July 3, 2009
the toast of the Internet circa 2006, are shutting down in droves, putting users’ data and images in jeopardy. Services announcing closings in the past ten months include big tech names: AOL (Xdrive and AOL Pictures), Hewlett-Packard (Upline), Sony (Image Station), and Yahoo (Briefcase). Many smaller storage firms, such as Digital Railroad, have also kicked [...]
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July 3, 2009
Nick Mediati’s browser speed comparison in the June issue ["Browser Speed Showdown: Chrome Is Golden," For-^hj/] was one browser short. Opera (find,pcworld.cDm/63D79) has always been one of the fastest browsers available. (I remember a DSL installer’s being deeply impressed by it in comparison with Internet Explorer.) Admittedly, Opera’s market share in the United States is [...]
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