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Happy 2012. This is officially my 100th blog post of my miscellaneous ramblings. Not over-achieving by any means, but fun all the same. Just read the ins-and outs of the latest case of the tricky ethics and legality of who polices the internet. So in the past Google has specifically banned paying bloggers for links that will … Read the Rest of This Post.

Google just fired a broadside in the Web’s codec wars. With its WebM video encoding technology now entering the marketplace, Google announced plans today to remove built-in Chrome support for a widely used rival codec H.264 used by Apple and Microsoft. The move places Google instead firmly in the camp of browser makers Mozilla and … Read the Rest of This Post.

The browser wars continue to rage on, and frankly since the consumer seems to be the winner I say go for it. As long as we are talking about progressive browsers with CSS3,  HTML5  and other forward ways of thinking, I say bring them on. So Safari 5 was released this week and I have … Read the Rest of This Post.

Just found this by surfing the web and since I have started using it, I can say I am seriously impressed with After the Deadline spell and grammar check. I know, another spell check program. Don’t I have that already in all my other applications? Yes, probably. I have it in this WordPress install I … Read the Rest of This Post.

This week Google announced that it is allowing users to try their newly upgraded search technology dubbed “Caffeine”. Not espresso, if you are keeping track, just Caffeine. Google is pushing that not only is the new product to be faster, but it is more accurate and is more comprehensive. It is no wonder that this … Read the Rest of This Post.