Real-time Web search provider OneRiot on Tuesday announced a new service that will offer developers of Twitter apps, IM clients, and iPhone apps a way to monetize their efforts.
But bling, eye candy, and nice helper features make Safari a good choice. And the performance difference, it should be said, is too small to be noticeable in everyday browsing.
Until yesterday, the browser with the fastest JavaScript performance was Google's pre-beta Chrome--but with the release of Firefox 3.1 Beta 2, that's all changed.
The new engine's standards compliance, as evidenced by its perfect score on Acid3, will be a real feather in the browser's cap. But with the future of the Web potentially shaping up to be all about Web applications, Opera 10's (so far) unimpressive JavaScript performance may hurt its popularity.
The new features let users move entries they like up higher in the list of results and those they don't like, lower. They can also delete any entry they never want to see again, or add a new one that didn't appear in the results. Users can also add wiki-like public comments to any result entry.
Starting today, when Java users around the world are prompted to download an update, the Windows Live toolbar will be offered as a tag-along, according to Microsoft representatives.
The new Dell Remote Access (DRA) software-plus-online-service offering from Dell is available to any PC user, regardless of what brand of PC they're using, and lets users remotely control a PC and access files and folders.
Mozilla Labs on Tuesday will unveil a Firefox add-in called Geode, which will give the browser location awareness: This means that sites can tailor their content to a user's current whereabouts. A press representative for Mozilla, maker of the world's second-most-popular Web browsing software, Firefox, said that the technology "understands location
Ask.com president Scott Garell told PC Magazine on Friday that the site update would not only enhance the relevance of its results, but also offer a trimmed-down user interface and a 30 percent speed improvement.