One way to get attention is to shout. But why shout about a Browsers. Browsers are commodity apps these days, with raw performance differing by milliseconds in most respects. Many of the fundamentals, such as tabs and popup ad blocking, are a given. There are interface variations, of course, and the emphasis on features that […]

While the IFA trade show plays out in Berlin this week, you have to wonder just what great innovations will be on display from the PC and smartphone makers. In case you don’t follow the tech world too closely, IFA is the European equivalent of America’s Consumer Electronics Show, so you can expect loads of […]

There was plenty of talk about the MacBook Pro with Retina display when it arrived. Apple changed the game again, keeping Macs way ahead of Windows boxes. These days, the PC makers are still trying to find a way to earn profits from those super slim Ultrabooks, even though they are doing as much as […]

Every so often, I come across an article that seems sufficiently off the rails that it deserves a comment, or perhaps a chuckle. But I never provide the links, because the writer of such nonsense generally doesn’t deserve the hits, although I won’t assume that’s the reason some of these questionable claims are posted. Take […]