Working at Dotcom-Monitor I have an access to all its monitoring services. So I decided to find which of web hosts has the fastest web server. For two weeks I used ServerView platform which was set to 10 min monitoring frequency. The test doesn’t show which of the hosts is really the fastest one. A [...]
Firefox 19 has been already available
February 19th, 2013 
admin The final version of Firefox 19 has just become available on Mozilla’s site. The main feature of the browser is built-in native PDF files viewer. It replaces functions of special plugin by Adobe and uses its own engine. The new version also has some bug fixes, better performance and launch time. Firefox 19 hasn’t been [...]
Intel confirmed Web TV service to be launched in 2013
February 13th, 2013 admin Intel officially confirmed rumors about its own Internet TV project. Erik Huggers, a head of Intel Media subdivision, announced the service to be launched in 2013. New Web TV service will require a box (that name hasn’t been announced yet) that should be connected to a TV or other device like PC. It is notable [...]
Australian parliament insists on an explanation from Apple, Microsoft and Adobe
February 12th, 2013 admin Australian parliament demands an explanation of pricing policy from Apple, Microsoft and Adobe Systems. In Australia these companies’ products cost more than in US. For example a version of iPad with Wi-Fi and 16GB storage costs there $40 more than in United States, despite the stronger local currency. Another example is Office 365 Home Premium [...]
Microsoft officially launches Office 2013
January 30th, 2013 admin Microsoft has just started sale of new Office 2013 featuring many improvements and innovations. Now it has new design that looks good for 2013. New UI with stark contrast between colors makes it easier to navigate through the various interfaces of Office’s different apps. Microsoft also tried to make new Office touchscreen-friendly but users that [...]
Mozilla showed another smartphone running Firefox OS
January 22nd, 2013 admin The first smartphone running on Firefox OS was shown at CES 2013 exhibition. Today Mozilla announced another one. The devise is designed for software developers and will not become available as commercial product. It got 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 processor, 3.5-inch HVGA screen, 512MB RAM, 4GB ROM, 1580mAh battery. The smartphone is equipped with all [...]
Tablets are still more home computers than mobile devices
January 18th, 2013 admin In 2010 Mark Zuckerberg stated that iPad is more home computer than mobile devices. According to the research conducted by comScore company and Business Insider periodical that is true. Today tablets can be hardly called mobile devices. Most of tablets owners more often use tablet at home – 90%. Just 40% of them use tablets [...]
Former Apple’s CEO: iPhone should cost $100
January 17th, 2013 admin According to John Sculley, a CEO of Apple 1983- 93, Apple should pay more attention to the developing countries. He thinks the future of the company depends on growth of these countries’ market. To find its niche Apple should ship not only high-end class devices but more affordable ones. Former Apple’s chief suggests to reduce [...]
Huawei starts shipping of Ascend D2 flagship smartphone
January 17th, 2013 admin Huawei Ascend D2 was first shown just a week ago but Huawei has already announced its sale. The smartphone has been already available for China Telecom’s customers. The price is about $640. In other countries the device is expected to become available in March. The Ascend D2 features 5-inch FullHD (443ppi) IPS+ screen, 1.5GHz quad-core [...]
Mozilla showed Firefox for Metro UI [screenshots]
October 8th, 2012 admin Some months ago Mozilla informed about its plans to make a version of Firefox adopted for Metro UI, an interface used in forthcoming Windows 8. Recently the developers released the beta version and asked everyone to test it. Though to try new UI users have to run Windows 8 RTM. The developers also forewarned that [...]