bing
August 24th, 2010 sylv3rblade 
The transition from Yahoo’s own search engine to Microsoft’s latest search engine, Bing has begun. Yahoo! announced the completed conversion today: its Web, image, and video search experiences on both desktop and mobile devices are now being served up by Bing (look at the footer to check). Note that this conversion currently only affects Yahoo’s [...]
Internet Explorer 9 BETA to arrive in September
July 31st, 2010 sylv3rblade Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner has revealed at the company’s annual financial analyst meeting that the first beta of the Internet Explorer 9 Web browser is planned for release in September. According to Microsoft, Internet Explorer 9 will be a big improvement on their current offerings as it features considerably improved standards compliance and [...]
YouTube videos now 15 minutes long
July 30th, 2010 sylv3rblade 
An increase in YouTube‘s maximum video length is one of the site’s most requested features and today, Joshua Siegel, product manager for upload and video management, announces just that. The limit for Youtube videos are now 15 minutes long.
Firefox unveils a new way of tabbing
July 25th, 2010 sylv3rblade 
With Firefox 4 still in Alpha testing, Mozilla is looking to introduce a new feature called Tab Candy. Mozilla’s Aza Raskin says that it’s still early in testing mode but you can get it with the latest nightly build of Firefox 4.
