Current status of the “Browser Wars”
April 23, 2012
In this report we will examine the current status of what is often referred to as the “ Browser Wars .” How popular...
Apple’s iPad owns 88% of global tablet web traffic
November 17, 2011
There should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that Apple’s iPad is the biggest seller in the tablet space, but we have seen...
Firefox version fragmentation increasing – is Mozilla in trouble?
November 4, 2011
Mozilla’s development pace for Firefox went into overdrive this year, as they adopted a strategy similar to that which Google uses for the...
The top 20 strongholds for desktop Linux
May 12, 2011
As a server OS, Linux has long been highly successful and a poster child for open source. ...
The iPad already used more than Linux computers
April 20, 2011
We noticed an interesting thing the other day that we’d like to share with you. However, if you’re a Linux enthusiast, you may...
WordPress.com now hosts half of all WordPress blogs
January 7, 2011
Automattic , the company behind the popular open source blogging software WordPress (found at WordPress.org ) and the WordPress.com blogging service, recently revealed...
The mobile app divide: Free rules on Android, paid rules on iPhone
August 27, 2010
The two mobile platforms with the most apps are Google’s Android with around 95,000 apps, and Apple’s iOS with around 250,000 apps. Those...
The popularity of Firefox around the world
August 18, 2010
Although the growth of Firefox has stagnated a bit lately due to the increasing competition from rival browsers, it’s still one of the...
Exploring the software behind Facebook, the world’s largest site
June 18, 2010
At the scale that Facebook operates, a lot of traditional approaches to serving web content break down or simply aren’t practical. The challenge...
Will Ubuntu’s new look bring in the masses?
April 1, 2010
With Ubuntu 10.4, codenamed Lucid Lynx, Ubuntu will change its look completely. Everything will be brand new; the logo, the user interface, and...
Servers in the enterprise: Windows beating Linux 2 to 1
January 13, 2010
According to a new data center survey, Windows-based servers are more than twice as common in the enterprise as Linux servers. The Symantec-sponsored...