Hardware Faceoff: iPad vs. Netbook

The iPad is here. Apple’s much anticipated tablet device has swept the nation, and whether you can’t get enough of your iPad or want to destroy every single one, it’s tough to deny that the Apple hype machine has done it again.

During its marketing push, Apple claimed that… read more

Most Popular Mozilla Firefox Personas

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iPad Peek: See How Your Website Looks on the iPad

The iPad is finally available, and it’s already residing in the hands of some 700,000 people who bought it. In a couple of months, the iPad user base will become big enough for web developers to start paying attention to how their website looks on the iPad.

iPad Peek is… read more

Firefox 3.6.2 Fixes Critical Security Hole

Mozilla addressed a critical security vulnerability with a minor Firefox update, bringing the browser to version 3.6.2. The vulnerability could potentially allow an attacker to “crash a victim’s browser and execute arbitrary code on his/her system.”

Users of Firefox 3.6 will have this update automatically downloaded and installed, but you… read more

9 Insanely Useful Firefox Add-Ons That Will Save Your Time

As we all know that Firefox is the fastest growing popular web browser and its growing more and more every day. There are too many handy options provided by the firefox and this is the main reason for its popularity. You can easily find lots of free download able firefox… read more

Chatroulette Beats Hot or Not in Reader Poll

It looks like Hot or Not just got nexted. The new shiny of the moment Chatroulette soundly trounced the older site in this week’s edition of the long-running Web Faceoff series.

At 742 votes, Chatroulette commanded 66% of the vote, more than twice the 281 votes Hot or Not netted… read more

Still Using Firefox 3.0.x? Time to Move On

After many months of testing, five beta versions and 2 release candidates, Firefox 3.0 was released in June 2008. The 3.0.x branch was the major stable branch of Mozilla’s web browser for a long time, and it’s been updated to version 3.0.18 so far. Now, however, it reached the… read more

Web Based Microsoft Office 2010 Soon To Be Launched

A new productivity suite of Microsoft windows is soon to be fully launched for everyone who uses computers, it will be a successor of Microsoft Office 2007. Yes, it is Microsoft Office 2010 and this time it will be free to use and a web based application. Microsoft has somehow assured… read more

CSS Bugs and Inconsistencies in Firefox 3.x

There aren’t many articles covering incompatibilities, or CSS differences in Firefox alone — and for good reason.

Firefox has always done an excellent good job of supporting both CSS and JavaScript in a standards-compliant manner without too many awkward bugs.

There are, however, a few CSS properties and… read more

47 CSS Tips & Tricks To Take Your Site To The Next Level

CSS is a wonderful language for presenting web pages. It’s not too difficult to learn, though like most things, it does have a learning curve. Where many people seem to get tripped up is in specific solutions to specific problems. Fortunately there’s a good chance that someone before you has… read more

45 Fresh Useful JavaScript and jQuery Techniques and Tools

Yes, this is another round-up of fresh and useful Javascript techniques, tools and resources. But don’t close the tab yet, as you might find this one very useful. In this selection we present calendars, forms, buttons, navigation, debugging, optimization and compatibility tables as well as handy resources and tools.

We also… read more

Firefox Account Manager Aims to Make Your Social Life Easier

What do you do when you first fire up your browser? Most probably, you log into various sites that require a username and password – Facebook, Gmail, Twitter and the like. For me, personally, it’s quite a chore, as I need to log into over 10 different services before… read more

Apple tops Consumer Reports’ tech support survey, second place not even close

Consumer Reports asked 7,000 subscribers about their satisfaction with their computer companies across categories like problem solved, phone waits, phone staff and online support. Each answer was issued a point value, with a maximum of 100 points.

Among laptops, Apple scored 86 points. The second place finisher, Lenovo, accumulated… read more

Postbox adds Things and OmniFocus support

<pee, I love my setup, but everything that I really like about Mail has been added by plugins, and those plugins require a certain performance and stability sacrifice. It would be bittersweet to part with everything I've built there, but it would be a welcome change if it were a… read more

Entering The Wonderful World of Geo Location

I thought I could not be out-geeked. With a background in radio, and having dabbled in the demo scene on the Commodore 64 and hung out on BBSes and IRC for a long time and all the other things normal kids don’t quite get, I thought I was safe in… read more

Xbox LIVE Beats PlayStation Network in Reader Vote

We had a very hotly contested matchup this week in our long-running Faceoff series, with Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE going up against Sony’s PlayStation Network for favorite online console gaming service. After an astounding 35,055 votes we’re ready to declare the winner…

… and Xbox LIVE takes the win! They’ll obviously… read more

Incoming, outgoing Apple employees

<pw Apple employees played some musical chairs this week. Executive Pablo Calamera, who was in charge of MobileMe while at Apple, is off to work as the CTO of Thumbplay, a company that peddles ringtones and music to mobile devices.

HR shouldn’t have to change the big “35,000 employed… read more

Opera: Downloads Have Tripled Since Intro of Browser Choice Screen

Opera has revealed that its desktop browser downloads have tripled since the new “browser ballot” rolled out across Europe as part of Microsoft’s package to appease the EU over competition issues.

The browser ballot sees Microsoft make consumers that have PCs with Internet Explorer set as the default browser aware… read more

10 Popular Firefox Add-ons for Web Developers

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We searched forums, blogs, and Twitter to find out which Firefox add-ons are most popular with web developers, and we came up with this top 10 list.

Every plug-in on the list… read more

GetGlue Add-on Brings Social Recommendations Across the Web

Social recommendation service GetGlue, which started out as a browser plugin, has recently added some new features to the Firefox and Google Chrome GetGlue add-ons, including a service called “Glue Tips.”

How the GetGlue add-ons traditionally work is that when you are on a page like IMDB or… read more

Extend the Firebug Console with these 15 Extensions

There are a lot of useful tools for web designers and developers, they do tend to come and go and it usually depends on personal preference whether or not any tool is used. There is only one tool that has lasted the test of time and is not only universally… read more

Developer quacks about ‘minimal user functionality,’ but it’s not a new rule

<pe the early days of the App Store, it's been a virtual Wild West out there — people can release apps that do whatever they can imagine, from a virtual cowbell to a mirror, silly as the functionality may be. Still, there has always been a (very low) hurdle for… read more

12 Alternative Web Browsers You Should Try

Chances are you’re viewing this page in one of the following web browsers: Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Chrome. I can make this assumption because these three browsers combine for about 90% of the market share. Then again, you might be one of the few people that have adopted an alternative… read more

Online Gaming Faceoff: Xbox LIVE vs. PlayStation Network

It’s time once again to pit two contestants against each other in an all-out battle for the hearts and minds of Mashable readers. In this week’s Web Faceoff, we wanted to get a sense of which online console gaming service Mashable readers prefer: Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE, or Sony’s PlayStation… read more

10 Firefox Add-ons to Beautify Your Browser

You’ve clearly made an educated decision in choosing the Firefox browser, so why not make further decisions about how it looks? As you may know, Firefox can give you a totally personalized browser experience, with plenty of options to customize its look and feel.

We’ve trawled the plethora of available… read more

5 Must-Have Geek Collectibles

While some people may amass large numbers of porcelain figurines or miniature replica cars, we’ve got five far cooler collectibles for those of a more geeky nature.

From vinyl to plush, we bring you five social media-, online- and tech-themed items that will not only show your affiliation to all… read more

HTML5 Knocks Out Adobe Flash in Reader Vote

A few weeks ago, tensions between Adobe and Apple rose to all-time highs after Apple prominently left Flash off of the iPad. A lashing by Steve Jobs, calling Adobe lazy and Flash buggy didn’t help matters at all.

The problem: Apple believes that Flash shouldn’t be part of the… read more

A Review of Consistent Designs on the Web

The visual language of a website impresses a visitor far beyond their first glimpse.

In fact, in observing the best websites, you notice that the small details speak to you subconsciously and that consistency improves your experience of the website and as a result makes you more likely… read more

How To Supercharge Your Calendar With BusyCal

If you are anything like me, you have scraps of paper lying around with dates, times, and names all over the place. Hopefully, you aren’t relying mainly on your head to keep yourself on-time and in the right location. Maybe you are stuck in the world of iCal misery, with… read more

Web Faceoff: Adobe Flash vs. HTML5

Every week, we pit two web apps or companies against each other in our web faceoff series. In the past, we’ve put Android vs. iPhone, Digg vs. Reddit, and Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard order to see which one was truly the people’s choice.

This week, we’re tweaking the… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Social Media Conference 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… read more

The Seven Deadly Sins Of JavaScript Implementation

Using JavaScript has become increasingly easy over the last few years. Whereas back in the day we needed to know the quirks of every browser, now many libraries such as jQuery, YUI, Dojo and MooTools allow someone who doesn’t even know JavaScript to spruce up boring HTML documents with impressive… read more

Facebook Beats Twitter and Google Buzz in Reader Poll [RESULTS]

It’s been yet another exciting matchup here in our Web Faceoff series, with the newcomer Google Buzz going head to head with Facebook and Twitter for the heady title of Mashable readers’ favorite social network.

Last week we saw free beat out premium in our online dating services head-to-head, and… read more

Hulu Could be Coming to the iPad… For a Price [RUMOR]

When the iPad was announced a few weeks ago, the lack of support for Adobe Flash prompted outcries from would-be users — largely because of what impact that would have on streaming video services. Today, AllThingsD’s Peter Kafka is reporting that Hulu for the iPad is indeed likely, but… read more

TUAW review and giveaway: KeyGrinder for iPhone. It’s PwdHash in an app

Many of us are guilty of the same crime against computer security — using one password across many websites. If someone manages to lift your password from one low-security website, they have a good chance of using that same password at many other sites. PwdHash uses a user-generated password, the… read more

You Can Use CSS3 Right Now

CSS3 makes a designer’s work easier because they’re able to spend less time hacking their CSS and HTML code to work in IE and more time crafting their design. It is the future of web design and can be used today.

This article will hopefully show you to care a little… read more

17 Google Chrome Extensions for Web Designers and Developers

Firefox is the browser of choice for most designers and developers in part because of the vast selection of add ons that are available. While Chrome does not offer anywhere close to as many extensions (yet), there are still a number that can be very handy for designers and developers…. 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

20 CSS3 Tutorials and Techiques for Creating Buttons

In May last year we published an article entitled 22 CSS Button Styling Tutorials and Techniques, it proved to be pretty popular, and the most amazing thing about that post is that none of the tutorials even touch on the subject of CSS3.. What a difference a year makes!
Of… 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

HOW TO: Make a Google Buzz Desktop App

Whether you’re using it on your phone or your desktop, Google Buzz is quickly becoming an interesting and popular way to share content with your Gmail friends. However, because it’s tied to Gmail, Google Buzz is also tied to your web browser. That can be fine for lots of instances,… read more

9 Powerful Firefox Add-Ons That Can Save Your Time

As we all know that Firefox is the fastest growing popular web browser and its growing more and more every day. There are too many handy options provided by the firefox and this is the main reason for its popularity. You can easily find lots of free download able firefox… read more

First Generation Of Google Buzz Tips, Tricks And Resources

Google Buzz is Google’s latest product for sharing updates, photos, videos, and more. Many people are saying that Google Buzz will start healthy competition in the micro-blogging industry where Facebook and Twitter was enjoying as leaders. Do not forget to follow us on Google Buzz to get updates with all… read more

Mobile Web Design: Tips and Best Practices

Last year, more than 63 million people in the United States accessed the Internet from a mobile device. It’s forecast that by 2013 there will be more than 1.7 billion mobile Internet users worldwide. With those kinds of numbers, it’s imperative that web designers and developers learn optimal development and… 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

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

Google Announces Recipients of Focused Research Grants

Google has announced the winners of the first round of Google Focused Research Awards. Google has launched this program to help areas of study that are of key interest to Google, but also the research community. The recipients of the awards, which are totaling $5.7 million, will have access to… 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

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

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

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

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

Google Toolbar Keeps Tracking Your Browsing Even After You Choose Disable?

Security expert Ben Edelman has done some digging, and he’s discovered that Google toolbar keeps tracking your browsing even after you disable that option. He’s also noticed that Google makes it easier to enable than disable certain tracking features, all of which make the Google toolbar a somewhat shady affair… 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

30 Useful Tutorial for JavaScript Framework Navigation

Web site or blog is nothing without navigation. You should place good and user friendly navigation to making it easy for your visitors to get around fast on the most elemental elements of web design and development simply.

It is hard for most web developers to create a dynamic navigation solution… read more

HOW TO: Get the Most Out of the Boxee Beta

We’re big fans of Boxee, the media center with a social twist. At CES 2010, Mashable editor Barb Dybwad got a hands-on look at the upcoming Boxee Box which will be just one of many IPTV devices to hit stores this year. However, you don’t have to wait for the… 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

Firefox 3.6 now available

<p on over to Getfirefox.com, Firefox fans. Version 3.6 of your favorite browser is now ready. The video explains the major changes in this version, but here are the highlights.

One-click themes. Using the Personals Gallery, you can assign a new look and theme to Firefox with… read more

Firefox 3.6 Released

After months of testing, Mozilla has finally released Firefox 3.6, the newest version of its popular browser.

The new edition of Firefox sports a new array of features, least of which is an increase in speed — 20% faster than Firefox 3.5, according to Mozilla. It uses Gecko 1.9.2 web-rendering,… read more

Find The Right JavaScript Solution With A 7-Step Test

As Web developers and designers, we are spoilt for choice right now. To build a complex Web application or even just spice up a website with some highly interactive interface element, we have hundreds of pre-built solutions to choose from. Every library comes with widgets and solutions, and every developer… read more

Digg Introduces Chrome Extension, Improves Firefox Toolbar

Digg has just introduced a new Google Chrome extension and updated its Firefox extension with improvements to make sharing faster, richer and less intrusive to your browsing experience.

Digg’s Chrome extension is pretty slick and lightweight. After installation, the Digg icon will appear to the right of Chrome’s everything browser bar,… read more

Local Faceoff: Yelp vs. Foursquare vs. Gowalla

So that whole mobile local, “check in when you go out” space? It’s so on.

This week we pit three of the top local check-in services against each other for the title of Check-in Champion: Foursquare, Gowalla, and Yelp.

As you may know, we’ve been doing a long-running Faceoff Series here at… read more

CSS Transitions 101

Transitions work by changing a style over a period of time between different element states. For example, the color value of the default state of an element will pass through intermediate colors in the spectrum before appearing as the color value for the hover state.

A Simple Transition

Let’s consider… read more

Rumor: 22″ touch computer coming from Apple

This rumor amounts to little more than that sentence, but we assume that something that large won’t be meant for carrying around. Instead, think of an iMac with a Troll Touch display (above), or something like the HP Touchsmart line. On one hand, it makes sense. If the tablet proves… read more

40 Valuable Tools and Resources For Web Designers

Web development can be tricky and time-consuming. To be more effective and productive, we, designers and developers, can integrate useful tools in our daily routine. Also, handy resources can be very valuable as they can help us enhance communication with clients and other developers as well as improve the quality… read more

Nexus One Crushes the iPhone 3GS in Reader Vote

I’m starting to think that Apple and the iPhone should be a bit concerned, because its Google-built Android rival is quickly gaining goodwill and market share.

Every week, we host a poll series on Mashable called the Web Faceoff, where we give you the reader a choice between two or three… read more

Mozilla Drops Firefox 3.7, Switches to More Frequent Feature Updates

If you’ve been following the development of Firefox, you know that Mozilla separates security updates, which usually happen every couple of weeks, from feature updates, which are usually separated by months.

Now, they’ve decided to change all that, drop the already announced Firefox 3.7 from the update schedule, and simply push… read more

HOW TO: Create Custom Backgrounds for Twitter, YouTube, & MySpace

This series is supported by Webdesigner Depot, a popular web design blog covering tutorials, design trends, blogging and inspirational posts. You can visit WDD at webdesignerdepot.com and follow WDD on Twitter @designerdepot.

If you’re using your social media profiles to promote your personal brand or business, chances are that pre-made themes… read more

Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate now available

<plla has dropped a Firefox 3.6 release candidate which you can download and install it now if you want to try the browser's latest and greatest. It's a big, significant update, including many of bug fixes, built-in Persona support, fullscreen for open native video, and an improved automatic form fill…. read more

5 Great IDEs to Start Coding in the Cloud

Cloud computing has started proceeding beyond the hype stage and into the beginning of mainstream adoption. Gartner had included cloud computing in their list of Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2009. They also reported that worldwide cloud services revenue is on pace to surpass $56.3 billion in 2009. As we… read more

Firefox 3.6 RC1 Now Available

Feeling adventurous? If so, you can try out the release candidate of the upcoming new version of Firefox, 3.6. The 7.7 MB download will give you a taste of what’s to come in this version, and we’re talking about some very interesting changes.

Firefox 3.6 runs on the well tested Gecko… read more

10 Completely Free Wireframe and Mockup Applications

Every web designer and developer should have a good and reliable wireframe (mockup or prototype) tool at there disposal. The importance of such a tool differentiates amongst web designers and developers, some use them, some don’t. Personally, I use them. It is in this initial stage of development that makes… read more

Hulu Narrowly Beats Boxee in Reader Poll

Another Mashable Faceoff in our series wraps this week, and it was an appropriate one given the prevalence of online TV solutions on hand here this week at CES. We pitted two online video favorites against each other in a head-to-head battle, and have the results below.

It was a close… read more

Google Chrome for Mac (finally) gets Extension support

<pdditional features include built-in support for bookmark syncing, as well as the ability to "pin" tabs with just their favicon showing. It seems like a big jump in bringing the Mac version of Chrome up to feature parity with other platforms, which is great to see. Remember, these features are… read more

Google Chrome for Mac Developer Version Gets Extensions

The beta version of Google Chrome for Mac is still missing a critical feature: extensions. If you’re daring enough to try out an even less-tested version of Chrome than the beta, though, you can now easily install extensions in Chromium, the developer version of Chrome.

Extensions were already available… read more

Modern Art Movements To Inspire Your Logo Design

It’s always nice to go to a bookstore, grab a book of logo designs, sit down, inhale that new-book smell and absorb the goodness. But knowing where all of these designs, fonts and creative elements have come from is also good. In this article, we look at modern art movements… read more

40 Brilliantly Creative Circular Logo Designs For Your Inspiration

A creatively designed logo can convey the right message or concept in an effective and eye catching way. Nowadays, graphic symbols are repeatedly being used as a part of Logo design, and among them circular shapes or circular symbols are very famous. It’s getting trendy to use circular shapes in… read more

Firefox 3.6 Available to Testers on Friday

Mozilla’s latest update to the Firefox web browser (3.5.7) is here, and it mainly prepares users for future updates. It seems that people who don’t run Firefox day in and day out didn’t notice the opportunity to jump from 3.0 to 3.5, because the browser only gave them a subtle… read more

Seven Useful Web Development Tips & Tools for Cross-Compatibility

As a web designer, you would think that the major Internet browsers would’ve come to some sort of agreement on standards and best practices after all this time. In reality, browser compatibility is a minefield of confusing conflicts and picky platforms that refuse to play nice with each other. Here… read more

This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.18

If you are needing a quick way of catching up on what has been happening within the design community after the festive holiday period, this is the round-up for you. Oh, and welcome back to work!
We love to share fresh design related news and resources through Twitter, this post… read more

WEBMAIL WINS: 70% Prefer Gmail to Outlook

This week, we asked you to make a choice about the web’s oldest form of communication: email. We pitted Microsoft’s Outlook, standard-bearer of desktop email software and businesses worldwide, against Google’s Gmail, the webmail software that continues to innovate how we use and manage our inboxes.

After over 5000 votes,… read more

BTstack Keyboard jailbreak app provides iPhone text entry

Due to hit the Cydia store momentarily, Matthias Ringwald’s BTstack Keyboard app allows users to type text into any iPhone application using an external Bluetooth keyboard. Built on the open source BTstack project, BTstack Keyboard runs a daemon in the background of any jailbroken iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS or iPod… read more

Firefox 4.0: New Design Changes Revealed [IMAGES]

The release of Firefox 4.0 may still be nearly a year away, but the excitement for the new version is already growing. In July, we revealed the first images of Firefox 4.0. Now one of the designers behind Firefox has shared updated mock-ups of the new design.

While a… read more

35+ Usability Resources for Web Designers

Usability should be a priority for every website. Without usability, even the most beautiful design will be ineffective. In this post we’ll feature a number of resources, tools, software, checklists, articles, and more, that can help you to design and develop highly usable websites.

Premium Usability Resources:

There are a number of… read more

Twitter Faceoff: Old Versus New Style Retweets

We thought we’d try something a little bit different for this week’s edition of our Web Faceoff series. Last week we saw Digg beat out Reddit and StumbleUpon for social news champion, and this week we’re throwing out a timely but more provincial battle: Twitter’s new official retweet feature versus… read more

Digg Buries Reddit and StumbleUpon in Reader Vote [POLL]

We’ve seen some epic battles in our weekly Web Faceoff series, where we put opposing social media and tech tools into the Colosseum and have them go to war for your vote. Our very first faceoff, Firefox vs. Chrome, had over 8000 votes, while only 31 votes separated Last.fm… read more

Most popular free Mac apps of 2009

<phacker has put together their list of the 15 Most Popular Free Mac Apps of 2009. Keep in mind, these are Mac OS X apps, not iPhone apps. The list is based on the popularity of apps they've covered in 2009 and don't represent total download numbers.

Here are… read more

20+ Tools for Quick and Clean Code Development

Developing websites is much more than just a pretty face, and depending on what typed of features you’d like to implement on the site, there’s a lot of coding that goes into it. Many times designers turn to a WYSIWYG tool, however tools of that sort are more limited to… read more

10 Web Tech Innovations That Have Improved Our Lives

This series is supported by Times Reader 2.0. Learn more about The New York Times’ latest innovation in newspaper delivery here.

In the 20 or so years since Sir Tim Berners-Lee conceived of and launched the World Wide Web, a lot has changed. The Web itself has certainly had one… read more

POLL: Apple Outduels Nintendo and Sony in Reader Vote

In our weekly Web Faceoff series, we place opposing social media tools and products into the hands of you, the readers, to determine which one deserves to come out on top. Some of our past competitions were between search engines, wireless networks, browsers, and Twitter clients.

Yet while past editions… read more

Mozilla Guy to Users: Leave Google, Switch to Bing

You can start a company with the best intentions, but when that company grows into an enormous entity like Google, it starts being so important to itself that those intentions often take a back seat to company’s ambitions.

After Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt little talk about privacy, in which he… read more

Firefox Mobile Browser Finally Set to Launch

Firefox is one of the biggest players in the desktop browsing space, but when it comes to browsing the Web from a mobile device, Mozilla hasn’t made the leap. That’s all going to change soon, as the first version of Firefox Mobile (previously known by its codename Fennec) is being… read more

Principles Of Effective Search In E-Commerce Design

While product findability is a key factor of success in e-commerce, it is predominantly enabled by simple search alone. And while simple search usually doesn’t fulfill complex needs among users, website developers and owners still regard advanced search as just another boring to-do item during development. Owners won’t go so… read more

POLL: Google Destroys Bing in Reader Vote

We’ve had some close calls here in our ongoing Faceoff Series, but this week’s was certainly not one of them.

Each week we put two web services, companies or pieces of software side by side and ask you which of the two would win in a knockdown, drag out fight…. read more

An Introduction to Camino 2.0

A relative minnow in the so-called “Browser Wars”, Camino released their Version 2.0 browser last week. Based on the Gecko rendering engine from Mozilla, Camino has been designed exclusively for the Mac in order to take advantage of all the APIs and services native to Mac OS X.

Personally I never… read more