They say that first impressions are often the most important, and that a product that doesn’t grab you right away may be doomed to failure. Now after a decently-long gestation period, the latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 8, is now available for download. Forgetting preliminary reports about its performance potential — or lack […]

Back in December, folks who like to talk about possible new Apple products speculated that the first round of MacIntels would be confined to the consumer computer lines. I’m not sure where these ideas came from, and I’ll be charitable and suggest that “informed sources” were involved in at least a few of these cases. […]

To think that, just five years ago, the only Mac browser of note was Internet Explorer, and the rest were also-rans. Today, you can depend on several applications to deliver great online experiences, starting with Apple’s own Safari. Internet Explorer has been relegated to a relic of the past that you need on a rare […]