I have been using Google Chrome for six months and so far it has been an awesome. It beats any other browser I have run on my laptop in terms of speed. Opening a tab on Chrome takes less than a second whereas on IE sometimes it hangs up to 15 seconds before a new tab is usable. Pages load many times faster. The memory footprint is much nicer than FireFox. Chrome gives me a lot more viewing space. No toolbars for stuff I don’t need. A status bar only appears in the corner when information is presented. No Continue Reading
Internet
My thoughts and adventures on the Internet and World Wide Web.
Shaw Upgrades Internet Speed
My ISP, Shaw Cable, is upgrading the internet speed of their plans. The plan we’re on is getting a speed boost from 5Mb/s to 7.5Mb/s. Also, they are adding the “PowerBoost” technology free on our accounts which boosts download speed double for the first 10MB of the download. We have great news for you! Shaw is committed to bringing you the very best products and services, and that includes the FASTEST Internet at the best value. As a result we are making significant upgrades to our network in your area which will allow us to increase your Shaw High-Speed Internet Continue Reading
FatCow Sales Live Chat
I was just evaluating some popular hosting packages on the Internet and I somehow came across FatCow. So I was just asking a simple question to FatCow hosting sales about the control panel software they use, and here is the result. I’ve removed the live chat agent’s name and replaced it with “Agent”. Thank you for contacting support. Please be prepared to answer your Security Question when we begin chatting. To enhance our security protocols, we’ll need you to provide the answer to your Security Question at the beginning of our conversation. If you have not yet set your Security Question Continue Reading
Need for Speed
On UBC campus wireless internet… 🙂
VeriSign Increases Domain Prices… Again
According to this article at Domain Name Wire, VeriSign is increasing its domain name prices yet again. VeriSign is the registry operator for the .net and .com top-level domains, and basically is free to raise the price each year its contract is still valid.