You would have had to be living in a cave not to have noticed all the hype surrounding the release of the 3g iPhone in Australia. When I say cave, I mean a cave 30 kilometers underground, sealed with 10 meters of solid lead wall. Oh, and the cave would also be on the moon. My Apple days long behind me, I looked at the phone with interest, but nothing made me feel the need to … read on »

Hot on the heels of Google’s Chrome’s “incognito” feature, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8’s “InPrivateBrowsing” and Apple’s Safari’s “private browsing” mode, Mozilla has announced that the new beta of FireFox 3.1 will also feature a similar technology. Since none of these new privacy features hide your browsing history from your ISP or the websites you visit, the only thing that is really erased is your online web-surfing habits on your own PC. … read on »

Not long ago there was very little choice when it came to using images online for web sites. You could either pick GIFs for solid/graphic elements, or JPEGs for photos. That was pretty much the entire story for the 90s and much of the early 2000s. So what has changed since then? Not much. The PNG format is gradually becoming more mainstream, but it still hasn't taken off. No doubt this is because of its lousy support … read on »

With half the web development and online media community downloading Google's new "Chrome" browser, I shudder to think of the amount of bandwidth Google's servers must be dishing up right now. That said, if there is one company that has the infrastructure to handle it, it's Google. But what about "Chrome" itself? Well I've only had the pleasure of using Chrome for just under half a day now. There are so many over-hyped, yet under-performing, products released … read on »

In news that is no doubt melting servers around the globe (even Google's by the looks of things), Google has announced that tomorrow it will release a new browser - based on the Webkit rendering engine - named "Chrome". Google Blogoscoped made something of a unprecented media splash by prematurely releasing a 35 page "comic" about Chrome before its more offical anouncement. The comic was drawn by Scott McCloud, and goes into some of the browser's … read on »