AnandTech: Internet Explorer consumes least battery in laptops!

AnandTech: Internet Explorer consumes least battery in laptops!
AnandTech did an interesting test and came out with surprising results.
While most browser comparisons deal with speed and web standard support, AnandTech did a comparison of web browsers in terms of battery backup!
They took three laptops and picked three websites. These sites were reloaded after [...]

Sharp PC-Z1 mobile internet device announced

Sharp PC-Z1 mobile internet device announced
Japanese tech giant Sharp has displayed their latest tech gizmo named PC-Z1.
Sharp PC-Z1 is essentially a mobile internet device featuring a 5 inch touchscreen.
It is designed to run web based services and applications.
The company said that the device is small enough to be a smartphone but is [...]

YouTube might soon phase out support for Internet Explorer 6

YouTube might soon phase out support for Internet Explorer 6
Things are changing on the web at a rapid pace. New technologies are arriving which makes it tough for web developers to support ancient web browsers like Internet Explorer 6.
Digg has already announced that they are planning to drop complete support for users on Internet [...]

Mike Schroepfer latest to join Facebook team

Mike Schroepfer latest to join Facebook team
Facebook has announced that they have now hired Mike Schroepfer as a director of engineering.
Mike Schroepfer is associated with Mozilla Firefox web browser where he was one of the leaders of development.
He would now become one of the four directors of engineering at Facebook.
Schroepfer wrote in a blog post [...]

Opera Browser now officially supports Hindi and Punjabi

Opera Browser now officially supports Hindi and Punjabi
Indian web users are in for this excellent news. They now have the awesome web browser Opera available in their own language and that too with official support from the company. Opera claims that their Opera browser for Hindi and Punjabi are the only one of their kind [...]

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