The slow, steady decline of Microsoft Internet Explorer continues apace with the ubiquitous browser charting another market share low in January. According to data released Monday by Net Applications, IE ended the month with 67.55 percent of the browser market–down .06 percent from December and nearly eight percent from the same time last year.
The stock market’s performance this past year isn’t the only thing that’s charting historic lows. According to preliminary December metrics from Net Applications, the share of the browser market held by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has slipped below 70 percent.
The holidays were particularly kind to Apple’s Mobile Safari Web browser. According to Net Applications, the number of Americans using it to browse the Web via the iPhone and iPod Touch rose dramatically last week–presumably as people tested out their new Christmas gifts.
Historically, Apple’s September back-to-school promotion has been a great driver of sales and this year was no exception. According to research outfit Net Applications, Apple’s share of the operating system market rose nearly four-tenths of a percentage point in September, its biggest one-month gain since May.
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1983. The Beatles announce their first tour in thirteen years, but likewise announce that Michael Jackson will be going on tour with them as a one gigantic mega-concert event.
Best video mashup ever.
A Facebook Memorial
Wow.
Worth it for the Rickrolling photo alone.
Excellent.
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Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine meet the kakapo — a fat, flightless and very randy rare parrot.
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