Monday, August 31, 2009

Not another browser?

A developer and self-styledexistentialist librarianin England called this to our attention today. This is an all-in-one browser, called Lunascape an appropriate name, because it has arisen out of the blue.The Lunascape browser's latest (global) version was released August, 10, 2009. The vendor calls this the World's First and Only Triple Engine Browser as it uses Trident + Gecko + WebKit. Using the Gecko engine version 1.9.1.2 (the same as Firefox 3.5.2); WebKit (Safari and Chrome); and Trident...

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Posted by Michael MacNaughton on Monday, August 31, 2009 in Software (3)

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

BING's 2009 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

SUMMARY: Microsoft's (MSFT)Bing gained 90 basis points, or about 11% market share gain, in the search market in two months. Given Microsoft's massive advertising campaign this isn't a great success but isn't terrible either. Google (GOOG) remains solid but Yahoo (YHOO) continues to struggle.RESTON, VA, August 19, 2009 – comScore, Inc.released its monthly Search analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In July 2009, Americans conducted nearly 13.6 billion core searches, with Google Sites...

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Posted by Michael MacNaughton on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 in Business Unusual (3)