Are you a software dev with a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, familiarity with current Web standards, and experience with browser engines, Linux on embedded devices, and Java? If so, do we have the job for you
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Is Amazon hiring devs to build a robust web browser for Kindle?
A quick note for Opera fans (and we ain’t talkin’ T he Marriage of Figaro here). Looks like the self-styled “world’s fastest” browser (with about 2% of the market share, last time we checked) has a new version! 10.5 for Windows features a swank new look, a new JavaScript engine, private browsing, Opera Unite (which is sure to re-invent the web any moment now) and much more. Want to take a look for yourself
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Opera 10.5 for Windows announced with speed boost, private browsing, and more
Let’s not mince words: any way you slice it, RIM’s built-in browser for BlackBerry renders sites about as well as your $199 netbook renders Avatar . The good news is that we’ve got every reason to believe the company recognizes the problem and is working to solve it — but on a completely unrelated front, they’re trying to speed up the process of fetching raw data off the interwebs, too.
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RIM patent app will have you barely browsing the web at incredible speeds
Predictions about phones overtaking PCs at one task or another are hardly anything new, but research firm Gartner has gotten a bit more specific than most with its latest forecast — which, among other things, foretells of a day when cellphones will be the most common device used for browsing the web. That momentous event will supposedly happen by 2013, when Gartner expects the number of browser-equipped phones to exceed 1.83 billion, compared to 1.78 billion old fashioned computers in use.
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Gartner forecasts phones overtaking PCs as most common web browsing device by 2013
If you thought RIM had completely run out of ways to mildly remix its existing portrait QWERTY formula, think again — the transition from trackball to optical pad has opened up a whole new world of exciting opportunities, and it looks like the venerable Curve 8900 might be the next model to get the refresh. BerryReview appears to have scored a shot of the alleged 8910 in its most natural environment — a desk calendar — preserving the Curve series’ typical broken-up keyboard style (as opposed to the connected keys you see in the Bold line)
This little nugget of software is itself still in beta, but if you can’t wait for the full Milestone firmware port to climb out of alpha development, it’s a good alternate route to getting your Droid dancing in the “pinch to zoom” party. Once again produced by the good folks over at AllDroid , the patch substitutes the Droid’s default browser with the Milestone’s multitouch capable one — and from the feedback we’re seeing it does so very cleanly and painlessly, whether you’re running Android 2.0.1 or 2.1 . You’ll still need to root your device first, and some background reading is advisable before jumping in, but then you should be clear for take-off into the world of multitouch browsing.
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Milestone multitouch browser ported to the Droid by a user-made patch (video)
Want a hint as to where Firefox will go next? As a product visual designer at Mozilla , Stephen Horlander is the kind of guy who can make things happen — so when he shares updates and mockups on Firefox 4’s user interface, we tend to pay attention.
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Firefox 4 Windows mockup provides 5 UI hints of things to come
At long last Mac and Linux users don’t have to feel like second class citizens in Chrome land : they’ve got official beta versions of Google’s browser to call their own. Of course, people have been running the open source Chromium version on both sides of the fence for ages, but beta brings with it a new level of stability and officialness. Google is also finally launching extensions for Chrome, which is available for the Windows and Linux versions of the browser, and with Mac compatibility on the way.
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Google Chrome hits beta for Mac and Linux, extensions available for extra-smug Windows and Linux users
At this point, it’s hard to quantify the effect that Sony’s v1.10 software update will have on Sony’s X-series Walkman : the firmware’s only now hitting the intertubes. But the simple fact that it’s only feature-point says, “displaying and navigating Web sites will be improved,” should be enough for X-series owners to give it a go. Japan’s Impress AV Watch provides some insight into improvements that include faster page load times, improved scrolling speeds, and more faithful page renderings to the originals
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Sony Walkman X-series gets much needed browser update
Playstation Insider ’s got a tipster (one that’s reportedly “very close” to the company) telling them that Sony is in heavy talks with Mozilla to port Firefox to the PS3 . The tipster didn’t know if any actual deal had been struck, but it’s not terribly surprising considering the PS3’s current built-in browser is less than awesome
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Firefox headed to the PS3? Can life get any better?
