Software

RockMelt Review: One Year Later

by Jeff Weisbein November 1, 2011

A review of the social browser RockMelt and look at how it’s doing one year after its release to the public.

Firefox Losing Market Share Quickly to Rival Browsers

by Mike Mansell October 3, 2011

June 18th of 2008 was a very big day for me and millions of savvy Internet users around the world. Although never being the kind of person to get overly excited for release dates, I took a special exception for this event; getting up early and immediately firing up my computer in sheer anticipation of [...]

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Baidu Forks Android, Teams With Dell for Yi OS

by Mike Mansell September 6, 2011

Exactly two months ago I talked about a new partnership that U.S.-based Microsoft Corporation teaming up with China-based search engine Baidu to provide English results in a move that many like myself thought would ultimately make Baidu a potentially solid competitor to Google; not only in China, but in the United States and other English-speaking [...]

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Why I Avoid the Mac App Store

by Mike Mansell August 29, 2011

When I first heard that Apple was working to put out an “App Store” for Mac OS X following the incredible success that the company had with a venture of the same name and stature on the iOS platform I was initially very excited. Such an organized system for buying, downloading, and updating software seemed [...]

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Open Source: Constructive or Harmful to Competition?

by Mike Mansell August 24, 2011

When we look at the success of businesses and projects – both from the standpoint of those with interest in a business and the consumers that buy and use their products – competition is one of the most important components in any market. Working in retail, competition is what forces me to offer my prospective [...]

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Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware Coupon Code

by Jeff Weisbein August 20, 2011

This month we’re offering 20% off Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware PRO if you use our coupon code at the checkout. If you buy it, what do you get? Well, for starters, you pay less than $20 and get a lifetime license which includes all future updates to the product and priority support.

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HP’s Focus Is Now On Being A Software Company

by Mike Mansell August 19, 2011

When I first heard that HP was on the verge of getting out of the mobile industry by discontinuing the webOS operating system and indefinitely stopping production of their less than successful TouchPad tablets I honestly thought HP was nearing the end.

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How To: Customize Adblock Plus for Chrome

by Guest Author July 21, 2011

With almost 130 million downloads, by far the most popular addon for Firefox is Adblock Plus which reliably blocks all forms of advertisements from the internet to make browsing less distracting, faster and safer. A few months ago, Adblock Plus was ported to the Google Chrome browser as well and in no time the community-driven open-source extension has become the second most popular extension just behind AdBlock by Michael Gundlach.

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Six Mac OS X Applications That I Couldn’t Live Without

by Mike Mansell July 14, 2011

Being somewhat of a new Mac OS X user, one of the things that I find to be great about the operating system is the vast selection of applications that help me to remain be more efficient and productive. Now, I’m not a huge term of the term “power user” because it simply sounds too cliché, [...]

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Macs Aren’t Customizable? TinkerTool Disagrees.

by Mike Mansell July 10, 2011

One of the first things that Apple critics told me when I purchased my MacBook Pro in March of this year was that Mac OS X, the flagship operating system that Apple develops and runs on all of their computers, was very limited in terms of customization options. Personally, though, the thought of being locked into a simple user interface didn’t bother me in the least; even if the rumors were true.

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