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  • Google Chrome’s Potato Guns

    “Watching web pages load at 2700 frames per second reveals unexpected artifacts.” [Ed. note: Doesn't Google have more important things it should be doing than playing with potato guns? Like, I dunno, improving its search algorithm so I can stalk my ex-girlfriends more efficiently?] Watch Video ›

    @LenKendall 2 years ago 13 responses

  • Overly Judgemental IE6 Splash Pages

    Designer Joe Lifrieri has a series of judgemental splash pages for people who use Internet Explorer 6. I would worry about offending BuzzFeed's IE6 users, but then they're probably all still busy trying to get their dial-up modems to work. Amiright? Ha! Just kidding. Use whatever browser you want. View Image ›

    TweetMeme 3 years ago 1 response

  • Blackbird

    The first web browser built specifically for the African-American community. Blackbird is fully customized version of Firefox 3 (and only works on Windows, for now) that tailors search, news and other content to an African-American perspective. Read More ›

    Scott Lamb 3 years ago respond

  • Spinoculars

    A Firefox add-on that helps detect spin and bias in the stories you read online. From the new start-up SpinSpotter, a tool that evaluates the language of any story online, highlighting biased or misleading phrases. An Internet Explorer version is coming soon. It’s a web highlighter for journalism nerds! Read More ›

    Scott Lamb 3 years ago respond

  • Google Chrome

    After prematurely sending out a comic book introducing Google’s new open source web browser to a few bloggers, the search giant announced the launch of the beta version of Google Chrome, available today. Shortly after that little woopsie-daisy, Google went ahead and published the comic book for the masses in the interest of “information for everyone” anyways. So Googley of them! Read More ›

    Brian Ries 3 years ago respond

  • Mitchell Baker

    As the “chief lizard wrangler” of Mozilla (no, seriously), the trained lawyer is also a trapeze artist and sports a haircut that closely resembles her company’s logo (although Mitchell claims there’s no connection). She may have figured out how to build a great browser, but can’t someone get the lady a pair of scissors? Read More ›

    Eliot Glazer 3 years ago respond


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