Microsoft hardware design = cool?
May 9, 2012
Microsoft is not the company that comes to mind when you think about great design. Apple, perhaps, but not Microsoft. ...
Google Chrome OS – Weekend must-read articles #14
May 4, 2012
This week we thought you would be interested in reading about what’s been happening with Google’s Chrome OS . ...
Linux kernel development by the numbers
April 16, 2012
In the report “Linux kernel development,” the Linux Foundation details the development of the Linux kernel by presenting fascinating statistics. ...
Google Chrome now the top web browser in Asia
April 3, 2012
Google’s Chrome web browser has become a worldwide success, but it’s more popular in some parts of the world than in others. It...
Happy birthday IE 8 – you are remarkably tough to kill
March 19, 2012
It was three years ago today (March 19, 2009) that Microsoft unleashed Internet Explorer (IE) 8. According to Microsoft, the priorities for IE...
Linux is the world’s fastest growing desktop OS – up 64% in 9 months
February 28, 2012
Even the most hardcore Linux fan would admit that their favorite OS has not captured more than a very small market share on...
Pingdom Podcast #10 – QML and Office for iPad
February 23, 2012
Pingdom’s Podcast is a show about Internet, web, security, and mobile stuff. ...
Nokia and Symbian still on top of the mobile web, but for how long?
February 22, 2012
Perceptions matter, and the perception of Nokia in the news, on the web, and in the minds of many, is that things aren’t...
Weekend must-read articles #3
February 10, 2012
Every Friday we bring you a collection of links to places on the web that we find particularly newsworthy, interesting, entertaining, and topical....
Weekend must-read articles #2
February 3, 2012
Every Friday we bring you a collection of links to places on the web that we find particularly newsworthy, interesting, entertaining, and topical....
Happy 5th birthday Windows Vista – still number 3 OS worldwide
January 30, 2012
Microsoft Windows Vista was released into retail on January 30, 2007, and there’s not been many nice words said about it since. It...
Forecasting NGINX and IIS web server software growth in 2012
January 11, 2012
Last week we published an article declaring that NGINX had become the second most used web server software in the world, thereby overtaking...
After 20 years, is QuickTime still relevant for the web?
January 3, 2012
On December 2, 1991, Apple released the first version of QuickTime . Back then, QuickTime was at the forefront of bringing video to...
The best Royal Pingdom posts of 2011
December 29, 2011
Now that 2011 is coming to an end and the new year is looming, we thought it would be a good time for...
The state of Microsoft Windows in 2011 – Win 7 and XP battle for domination
December 13, 2011
We could read the headline “ Windows 7 just became the most widely used desktop OS in the world ” earlier this year....