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Mar 10th

Firefox, Safari eating into Internet Explorer market share

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Recent Web Browser usage statistics suggest that Microsoft is loosing big time in times to come due to onslaught from Mozilla Firefox and Apple's Safari browser. Recent numbers suggest that from more than 91% in 2004 to around 65% in 2009 Q2, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is struggling to keep pace with the onslaught of Mozilla’s Firefox with the latter moving swiftly from around 4% to 23% in the same period.

Tags: Firefox | Internet Explorer

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Microsoft to launch a new search engine

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Microsoft is expected to demonstrate its new search engine at the Wall Street Journal's D: All Things Digital conference in Calif. The new search engine is 'currently' named Kumo.

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Will keep posted on the updates.

http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/archive/2009/03/03/testing-one-two-three.aspx

An Update: Microsoft has launched a new search engine called Bing at: http://www.bing.com

Tags: Bing

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Google launches Picasa for Mac

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http://www.andreaioppolo.com/andreaioppolo/immagini/blog/picasa.pngPicasa for Mac is available for free download in US English at: http://picasa.google.com/mac/.

Picasa for Mac makes it easy to manage large photo collections and helps users make professional-looking edits without any technical knowledge, including:

  • A drag-and-drop photo collage tool that gives users control over layout and content
  • A retouching brush to wipe out scratches and blemishes - and repair old photos
  • A slideshow movie maker that uploads users photo montage videos to YouTube with a click
  • Smart auto-cropping that guides users on how to zoom in on their subject
  • And, auto red-eye removal.
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Login to your website using Facebook credentials

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Facebook connect allows any developer to let users login to their websites using Facebook credentials. Developers can also integrate 'your friends list' into third-party applications, which in turn can send data back into Facebook and the News feed.

Facebook connect enables users to:

  • Seamlessly "connect" their Facebook account and information with your site
  • Connect and find their friends who also use your site
  • Share information and actions on your site with their friends on Facebook
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YouTube Gets a WideScreen

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YouTube.com YouTube has expanded the width of the page to 960 pixels to better reflect the quality of the videos being created and the screens that  are being used to watch them. The new, wider player is in a widescreen aspect ratio which will provide with a cleaner, more powerful viewing experience.

All 4:3 aspect ratio videos will play fine in the new player. Want to give feedback to YouTube? Click here.

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Sun Microsystems to Distribute Microsoft Live Search-Powered Toolbar as Part of Java Runtime Environment

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Microsoft Corp. yesterday announced a search distribution deal with Sun Microsystems Inc. to offer the MSN Toolbar, powered by Microsoft Live Search, to U.S.-based Internet Explorer users when they download the Java™ Runtime Environment (JRE™), effective as of Nov.10, 2008.

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