Sleipnir for OS X arrives in beta, touts group tab management and sync
If you're the kind of person that loves to live on the wilder side of internet browsing, today you're in luck. Sleipnir is a new OS X web browser that has a few twists, particularly when it comes to tab management. Developed by Japanese outfit Fenri...
Evernote hits for the cycle with iOS and OS X updates
Evernote, the popular note-taking app, recently updated its clients on both Mac OS X and iOS, and though there are highs and lows, overall each update brings appreciated improvements. The changes could even upgrade Evernote from bench-warmer to starting player in my daily workflow.
Wikipedia editors voting on plan to "shutter" violent and sexual images
Active Wikimedia editors in good standing are voting on a referendum measure that might put at least some of the media collective's famous disagreements over images to rest. The referendum asks Wikimedians to decide w...
Dozuki will drag service manuals kicking, screaming into 21st century
iFixit, the site famous for its gadget teardowns and repair manuals, is launching a new business to provide manufacturers, how-to sites, or even individuals the ability to build their own library of online service manuals....
Firefox 6 ships, but we shouldn’t really pay attention
The Mozilla organization has shipped Firefox 6, eight weeks after the release of Firefox 5. Just as with Firefox 5, not a lot has visibly changed. The domain name in the address bar is now...
Native Client enabled in Chrome 14 beta channel release
Google has issued a beta release of Chrome 14 that includes its Native Client (NaCl) framework. The feature was previously only available through a special browser flag, but will finally be enabled by default in the next major v......
Which company is biggest? A primer on corporate valuation
Update: When the markets closed on August 10, 2011, Apple ended up as the company with the largest market capitalization in the world ($337.17 billion), surpassing Exxon Mobil ($330.88 billion). This generated a new flurry of dis...
Hands-on with Kindle Cloud Reader: can it replace a native iPad app?
Amazon has finally launched a Web-based version of its Kindle reader, allowing users to read their Kindle purchases on any device with a Web browser, without having to download special software. The Web-based reader, called Kind...
