Stories by: Howard Wen

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    In Pictures: Firefox Faceoff - Nightly vs. Pale Moon vs. Waterfox 14/02/2012 08:52:00

    Three unofficial Firefox variants take advantage of 64-bit processors and 64-bit version of Windows 7.
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    Screen queens: 7 dual-screen devices you can buy now (or hopefully soon) 07/04/2011 01:44:00

    Are two screens better than one? In recent years, device makers have been exploring this question with mixed results.
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    How to turn Chrome into gold 26/02/2011 06:43:00

    Though Google is pitching it as an operating system for netbooks and lightweight notebooks, Chrome OS is essentially the Chrome Web browser bolted on top of a bare minimum version of Linux. The following extensions can improve the user experience of Chrome (OS or browser) to give you some of the functionality found in a traditional operating system.
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    In depth: Google's Cr-48 Chrome notebook 11/12/2010 10:08:00

    My holiday gift giving season started early Thursday morning when the UPS guy pounded on my door and handed me a package. Inside was a notebook -- Google's much-discussed cloud-based Cr-48 Chrome OS laptop, which was announced by the company on Tuesday.
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    Acrobat and its alternatives: 4 ways to edit PDFs 03/11/2010 01:56:00

    There is certainly no lack of tools -- ones that are good and free -- to help you create PDF documents. But what if you have a job where you need to make new PDFs and your sources are already-created PDF documents? Or if you need to update your company's finished PDFs? The choice of applications that actually allow you to change a PDF after it was created is more limited.
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    8 cool features of Chrome 8 beta 02/11/2010 07:28:00

    The version 8 beta release of Google's Web browser has several new and interesting features.
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    11 things you need to know about Google Chrome variations 01/09/2010 01:32:00

    Google recently released a version of its Chrome Web browser code named the Canary Build. It uses an all-yellow variant of the regular Chrome icon, but there may be confusion as to what actually distinguishes it from the other, official releases of Google's browser.
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    Web multimedia: 6 reasons why Flash isn't going away 18/08/2010 02:41:00

    Apple's well-publicized refusal to allow Adobe's Flash technology to be installed on its iOS mobile devices, including the iPhone and iPad, has led to speculation that Flash's days may be numbered as the king of online multimedia delivery. "Flash is no longer necessary to watch video or consume any kind of Web content," Apple CEO Steve Jobs famously stated in an open letter titled "Thoughts on Flash."
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    Nine real iPad alternatives 04/08/2010 10:05:00

    Even since Apple released its "magical and revolutionary" iPad, other vendors have been scrambling to deliver products that go Apple one better.
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    10 most useful Google Chrome experiments 12/04/2010 15:27:00

    When it comes to presenting graphically oriented programs through a browser, the usual go-to development platforms have been Adobe Flash and -- to a lesser extent -- Microsoft Silverlight. But other, more open technologies are starting to show promise.
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    Open-source hardware takes steps toward gadget mainstream 04/03/2010 07:06:00

    Open-source software is one of the great success stories of the past few decades. The Apache HTTP Server is the world's most popular Web server, Linux has more than held its own against Unix and other proprietary operating systems, and Mozilla's Firefox browser has given Microsoft's Internet Explorer strong competition over the years.
 
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