Aug
28

14 Alternative Browsers That Are Not IE6

As some of you may know, we’ve been waging an IE6 Must Die campaign here at Mashable (see thepost that kicked it off here). In that spirit, we thought it wise to arm you fine folks with a few alternatives for your web browsing pleasure.Some of the members of this list are heavyweights in their own right you may have heard of. But others are a bit farther off the beaten path, and we encourage you to experiment with a ...
Aug
28

Google Now Offers Over a Million Free Ebooks in EPUB Format

Have you noticed that Sony launched its best ebook reader a couple of days ago, with an AT&T 3G modem for fast wireless connection? Not by accident, Google has now announced they’re offering over a million public domain books in EPUB format – the exact format compatible with Sony’s Daily Edition reader.To download a book, search for a title over at Google Books. Public domain titles will have a download link in the ...
Aug
28

Google UK Office Catches Fire, No Injuries Reported

Google’s headquarters in London, located in an office building on Buckingham Palace Road, have caught fire. Daily Telegraph reports that the fire was quickly extinguished, staff in the building was evacuated, and luckily no injuries were reported by the firemen.The fire is apparently the result of a barbecue gone bad. “All I know is that there was a barbecue on a roof terrace on one of the Google floors,” a Google spokeswoman ...
Aug
28

10 Fabulous Free Social Apps for Mac

If you’re a Mac user and a social media addict, what’s better than social apps for the Mac? Free social apps for the Mac, of course!In this post we’ll take a look at 10 gratis programs for connecting to your social world via OS X. From file sharing to instant messaging, from Twitter to social television, there is very likely something on this list for you.Do you know of any great free social Mac applications that are ...