The Real (and Virtual) Adventures of Nathan the IT Guy:

Internet Explorer 9

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October 27, 2010  12:45 PM

Download Speed in the IE9 Download Manager



Posted by: Nathan Simon
ie 9 download manager, IE9, ie9 download speed, Internet Explorer 9, microsoft, Windows 7, Windows Vista

Here is a short but sweet one, a lot of people have been asking me, "How to check the actual download speed of downloads using Internet Explorer 9". I myself love watching download speeds, the more numbers flying around the better, kind of like instant gratification. Anyways onto the answer, just...

September 16, 2010  9:28 PM

Internet Explorer 9 Beta



Posted by: Nathan Simon
Beta, faster browsing, gpu accelerated, Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft Connect, platform preview, Windows 7

Want to test drive the new browser? Well now you can, it is officially in BETA, See the insert below and then the download link at the bottom of this blog. I am about to install it and run some of the demo's. Back when I first piloted the IE9 demo, I was quite impressed. I wonder what Microsoft has...


July 13, 2010  3:21 AM

Google Investing Money for Social Gaming



Posted by: Nathan Simon
Adobe Flash, facebook, Google purchases company, Google Ventures, Internet Explorer 9, social gaming, social media, Zynga

Google is buying more companies... the latest a gaming company...

Google has reportedly invested a significant sum of money -- between US$100 million and $200 million -- in social games company Zynga in order to build out a Google Games offering for the search engine giant. The...


June 25, 2010  2:29 AM

Bing isn’t that bad after all…



Posted by: Nathan Simon
BING, Google Search, Internet Explorer 9, microsoft, Windows

I stumbled upon this blog while surfing the net and thought I would share this users story. He used Bing for one full week, but ended up using it for two weeks and didn't really notice....

I switched the settings on my browser toolbars to make Bing the default and promised to spend...


May 6, 2010  11:58 AM

Internet Explorer 9 Preview 2 Download



Posted by: Nathan Simon
download client, font zooming, GPU powered, html5, Internet Explorer 9

Interested in test driving some new features of Internet Explorer 9? There are 3 categories to test, HTML5(GPU Powered), Speed Demos, and Graphics Demos Go here and check it out, with your current browser, then


November 22, 2009  4:30 PM

Internet Explorer 9



Posted by: Nathan Simon
Bing Maps, Direct2D, Firefox, Google Chrome, Hardware accelerated 2D, IE9, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 9, Java, Safari

Well its about time the Microsoft is putting some new and useful things into IE9, instead of waiting for Google Chrome or Firefox to implement some cool new feature, then just copy it... here is a statement from Dean Hachamovitch.

"This is a direct improvement to everybody's usage of...


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