One of the biggest “improvements” that Mozilla claims has made its way into Firefox 3 is improved memory usage, in particular, the vanquishing of memory leaks:
Memory usage: Several new technologies work together to reduce the amount of memory used by Firefox 3 over a web browsing session. Memory cycles are broken and collected by an [...]
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Firefox 3 is Still a Memory Hog
Published by June 3rd, 2008 in Programming, Reviews, Security, Software 84 CommentsMaking Gmail a More Welcoming Experience
Published by May 19th, 2008 in Design, Google, Reviews, Software 1 CommentIt used to be that when you opened your Gmail account you would see a bland, blank page with the text “Loading…” in the upper-right corner of the screen, as you waited for your browser to download the Gmail scripts and to make contact with the mail server to download the list of messages and [...]
January 2008 Update
Published by January 18th, 2008 in Guides, NeoSmart Technologies, Reviews 1 CommentThere’s been a lot going on so far at NeoSmart Technologies, and 2008 is shaping up to be an exciting year… Yes, January is almost over; so, no, this isn’t a New Year’s resolutions list. The thing about New Year’s resolutions is that they’re almost always left unfulfilled. But that doesn’t mean we can’t share [...]
Scribd Isn’t Flickr…
Published by December 12th, 2007 in Blogosphere, Corporate Talk, Reviews, Software 4 CommentsScribd isn’t Flickr. Sure, they’re both similar: both are social “web 2.0″ websites established on the principle that people love to share stuff, both let you tag and group objects, both give you unlimited space, and both are great examples of the internet being put to good use. And, let’s not forget, both seem to [...]
Gutsy Gibbon and Really Slow Internet
Published by November 26th, 2007 in Linux, Operating Systems, Reviews, Software 28 CommentsLast month, Canonical Ltd. released the newest update to their extremely popular Ubuntu: Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10)… But it hasn’t been all fun and games, as thousands of irate users will tell you… If you search the web, the blogosphere, usenet, and the Ubuntu Support Forums for slow internet problems, you’ll get more than [...]
Microsoft FastCGI Updated - But Should You Upgrade?
Published by November 15th, 2007 in Microsoft, Reviews, Software, Windows 2 CommentsWe previously covered the final release of the IIS FastCGI module, jointly developed between Microsoft and Zend… But just this week, Microsoft [[MSFT]] announced the availability of the RTM of the IIS FastCGI module.
So what’s going on? We’ve downloaded the current release (which, by the way, is not compatible with the old one, you must uninstall [...]
FastCGI for IIS Final Released, Congratulations to the IIS Team!
Published by October 10th, 2007 in Microsoft, Reviews, Software 10 CommentsCongratulations are in order for Microsoft’s IIS development team - today they’ve just announced the public availability of the final version of the IIS-FastCGI ISAPI Extension - a long-awaited and much-improved way of running just about any open-source scripting engine on IIS, safely and quickly.
The Microsoft [[MSFT]] FastCGI module for IIS 5.1, 6, and 7 [...]
Windows XP SP3 Beta (Build 3205) Released - Analysis Included
Published by October 7th, 2007 in Microsoft, Operating Systems, Reviews, Security, Software, Windows 82 CommentsFollowing our coverage of the Windows XP SP3 beta leak almost a month ago in August, here’s some more info on the official beta, which just had its first authorized distributable released earlier today. Say hello to Windows XP SP3, build 3205!
While Microsoft’s [[MSFT]] newly-released build and the one leaked a month ago (Build 3180) may share [...]
Outsourcing Your Documents to Scribd and Gaining Exposure
Published by October 2nd, 2007 in Blogosphere, Reviews, SEO, Software 0 CommentsWeb 2.0 is about sharing stuff. No need to repeat that any more than it’s already been said. But for many “Web 2.0″ sites/services out there, sharing is really the only thing they do. For instance, when you don’t really get anything by uploading a video to Metacafe or YouTube - you just share. But [...]
NeoSmart Technologies is happy to announce that we’ve resumed our operating system reviews that we were doing so long ago. After a couple dozen rather emotional emails from our readers, we’ve decided to re-embrace our OS Reviews articles and continue where we left off. For of those of that weren’t with us back in the [...]
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