This just in, MySQL is still free / open source and you can install it if you want.

A more appropriate headline would have been "Postgres becomes default OS X Server database"

To be fair I'd say the new release system has nothing to do with browser performance. Whatever optimizations happened could have been done no matter what the version number is. :)

Since when was using a webcam something that should require admin access?

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If it's a relatively static site where you need fine-tuned control over design and layout, write it yourself in a text editor. If it's frequently changing, or has multiple contributors, set up a CMS such as WordPress. Select or create a good theme, then "set it and forget it."

If somebody opened a "Linux Store" I guarantee you that it, too, would trigger the same parts of the brain for certain people. :)

Depends on who you knew, I guess. Nobody I knew actually subscribed to AOL, but everyone used the AOL Instant Messenger service to chat.

So it's come to this, has it? Good thing I still have unlimited data on my iPhone. If my home ISP starts capping I'll just have to watch NetFlix over 3G on my phone. :P

I used to want that, but the more work I had that I could take home, the less it seemed like a good idea. To me that's like asking "Would you take a pay cut to always be on the job and move all your office crap in your bedroom?" Not a chance in hell.

All this means is that an unmodified version of Netscape 6 didn't stand the test of time as well. Netscape 6 (and up) was based on the same underlying software as Mozillla/SeaMonkey and Firefox. Were Netscape still being updated today, it would be running a newer version of Gecko, making it a very capable browser.

The other 75% of mobile users who aren't geeks, businessmen, or Facebook addicts, don't understand why you'd want to pay an extra $30/month to be able to read the latest forwards from grandma about how you can see better driving in the rain if you wear sunglasses. They either don't bother, or they get an iPod Touch instead. Cant say I blame them, really.

We won't see 100% smartphone penetration until all phones are smartphone and the data plan is included "free." Until then there will be plenty of holdouts who simply don't care.

I'd question whether those are really "Web 2.0" either. They're just web pages with comments on them. Basically a public forum that got really popular. :)

I was going to comment on just the same thing. I fail to see how Chrome's approach compares to not having a version number at all. Maybe the logic is that Chrome changes its major version number 3 or 4 times a year, rendering it meaningless to the end user? :)

Fonts are wrong. Icons are wrong. Similar to the iOS interface, but a bad clone. It looks like a Chinese ripoff that would be sold on eBay.

Your points are true *if* you have to change your plan to get a new smartphone. I replaced my old smartphone with a new one and kept the exact same service plan. The only difference was whether or not they are subsidizing a new phone for me.