Author Archive: Vygantas
Vygantas is a former web designer whose projects are used by companies such as AMD, NVIDIA and departed Westood Studios. Being passionate about software, Vygantas began his journalism career back in 2007 when he founded FavBrowser.com. Having said that, he is also an adrenaline junkie who enjoys good books, fitness activities and Forex trading.
Maxthon, A New King Of HTML5
If you’ve ever thought that Maxthon is just a peace of UI on top of a rendering engine, then you were wrong.
Thanks to their continuous effort to drive web standards, Maxthon has been recently added to the HTML5Test and as you might have guessed from the title, they took the lead.
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Clueless Internet Explorer Team Continues A 2 Year Development Cycle
It doesn’t exactly help to compete when you release updates only once in two years and according to the recently published roadmap, things aren’t about to change.
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Play AirMech In Your Web Browser
By utilizing Google’s Chrome NaCl (Native Client) plugin, which allows web browser to execute C/C++ applications, guys at Carbon Games have created something rather unique, the action strategy game called AirMech.
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If Web Browsers Were Guns
For people who are allergic to Internet cats, here is another take: if web browsers were guns.
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If Web Browsers Were Cats
Surprisingly, with dozens of “if” takes around the blogosphere, no one has ever though about comparing web browsers to cats, up until now… Your dreams have finally come true, guys.
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Download Google Chrome 19 Beta
Soon to release Google Chrome 20.
With the recent announcement of Google Chrome 18 Stable, the search giant has also revealed its plans for the upcoming build. Turns out, Google Chrome 19 will allow users to access their tabs from a variety of different devices.
How does it work?
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Microsoft Buys Netscape For $1 Billion, Sort Of
Remember Netscape, a little web browser that could not and how Microsoft had to pay AOL $750 million for abusing its monopoly power?
Do you remember when Microsoft tried to buy Netscape back in 1994? Turns out, Microsoft has finally realized its dream.
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Google Chrome: 1 Browser, 2 Mice
Your dreams come true with Google Chrome.
If you always wanted to use a stylus or even a joystick to steer your web experience, now you can as the latest Google Chrome release includes a support for two mice or any other devices that can be plugged to your computer.
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Firefox Blocks Old Java Plugins
Good news for Firefox users, thanks to the never ending Java vulnerability spree, Mozilla has decided to protect its users and from now on will block Java plugins with a Version 6 Update 30 and below as well as Version 7 Update 2 and below.
According to the official blog post, the February update for the Java Development Kit fixes a critical vulnerability, which prevents hackers from running exploit on user computer.
However, for those who want even more security, here is a simple tip: uninstall Java.
First Firefox Metro For Windows 8 Screenshots
Don’t get too excited.
If everything goes as planned, Mozilla will release a working prototype of Firefox Metro in the second quarter of 2012, just in time for the Windows 8 RC. However, it does not mean that you will be left in the blank up until then.
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