15 Highly-Useful Resources for Cross Browser Testing

Browser testing is one of the parts of the design and development process that is necessary but never really enjoyable. With the number of browsers and operating systems that are available, it can be a very time-consuming process to test your website in the environments of visitors. There are a… read more

Plan Multi-Stop Trips With Route4Me

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.

Name: Route4Me

Quick Pitch: Route4Me is a… read more

40 Detailed and High Quality Mobile Phone .psd Source Files

.psd source files are truly amazing and unique resources – not only do they showcase the talents of the artist, but they also offer the opportunity to dig deeper and discover how they were created. They give you the chance to learn, unlike tutorials which are step-by-step, with a .psd… read more

Microsoft Outlook to Add MySpace and Facebook Integration

Microsoft Outlook has just become a lot more social through new partnerships with Facebook and MySpace and an existing one with LinkedIn.

You might remember back in November that Microsoft announced Outlook Social Connector, a new Office 2010 feature that hooks up social feeds into the Outlook inbox. The… read more

Facebook Is the Web’s Ultimate Timesink [STATS]

The average U.S. Internet user spends more time on Facebook than on Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Microsoft, Wikipedia, and Amazon combined. Think about that for a moment.

New numbers released by Nielsen today confirm what we’ve known for a while: Facebook is the web’s #1 time sink. What’s more… read more

Will SXSW 2010 Bring Us the Next Twitter or Foursquare?

The Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator is held at SXSW to help foster startup development and innovation. Here, companies from around the world get the opportunity to present their products to a panel and live audience.

In fact, two of the hottest web startups around — Twitter and Foursquare — both… read more

The Myth of DPI

The size of an image in a website layout is important. From proper alignment to getting just the right amount of white space, sizing photos and graphics properly beforehand is essential to creating a balanced look.

Images on the web are measured in pixels. Yet many people… read more

Add Social Media Context to Your Web Browsing With Kikin

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.

Name: Kikin

Quick Pitch: The pioneer of user-centricity, kikin is… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Social Media & Marketing Event Guide

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.

Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish… read more

Microsoft Launches Windows Phone 7 Series With Xbox Live and Zune Integration

Microsoft has just unveiled the latest version of its mobile operating system: Windows Phone 7 Series. The company is currently presenting the features live at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Among the highlights, the company says in a statement that “for the first time ever, Microsoft will bring together Xbox… read more

10 Free Tools For Effective Project Management

Project management is the process by which projects are defined, planned, monitored, controlled and delivered such that the agreed benefits are realised. Projects are unique, transient endeavours undertaken to achieve a desired outcome. Projects bring about change and project management is recognised as the most efficient way of managing such… read more

Nokia and Intel Unite to Create New Mobile OS

Unlikely partners Intel and Nokia have joined forces in an attempt to fend off increasing mobile competition from Google, Apple, and Microsoft. They two companies have merged their mobile OSes into one entity: MeeGo. You can expect the first mobile devices running on MeeGo later this year.

MeeGo is… read more

LEAKED: Windows Mobile 7’s Interface [PICS]

In a few hours, Microsoft is expected to reveal Windows Mobile 7 to the world at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Some leaked pictures of the interface have spoiled its debut, though.

Learnbemobile, a German mobile blog, got a couple snapshots of the interface and has posted them on… read more

Free Beats Premium in Online Dating Faceoff

Valentine’s Day has passed, and now that we have sifted through the roses (and the heartbreak) of the year’s most love-obsessed holiday, it’s time to return to the real world and all of the dating that it involves.

Earlier this week in our Web Faceoff series, we asked you, the readers,… read more

Macworld 2010: Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite demonstration

The app now comes in two flavors — Quickoffice Connect [Free, iTunes Link], which is a document viewer, and the full Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite [US$9.99 sale price]. Both apps now have a feature that should make almost everyone happy — integrated access to multiple cloud services including MobileMe, Dropbox,… read more

Best of the Week #106

It’s time for our best news of this week, the first one of 2010. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to… read more

Friday Poll: TED Attendees Talk Top Technology Trends

As you may know, each Friday we do an informal poll to find out what Mashable readers think of a particular topic du jour. This week, since we’re at TED with some of the best and brightest minds working hard to change the world, we thought we should take the… read more

TED: Future of Mobile With Henry Tirri, Head of Nokia Research [INTERVIEW]

Disclosure: Nokia is a sponsor of Mashable’s TED Channel

We had a chance to sit down at TED with Henry Tirri, Senior Vice President and Head of the Nokia Research Center, to talk about what the mobile landscape of the future holds. Read on to find out what we might expect… read more

8 Visions of The Future – Videos

What will the future be like in the next 50 years? How will technology change our lives? And in 1960, how did people imagine the world in 2000? Here is a collection of 8 interesting videos with old and new visions of the future.

Microsoft Labs: A Glimpse Ahead

This video is… read more

Macworld 2010: Microsoft’s MacBU talks Office for Mac 2011

<pnext version of Microsoft's Office suite, slated for arrival during the fourth quarter of 2010, has a new name, enhanced functionality, and even a more streamlined look. TUAW met with members of the Microsoft Mac Business Unit (MacBU) on Thursday to hear how the developers of Office for Mac are… read more

NPD: Apple ranked #5 US electronics retailer in 2009

While the report primarily details consumer spending trends throughout 2009, as well as other dry and boring data interesting only to bean counters and TUAW’s own Mike Rose (because he loves numbers and cheats at poker), NPD’s study does show some growth in Apple’s favor, lifted no doubt on the… read more

70 Ultimate Cinema 4D Tutorials & Techniques

Today we share a very comprehensive round-up of Cinema 4D Tutorials. Cinema 4D is a modeling, animation and rendering application that is noted for its flexible interface and ease of use. It is capable of procedural and polygonal/subd modeling, animating, lighting, texturing and rendering. Movies like Monster House, Spiderman 3,… read more

Dear Google Buzz: 4 Features You Need to Add Now

GMAIL USERS: We hope you’ll join the discussion over on Mashable’s Google Buzz account.

Earlier today, we posted a buzz asking our followers: “What features would you like to see in Google Buzz?” We received just shy of 500 responses over the course of the afternoon, and we saw both big… read more

Microsoft may create Office for iPad

The iPad already has the ability to run a productivity suite — Apple has created iPad-specific versions of its own iWork programs, Pages, Numbers, and Keynote for $9.99 each — but as T3 notes, bringing Office over to the iPad would go a long way toward establishing it as a… read more

5 Ways to Avoid Sabotaging Your Personal Brand Online

Dan Schawbel is the bestselling author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, an award winning blogger at Personal Branding Blog, a national speaker and consultant on branding and a BusinessWeek columnist.

There have been countless incidents in which professionals have lost their jobs, been evicted, or… read more

Facebook’s Happy Aquarium Might Be Moving to Microsoft [RUMOR]

Microsoft is in talks to buy CrowdStar, a company that makes games for Facebook. CrowdStar’s biggest game is Happy Aquarium, which boasts more than 26 million active monthly users.

Bloomberg’s sources say that Happy Aquarium is valued at $200 million. That might seem ridiculous, but when you consider that… read more

Bill Gates on the iPad: Needs a stylus and a keyboard

He added “So it’s not like I sit there and feel the same way I did with the iPhone where I say, ‘Oh my God, Microsoft didn’t aim high enough. It’s a nice reader, but there’s nothing on the iPad I look at and say, ‘Oh, I wish Microsoft had… read more

KommandCore Combines Project Management With GTD

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.

Name: KommandCore

Quick Pitch: KommandCore is an innovative… read more

Windows 8 Will Blow Your Mind. Hopefully Not Like Vista

The folks at Microsoft Kitchen dug up some cool quotes from Microsoft employees about the upcoming Windows OS, currently code-named Windows 8. Though it does bring painful memories of what was promised about Vista (the marketing campaign, you may remember, was called “the wow starts now”), Microsoft did partially redeem… read more

Better User Experience With Storytelling, Part 2

In the first part of this Better User Experience With Storytelling series, we explored some of the basic structures and story patterns found in myths and religions. We saw how these patterns continued into modern stories such as The Matrix and Star Wars. We also explored some of the basics… read more

KENTICO CMS For ASP.NET: An All-In-One Solution For Your Web Site And Now With Free Editon Too

Kentico CMS for ASP.NET is a powerful and fully featured Content Management System. This robust and stable CMS can be used for building and maintaining websites including Intranets, Online Stores and Social Community Networks using the Web 2.0 features on the ASP.NET platform. In addition it comes with a Free… read more

Your first Apple, or how it all began…

For me it began in the late 70′s when my dad bought an Apple II in a bike store. There were no computer stores at the time, so this bike shop had a computer hobbyist corner, complete with Altairs and other blinking-light computer systems. He was intrigued by the keyboard,… read more

Task Squid: Task Management Meets Activity Streams [INVITES]

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.

Name: Task Squid

Quick Pitch: Collaboration focused on completing the… read more

TUAW Review and Giveaway: Here, File File!

Read on for our full review of Here, File File!, and be sure to read all the way down to the bottom of the post for news of a Valentine’s Day special (because we just love files that much) as well as your chance to win one of five copies… read more

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.5.7 update available

According to Microsoft, the update fixes a vulnerability that could allow someone to overwrite the contents of a computer’s memory with their own code. For complete information on the vulnerability and the fix in this update, look here and here.

The first issue, described in Microsoft Security Bulletin… read more

Yahoo Talks Search Strategy and the Bing Deal

Yahoo is revealing its new plans for search here at an event they’ve dubbed “Yahoo! SearchSpeak,” occurring now at Yahoo’s headquarters in Sunnyvale.

While the world’s second largest search engine is slated to be sucked up by the Microsoft mothership later this year, the search team hasn’t stopped developing new features… read more

Design Evolution of 40 Famous Corporate Company Logos

Do you know the reason why there is small cut in the Apple logo? Or did you ever wonder what the Microsoft logo looked 20 years back? Or perhaps you may have wondered the actual meaning behind BMWs logo? This article showcases 40 famous company logos and describes how each… read more

Google Buzz: Competitors and Experts React

It’s no shocker that the web is buzzing about Google Buzz (terrible pun intended), Google’s most aggressive push into social media yet.

The new social updating and aggregation feature integrates with your mobile and your Gmail, providing a service that seems like a hybrid of Foursquare, Twitter, Facebook, and Yelp.

People are… read more

Answers for the ‘rents about the iPad

As we were talking, I began to realize that he didn’t really have a clear idea of exactly what this gadget is — and lots of you probably have parents in similar situations. So I put together this Q&A using actual questions my Dad asked throughout the course of the… read more

Extensis Universal Type Server 2.1

FONT MANAGEMENT GETS BETTER, STRONGER, AND FASTER

A year ago this past June, Extensis released version 1 of Universal Type Server (UTS)—and now version 2 is hot on its heels with some nice new features that are going to be of special interest to larger companies with many users. While… read more

Box.net for iPhone Adds Powerful Features for Business Users

Back in September, cloud content management provider Box.net rolled out its OpenBox Mobile platform, thereby allowing developers — and users — to access and integrate Box.net’s cloud storage with their own files and applications. Today the company is releasing a bunch of new updates that enhance mobile collaboration.

New iPhone… read more

Apple Grabs 25% of the Smartphone Market, Android Doubles Market Share

comScore has released a report on the state of the US mobile market from September to December 2009, and it shows that the recently established trends of Android and iPhone growth don’t show signs of ceasing.

In December 2009 RIM was still the leading mobile smartphone operating system in the U.S.,… read more

Netflix Instant Streaming Goes 1080p This Year

Netflix plans to bump the video quality of its Watch Instantly streaming service up to 1080p on some devices, CNET claims. It will also roll out 5.1 surround sound support. Both upgrades will occur by next year.

Currently, Netflix Watch Instantly is available in 720p HD on the Xbox 360, the… read more

Bandize: Manage Your Band Like a Business

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.

Name: Bandize

Quick Pitch: Online DIY organization and… read more

Microsoft still beats Apple in cash and investments, for now

<p during the earnings call a few weeks ago, it was mentioned that Apple has a jaw-dropping almost $40 billion just sitting around in cash. In the chat, we started talking about other companies that might have that much money in the hopper — Google came up, but I don't… read more

60 Excellent Gadget Photoshop and Illustrator Tutorials

Designing your own (or redesigning existing) gadgets such as MP3 Players, Game Consoles and Computers is an incredible way to improve your general skills in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator (or any other design-related software package for that matter). You’re bound to pick up new skills every time, even if you’re… read more

Does Your Small Business Need an iPad?

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

Now that the dust has settled and we know what the Apple iPad is, many people have begun trying to answer the question, “How can I justify… read more

The Rise of Tablets, and Why You Should Care

Even before Apple announced the iPad last week, the Internet was going tablet-crazy. After speculation, literally years in the making, finally came to a crescendo, the public reaction has been decidedly mixed. Discussions about what’s missing and why the announcement was a disappointment have been covered from nearly every angle.

However,… read more

Beautiful Motion Graphics Created With Programming: Showcase, Tools and Tutorials

When you hear the word “creative”, what type of profession comes to mind? Maybe a graphic designer, painter, sculptor, illustrator, or writer? It’s unlikely that you would consider a “programmer” when thinking of creative fields of work. But programmers have the potential to be creative and come up with ideas… read more

Apple hires two more for mobile ad sales

<pddition to their Quattro Wireless buy last month, Apple has picked up two more new employees that seems like additions to an incoming mobile advertising business. Theo Theodorou was picked up from Microsoft's mobile advertising sales department and will head sales in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. And Todd… read more

50 Free UI and Web Design Wireframing Kits, Resources and Source Files

Planning and communication are two key elements in the development of any successful website or application. And that is exactly what the wireframing process offers: a quick and simple method to plan the layout and a cost-effective, time-saving tool to easily communicate your ideas to others. A wireframe typically has… read more

The Flash saga continues: Adobe responds to charges of “laziness”

Lynch acknowledges the rise of HTML5 video in his post, but he notes that he sees the two technologies as co-existing rather than “one replacing the other.” He also claims that since no standard implementation of HTML5 video exists, widespread adoption of HTML5 in place of Flash would lead us… read more

Six Powerful Free Disk Defragmentation Tool

Today, we are listing Six Powerful Free Disk Defragmentation Tool. These would be very helpful for you to remedy system sluggishness and crashes caused by disk fragmentation. If you are designer, developer,  office worker, manager, supervisor, student, home user, etc but we hope that these are worth checking for all… read more

Congress Asks NBC Why Hulu Blocked Boxee

Boxee and Hulu have had a contentious history, with Hulu several times blocking its content from working with the Boxee social media software. NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker once told All Things D he didn’t want Hulu content on Boxee because they were committed to keeping the former “an online… read more

Report: Apple signs new iPhone manufacturer, rumored to work on CDMA iPhone

<pe has reportedly signed up with a new manufacturer in China to help produce the next generation of the iPhone — Pegatron will be joining Foxconn in putting together parts for Apple's next handheld unit, we hear courtesy of the always talkative "industry sources." The company has been rumored to… read more

10 reasons to pass on the iPad? TUAW fact check

1. There’s no physical keyboard

Debra’s correct that the iPad has no physical keyboard. But what she fails to account for is that not only will Apple sell a keyboard dock for the iPad, the device can also be paired with any existing Bluetooth keyboard. Apple’s reasoning for not… read more

The Art And Science Of The Email Signature

Email signatures are so easy to do well, that it’s really a shame how often they’re done poorly. Many people want their signature to reflect their personality, provide pertinent information and more, but they can easily go overboard. Why are email signatures important? They may be boring and the last item on… read more

Ask TUAW: Power adapters, Windows 7, iWork refresh, and more

As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Leave your questions for next week in the comments section at the end of this post. When asking a question, please include which machine you’re using and what version of Mac OS X is installed on it (we’ll assume you’re running Snow… read more

Bean: Simple Word Processing for OS X

Compared to Word and TextEdit, Bean is a happy, open-source alternative. It has more features than TextEdit, though not enough to be a full-fledged word processor. But that’s the point.

Like every good app, Bean has a story. Its creator, James Hoover loved to write. His tool was… read more

Stanford Offers Up Millions of Books in Support of Google Book Search

Today, Stanford University threw its hat into the ring for Google by expanding an earlier agreement with the search giant and agreeing to digitize the University’s library. The move comes amidst legal controversy over the Google Book Search engine.

As you may know, Google Book Search is currently… read more

Keep Your Online Calendar in Check With Plan.fm

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.

Name: Plan.fm

Quick Pitch: Plan.fm collects the plans… read more

SlideShare Launches Channels for Businesses and Brands

Presentation sharing site SlideShare today adds a new Channels service to its professional content sharing arsenal, allowing businesses and brands to create custom microsites within the community. With Channels, companies can create a branded channel for sharing professional content including presentations, whitepapers and webinars, or sponsor a topical content… read more

Windows 7 Reaches 10 Percent Market Share

It’s official: Microsoft got it right this time. After the mistake that was Vista, Windows 7 was greeted like the second coming, and it many ways it really was better than its predecessor: less annoying, faster, smoother, more compatible with various pieces of hardware and software.

Initial sales numbers and market… read more

Online Video Ad Network BrightRoll Raises $10 Million

Online video advertising network BrightRoll has just announced that they’ve secured $10 million in Series C funding, grown to nearly 55 million unique viewers per month in the U.S, and are now profitable.

The funding news means that BrightRoll — which distributes video ad campaigns via an extensive online publisher network… read more

Add Private Notes to Tweets and Group Emails With Bccthis

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.

Name: Bccthis

Quick Pitch: Bccthis is an innovative technology that… read more

10 Fabulous Valentine’s Day Gifts for Your Beloved Geek

Loving a geek isn’t hard to do, what with the social awkwardness and the over-zealous online gaming. Shopping for one however, can sometimes be a challenge. Throw in that added pressure to be extra thoughtful on Valentine’s Day, and you’ve got quite the conundrum (that’s geek for “problem”).

We’ve… read more

This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.22

This is our weekly Twitter Design News Round-Up, a collection of fresh design related resources that we have shared via Twitter in the past week.
Just in case you are not one of our Twitter followers, click here: twitter.com/speckyboy.
As always, if you have any cool links that you would… read more

Create, Schedule and Send Real Greeting Cards Via the Web With enGreet

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.

Name: enGreet

Quick Pitch: enGreet allows you to find, personalize… read more

GTalk Crushes AIM and Facebook Chat in Reader Vote

Last week, we asked you to vote on which instant messaging (IM) tool was best: AIM, GTalk, or FbChat.

AOL Instant Messenger has been around since 1997, giving it the edge in users and brand recognition. However, while Google Talk and Facebook Chat made their debuts in 2005 and 2008… read more

Free Reality TV Show Debuts on Your PlayStation 3 This Month

Sony Computer Entertainment America is making good on its promise to expand original content offerings on its PlayStation Network distribution service. They’ll be bringing an original reality television series, The Tester, to PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable consoles via the PSN as a free downloadable series starting February 18.

We’re starting… read more

Zune Phone and Windows 7 Mobile to Debut This Month [RUMOR]

It’s still officially rumor at this point, but Spanish-language blog MuyComputer reports that it’s confirmed with NVIDIA that the company will be on hand at this months’ Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with Microsoft to announce the new Zune Phone.

The phone will reportedly run on the Tegra platform, NVIDIA’s… read more

Browser Usage Stats: Chrome Grows While IE and Firefox Shrink

An analytics company called Net Applications has determined that Google’s Chrome web browser is stealing market share from both Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

In January, Chrome grew by 0.57% to 5.20% of the browser market. Meanwhile, Firefox shrunk by 0.20% to 24.41% and IE shrunk 0.51% to… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Social Media & Digital Events

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.

Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish… read more

Microsoft’s Tag Links the Physical World To the Internet

Paper publications have a problem: they want to link to the Internet, but in order to reach the destination, reader must type the link into his browser manually, which is slow and awkward.

Microsoft now offers a solution, called Tag. It’s essentially a barcode – an optical machine-readable representation of data… read more

Steve Jobs Is Not Happy With Google, Adobe

What a time we’re living in. You can’t even make fun of your competitors at your own company meeting without your words leaking out to the internet.

Apparently, this has happened to Steve Jobs, who lashed out at Google and Adobe at Apple’s Town Hall company meeting held at their One… read more

Bill Gates Talks Twitter on the Daily Show [VIDEO]

[via Switched]

Tags: bill and melinda gates foundation, bill gates, daily show, jon stewart, microsoft, social media, tv, twitter

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Fashion4Home.com Lets Customers Vote on and Buy Furniture Designs

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.

Name: Fashion4Home.com

Quick Pitch: Fashion4Home.com is an online-only… read more

Autodesk 3ds Max 2010

FULL-FEATURED 3D MODELING, ANIMATION, AND RENDERING APP

It’s finally here! When I heard that the new version of 3ds Max was ready, I was very curious to see what the folks at Autodesk had come up with to make us run out and buy it. I was skeptical to say… read more

Showcase Of Web Design In Germany

Germany, which is situated in the heart of Europe and neighbors nine other countries, is not only the motherland of eminent philosophers, poets, composers, world-famous automobiles and great beer, but also a place where some of the most talented and highly ranked Web designers live.

German design is certainly worthy of… read more

More Security Flaws Found in Internet Explorer

It’s been a rough few weeks for the Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. First, Google revealed that Chinese hackers have used an undocumented security flaw in IE to access personal data of some of their employees. Microsoft did not immediately issue a fix, which prompted both the German and the French government… read more

This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.21

This is our weekly Twitter Design News Round-Up, a collection of fresh design related resources that we have shared via Twitter in the past week.
Just in case you are not one of our Twitter followers, click here: twitter.com/speckyboy.
As always, if you have any cool links that you would… read more

20 Indispensable Browser Based Apps

There’s nothing better than a good browser based app. Browser based apps require no downloading and no installation, so you can start using them whenever and wherever you like. What’s more, each one of these apps is accessible from any computer in the world, provided that it’s connected to the… read more

Google Chrome 4.0 For Windows Adds Extensions and Bookmark Sync

Google Chrome 4.0 is here for Windows users, and it adds two of the most sought-after features: extensions and bookmark syncing. Google boasts that these are only two of 1,500 new features, and that Chrome 4 runs 40% faster than Chrome 3.

Extensions have been available in the beta release for… read more

Bill Gates Explains Why He Joined Twitter, Publishes Annual Letter

It’s been less than a week since Bill Gates joined Twitter, but the Microsoft founder has already accumulated more than 300,000 followers and used the platform to launch a new site – Gates Notes.

Today, Gates is using his new outlet to promote his second annual letter, which discusses the many… read more

45 jQuery Navigation Plugins and Tutorials

By Paul Andrew

As many of us know, the initial 15-20 seconds of a new user’s visit to a web site will have a large impact on whether on not they are going to like or dislike the site, prompting them to decide whether they will stay or go. This means… read more

What the Web of Tomorrow Will Look Like: 4 Big Trends to Watch

The Social Analyst is a weekly column by Mashable Co-Editor Ben Parr, where he digs into social media trends and how they are affecting companies in the space.

Did you know that it’s been nearly twenty years since the first website was placed online? Have you ever thought about how… read more

Our Favorite Tweets of the Week Jan 17-Jan 23, 2010

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick… read more

Foursquare Beats Yelp and Gowalla in Reader Poll

It’s been another exciting week here in our long-running Faceoff Series. We pitted three of the top “check-in” location-based mobile services against each other to find out which among them is the preferred choice for Mashable readers.

The results are now in, and we’ve got ourselves a winner: Foursquare takes the… read more

TalentTrove Helps Creatives Build Online Portfolios For Free

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.

Name: TalentTrove

Quick Pitch: TalentTrove creates a level playing field… read more

Found Footage: Steve Ballmer signs student’s Mac

Earlier this week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave the keynote address to the Nashville Technology Council, which was held at Trevecca Nazarene University (TNU) in Nashville, TN. Steve, who is on a multi-city tour to promote Microsoft, joined other prominent technology professionals like Abbie Lundberg, editor-in-chief of CIO Magazine. <br… read more

Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer Autographs Apple MacBook [VIDEO]

With news that Bing could replace Google as the iPhone’s default search engine, it’s clear that Apple and Microsoft may not be the bitter enemies they once were. Still, the notion that Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer would autograph a MacBook sounds like blasphemy.

Yet that’s exactly what happened, and there’s video… read more

Microsoft Fixes “Aurora” Security Hole in Internet Explorer

In an operation dubbed “Aurora“, Chinese hackers have used a previously undiscovered security hole, existent in several major versions of Internet Explorer, to gain unauthorized access to data belonging to a couple of targeted individuals.

Microsoft has since tried to downplay the significance of the security hole, but it was undoubtedly… read more

Useful Tools for Testing Cross Browser Compatibility

A few weeks back I gave you some tips for cross-compatibility, but in this article we are going to focus more specifically on cross-browser compatibility. Building websites to work properly and look good in multiple browsers is a fact of life that web designers must deal with. It is probably… read more

Skribit Helps Fight Writer’s Block

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.

Name: Skribit

Quick Pitch: Skribit helps bloggers cure… read more

Box.net Makes Viewing Files Online Easier

Storage and collaboration service Box.net is serious about integrating file management and collaboration tools with the cloud. To that end, the company is launching an integrated file viewer into its platform, which goes a long way toward creating what it is dubbing as a Cloud Content Management solution.

Here… read more

Seesmic Launches New App to Take Twitter to the Masses

At this point, just about everyone’s probably heard of Twitter, but as recent stats suggest, far from everyone is using it. Today, Seesmic looks to change that with the launch of a new desktop app dubbed Seesmic Look that comes with Twitter’s blessing, a Microsoft partnership, and a bold… read more

Facebook Phasing Out Microsoft Ads in Favor of More Social Formats

When Microsoft invested $240 million to take a small stake in Facebook at the then gargantuan valuation of $15 billion, the deal was as much about securing an ad deal as an equity bet. But now, Microsoft is seeing some of its advertising pulled as the social network continues… read more

Google Is Now Apple’s Greatest Enemy: Here’s Why

Let’s take a trip back in time. The year is 1994, and two tech giants are going to war over copyright. They are Microsoft and Apple, and they are fighting over a copyright claim by Apple over Microsoft and HP’s use of graphical user interface elements from the… read more

Microsoft Sues TiVo

Microsoft has filed suit against TiVo, specifically accusing the company of infringing on its video purchasing and delivery patents. This comes just days after a lawsuit was filed by TiVo against AT&T, one of Microsoft’s biggest customers.

The best way to explain this complicated series of affairs is through a… read more

Bill Gates Uses Twitter Account to Unveil New Website

Now it appears that Bill Gates joined Twitter with calculated intentions. After passing 100,000 followers in eight hours (now he has nearly 250,000 fans), the Microsoft visionary used his now-popular account to announce a new web project: The Gates Notes.

The new website offers a collection of Gates-related information with blog-like… read more