In spite of the great gains claimed by Apple with Mac OS X, Windows still has an overwhelming lead in desktop operating system market share, according to NETMARKETSHARE. The most used OS is Windows XP at 48%, which is higher than Windows 7 and Vista combined. OS X has a total market share of 5.5% [...]

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The following are the latest smart phone market share statistics from Nielsen. Android is well ahead of Apple, which isn’t unexpected since more companies have Android phones for sale than Apple. The WebOS market share is low due to a slow start, but I expect that they will have significant gains in the future due [...]

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The World Wide Web Consortium released a logo for the new HTML 5 standard. The purpose of doing this was to promote the new technology and their organization. The logo and variations of it can be found at the W3C HTML 5 Logo site. The branding campaign from W3C is being done in hope that [...]

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Microsoft released the next version of its free anti-virus application, Microsoft Security Essentials. The software doesn’t tell you that a new version is available and you have to go to the site’s page to download it. Only a few news sources have reported this new update. Version 2.0 integrates with Internet Explorer and Windows Firewall. [...]

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Just days after the WordPress 3.0.2 update, a new update is released. This is typical with major and minor upgrades to software. Bugs are found soon after large numbers of people use the software. As with any upgrade, I recommend that you backup your WordPress blog and database. This is necessary because the update may [...]

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