Using add-ons in Firefox, or any other browser, adds a bit to start-up time. That much should be obvious. Mozilla is tracking which add-ons are the biggest offenders, and will be helping both developers and users fix the speed issues. Mozilla admits that any add-ons will increase time for start-up, adding about 10 percent more more »

Have you heard of or experienced Flash? I bet you have. Flash has been part of our Internet surfing lives ever since. Every company that owns a website is having or wanting Flash in it (Although as a web developer, Flash-based websites aren’t exactly search engine-friendly) Flash brought us to another level of web interactivity more »

Those looking for a little more video watching oomph on a netbook, you may want to check out the latest offering from Dell. Its the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook, and it is now being offered with a Performance Plus Package. As far as what you will get over and above the regular version; SRS more »

In the great next hope for the PC industry, the darling netbooks are evoking an unfriendly response from users. The study, performed by Biz360, says netbook owners are increasingly unhappy with their purchase citing multiple reasons for their dissatisfaction. Many of these points are trade-offs to get the price low enough to spark buyers to buy.

This is how you study?

Biz360 culls their data from reviews left on websites, such as Best Buy, CNET, Newegg, PC World, Amazon and other large retailers. It might be interesting to note that most of these sites do not enforce a policy that only actual product owners can submit reviews. This leaves the door open to potential unsavory reviews by competing companies (now called, “pulling a Belkin“).

I just unboxed and installed Adobe Photoshop CS4, so I’m ready to offer some first impressions on the PC version.

Speed

Photoshop CS4 seems a lot faster than previous versions. There are many things that frustrated me in CS3 that no longer are present. In CS3, it was kind of clunky when you wanted to drag a window outside of the main Photoshop window, but in CS4 it’s quick and fluid like you would expect.

Another performance boost that I noticed is the menu system. The menus in Photoshop are huge, due to the insane amount of filters and features they provide, so it’s easy to see why the menu system could be a bit sluggish. Right away, I noticed that the menus load immediately, and the application launches a lot quicker.

Keep reading for more on the new CS4.

With the number of home-based entertainment and productivity applications that are running over home networks growing by leaps and bounds, some Wireless-G routers just can’t handle users’ demands.

Netgear saw this problem, and as a result, developed a new Wireless-N technology, which they feel is leaps and bounds above anything out there now. The “Green” crowd will also appreciate Netgear’s new products since they are eco-friendly.