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Google returns to its evil ways

Just when I thought that those annoying Google popups telling me to install Google Chrome had gone way, those evil things made their return yesterday to IE7, IE9, Firefox 9 and 10, and Safari. Strangely that damn popup did not appear in Opera. What does it take to destroy that annoying Google popup? Clearly Google [...]

Google now less annoying and less abusive; kind off

Further to what I think of as Google abusing its dominant position in constantly targeting Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browsers and asking the user to switch to Google’s Chrome browser, there appears to be a change now. My previous rants on this: Google, you’re still annoying me and abusing your position http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/12/16/718.html Google abusing its dominant [...]

Opera Software CTO misdirects and misleads

The CTO of Opera Software, Håkon Wium Lie, must be feeling the pressure. The Opera browsers are not taking over the market place. No, Microsoft’s IE browsers and Mozilla’s Firefox browsers are the big players here with Apple’s Safari increasing its presence, and Opera having a bit part. But rather than emulate Firefox’s successes, Opera [...]