Web fiends and internet junkies might want to mark down March 14th (specifically 9pm PST) on their calendars — this is the day in which Microsoft will officially launch their most current Internet Explorer 9 after months of public beta testing. Should you the consumer really leave Firefox 4, Chrome 10, Opera 11, and/or Safari 5 browsers for IE9? After many weeks of IE9 testing in the GS labs, we’d say no. IE9 is great and all, but the latest versions of...

Love surfin’ the web on your new WP7 device but aren’t too keen on the new mobile version of IE? You’re in luck. A new WP7 browser by the name of “Browser+” was recently released. One special aspect of this 3rd party offering includes being able to see your tabs and search box in the same view, whereas the stock browser makes you hunt and peck a bit. Even more impressive however, is a “reader” feature similar to Apple’s...

It isn’t often that we praise Internet Explorer for it’s web savy, specification prowess. But IE9 is turning out to be quite a contender in the desktop browser wars. Let the image above do the talking — you can see it’s speed and fairly standards compliant. One thing to keep in mind, however, is that the HTML 5 isn’t finished yet. Several tantalizing features of HTML 5 like web workers, file API’s, local storag, and several other...

I have to admit, as Windows Phone 7 launch draws nearer, I find myself getting more and more excited. Part of it is the love I have for new, shiny gadgets. The other part is eager to see how well Microsoft managed to make Windows Phone 7. So far, we’ve seen plenty of promising features and hands on accounts. But the little things that we encounter day in and day out also play a big part in the success and/or failure of a platform. So today, we’re looking at...

On a slightly more optimistic note veering away from the UK Government’s decision to stick with the overly beaten dead horse that is IE6, we share the good news that IE9 is one step closer to release. For today, (actually it was later yesterday) Microsoft has officially taken the wraps off of the latest “Final” Preview of IE9. The latest release still intended more for developers, has it conquiring Apple’s Safari web browser in SunSpider benchmarks...