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Mozilla Confirms They Won’t Develop Firefox For iOS Until Apple Allows Alternate Rendering Engines

Posted 03/10/2013 at 12:53pm | by Justin Kerr

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Mozilla is intentionally ignoring Apple’s mobile platform.

iOS users have a ton of alternate browser choices these days, but only if you don’t mind using a severely gimped and re-skinned version of Safari. Google for example has chosen to port over a version of its highly successful Chrome browser, however unlike the situation on the desktops, iOS Chrome is significantly slower than Safari. Apple currently forces competitors to make use of its much slower UIWebView rendering engine, while the built in version of Safari has access to the significantly faster Nitro engine. This policy ensures competitors are unable to match Safari in the speed department, and Mozilla claims this is the primary reason why they currently have no intention of developing for the platform.

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Ultima Creator Richard Garriott Looks to Kickstart an Ambitious RPG

Posted 03/08/2013 at 12:26pm | by Paul Lilly

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With a little help (and a lot of cash) from nostalgiac gamers, Lord British will hop back into the RPG saddle.

It's been a long time since I played an Ultima game. In fact, Ultima VI: The False Prophet was the last in the franchise that I logged any significant time with (anyone remember typing in "spam spam spam humbug" to access the cheat menu?), though there have been several follow-up titles since then. A series of events led Ultima creator Richard Garriott to sell the rights of the franchise to Electronic Arts and ultimately separate himself from the company, though not from the world of RPGs. Provided his Kickstarter campaign can raise $1 million -- and it likely will -- the man known as Lord British will again look to shake up the RPG universe.

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F-Secure: 8 out of 10 Mobile Malware Targets Android

Posted 03/08/2013 at 9:00am | by Paul Lilly

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Mobile malware on the Android platform is on the rise.

Remember Symbian? Few people actually care about the mobile platform these days, and that's evidenced by the reduction of mobile malware aimed at Symbian, which dropped from 29 percent in 2011 to 19 percent in 2012, according F-Secure's latest Mobile Threat Report (PDF). Android, on the other hand, is more popular than it's ever been, and as a result, 79 percent of all mobile malware is targeted at Google's open source OS.

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Android 4.x Finally Leapfrogs Gingerbread

Posted 03/07/2013 at 12:53pm | by Paul Lilly

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By itself, Android 2.3.x (Gingerbread) is still the most popular version of Google's open source OS.

Google first announced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean around 8 months ago, and after all this time, the latest version (Android 4.1 and 4.2) has slow rolled itself onto 16.5 percent of all Android devices. Gingerbread (Android 2.3.x) is still the most prevalent version of Android, accounting for 44.1 percent of all Android gadgets, which is based on those that have accessed Google Play within the past 14 days, Google reports.

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Counter Strike: Condition Zero Added to Steam's Linux Library

Posted 03/07/2013 at 11:29am | by Paul Lilly

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There are now 80 Linux titles available on Steam.

Valve co-founder Gabe Newell is probably sitting in a room right now looking over the various Linux titles available on Steam and, in his best Mr. Burns voice, saying "Excellent" with his fingers clasped together. With the introduction of Counter Strike: Condition Zero (CS:CZ) to Valve's Linux catalog, the number of Linux games available on Steam now sits at exactly 80 titles, Valve announced in a blog post.

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Microsoft: Go Ahead and Transfer Office 2013 to Another PC

Posted 03/06/2013 at 10:23am | by Paul Lilly

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Reacting to user feedback, Microsoft changed its policy regarding Office 2013 license transfers.

It's been said the squeaky wheel gets the oil, and what better place to make a commotion than the Internet? That's what happened a couple of weeks ago when Microsoft confirmed in a blog post that Home and Student, Home and Business, and Professional versions of Office 2013 would be tied to a single PC and non-transferable, even if your PC breaks post-warranty or if you buy a new one. Bummer, right? Not anymore.

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Nvidia GeForce 314.14 Beta Drivers Now Available to Download

Posted 03/04/2013 at 12:23pm | by Paul Lilly

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GeForce GTX 680 owners will see performance gains in several titles using Nvidia's latest drivers.

Nvidia on Monday made available new beta drivers for GeForce graphics card owners. The GeForce 314.14 drivers, while not yet officially certified, are said to increase performance by up to 23 percent for GeForce 400, 500, and 600 series GPUs in several PC games versus the GeForce 314.07 WHQL-certified drivers. Naturally, results will vary depending on your particular setup.

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Best Windows 8 Apps

Posted 03/04/2013 at 12:10pm | by Justin Kerr & Tim Ferrill

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Our top 30 favorite Windows 8 apps as of March 2013

When Windows 8 launched we posted our 18 best of the best app picks from the new Windows Store. Four months later we found the situation hasn’t been improving as quickly as we'd like, but at least a handful of new apps are worthy of your attention. The goal of this column going forward is to let us take on the burden sifting through all the crapware, and finding the precious few apps that are actually worth installing. It’s a thankless job, but somebody has to do it.

Our list of the 18 best launch apps has been updated with an additional 12 new picks, and we intend to keep this article updated going forward. Hit the jump and lay down a bookmark to keep an eye on the ever evolving Windows 8 app scene.

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Linux Users Come Out of the Woodwork in Latest Steam Hardware Survey

Posted 03/04/2013 at 8:47am | by Paul Lilly

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The number of Linux users on Steam more than doubled last month.

Fearing Microsoft will build a walled garden around Windows 8, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell began focusing Steam development on Linux, and that effort is starting to show up in the real world. To wit, the latest Steam Hardare Survey reveals that Linux usage on Steam has more than doubled in February, jumping from 0.8 percent a month prior to 2.02 percent currently.

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Google Chrome Loses Market Share To Internet Explorer

Posted 03/03/2013 at 7:23pm | by Justin Kerr

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Windows 8 may be struggling, but Internet Explorer is thriving.

For years Internet Explorer has been easy to pick on, but for once the Redmond based software giant is bucking the trend. Market share for Internet Explorer has reached an 18-month high, and it seems to have done so largely at the expense of Google Chrome. In February IE climbed 0.68 points to 55.82 percent. Chrome dropped 1.21 percent, and Firefox rocketed above 20 percent to settle at 16.27 and 20.12 percent respectively.

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