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Playstation 3 Gets a Real Browser

A huge upgrade from worthless Netfront browser to a Webkit-based browser hit with the latest PS3 update to version 4.10. In fact this was posted from it. Typing slower than on my Droid 3 though.

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Netflix: The Download Progress Bar is a Lie

Earlier this evening, I attempted to watch instant Netflix on my PS3. They been having problems lately, and on trying to watch a show, it got stuck in the middle of the download phase, clearly showing a download progress bar. I said, whatever, I’ll try back later when it’s less busy. So here I am [...]

Mutant Firefox 4/3.6 Hybrid Seen in the Wild

I wanted to be able to run both Firefox 3.6 and Firefox 4. Why? Because I’m a web developer, that’s why. In doing so, I have managed to create a mutant, Frankensteined Firefox 4/Firefox 3.6 hybrid. (See screenshot.) It has the new tab style, the larger back button, but is missing the big orange button [...]

Firefox 4, RC2 overwrites Firefox 3.6. Gee, thanks.

The Firefox betas, all 12 of them, used to nicely install alongside the production version of Firefox, version 3.6.x. When I installed Firefox 4 RC2, this is no longer the case: Firefox overwrites the old version. So far, installing Firefox 3.6.15 to its own directory (after installing FF 4) and making a shortcut by hand [...]