It has barely been a week since Microsoft's browser ballot scheme was announced, and already we see Firefox beginning to edge out Internet Explorer. Not that I imply causation, just coincidence; the browser ballot is still a few months away.StatCounter, a web analytics firm which tracks over 3 million websites, recorded that finally the latest version of the Firefox browser (3.5) has managed to surpass Internet Explorer 7, which had been the most popular browser till date.Now with a 21.92% share, Firefox 3.5 has edged out Internet Explorer 7 (with a share of 21.18%) and Internet Explorer 8 (a share of 20.34%). Internet Explorer still has a high share of 13.93% still beating Chrome, Safari, and Opera.Needless to say, all versions considered, Internet Explorer is still the most popular...

Intel's next range of Atom chipsets seem to be ready to take Nvidia Ion head on. The new lineup will be smaller, faster, will reduce the average power consumption by as much as 20%, and are expected to be available as early as January of 2010. However the best feature of these chips is the integration of a GPU.The three new processors will all come at 1.66GHz and will come with an integrated Intel NM10 Express graphics chipset. With the integration of the CPU, GPU and memory controller on one chip, the come the reduction in size by 60% for a netbook footprint and up to 70% for a desktop.Of the three new processors, the N450, D410 and the D510, the N450 is intended for netbooks, while the D410 and D510 are intended for low end desktops, (nettops / HTPCs etc.). The N450 comes with a 512kb...

Moonlight, an open source implementation of Silverlight has finally seen the release of its second version. Moonlight 2 makes the runtime compatible with Silverlight 2, finally bringing support for Silverlight 2 content to Linux based OSs. While Silverlight has crossed version 3, and headed onto 4, Moonlight has just caught up with 2, and hopes to catch up to 3 by the third quarter of 2010.While Moonlight is fully compatible with Silverlight 2, it also brings with it some of the features from Silverlight 3 such as, Bitmap APIs, file dialogs, easing functions, pluggable media pipeline and custom Codecs.While until now it was only possible to safely get Moonlight from Novell without threat of litigation, Microsoft is now extending the offer to all 3rd parties which choose to host...