Internet Statistics

Browser Statistics

2008	IE7	IE6	IE5	Firefox	Mozilla	Safari	Opera
July	26.4%	25.3%	0.3%	42.6%	0.5%	2.5%	1.9%

Note: These statistics are indicative only. No statistically reliable survey of browser usage exists.

OS Platform Statistics

2008	WinXP	Win2000	Win98	Vista	Win2003	Linux	Mac
July	74.7%	2.6%	0.2%	11.5%	2.0%	3.9%	4.8%

Display Resolution

2008	Higher	1024x768	800x600	640x480	Unknown
January	38%	48%	8%	0%	6%

Color Depth

2007	16,777,216	65,536	256
January	86%	11%	2%

Note: Older computers and laptops often use 16 bits display hardware, which gives a maximum of 65,000 different colors. Handheld computers (and very old computers) often use 8 bits color hardware, which gives a maximum of 256 colors.

Javascript Statistics

2008	Javascript On	Javascript Off
January	95%	5%

Statistics provided by http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/

News

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Netscape dies. Now owned by AOL, the company has said the browser will no longer be supported after 1st March 2008.

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July internet statistics.

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Microsoft and Eolas have settled their patent dispute and Microsoft can remove the "click to activate" mechanism in Internet Explorer.

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Windows XP SP3 should be released early in 2008, according to the Microsoft Windows Service Pack Road Map. With the slow takeup of Vista and the extension of the support lifecycle of XP through 2008 it makes sense to upgrade.

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Hewlett-Packard and Red Hat have jointly announced a Linux desktop system aimed at small to medium businesses.

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Last year the OpenDocument Format (ODF) was approved by the ISO as the international standard for office data.

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Microsoft has suffered a setback in its endeavour for Office Open XML (OOXML) to become an alternative to OpenDocument Format (ODF) as a standard of the INCITS.

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Philips manufactured the first CD 25 years ago (17/8/82). Playtime was extended from a planned 60 mins to 74 so that Beethoven's Ninth Symphony could fit on one CD.

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Google is developing Google Apps in Australia including several that are not yet announced.

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Mozilla Firefox is an excellent browser and a serious alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer. While you're there grab Mozilla's Thunderbird email client.

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The ABS reports that the Internet was used to return over 720,000 Census forms.

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Jakob Nielsen reports that the Internet grew to 1 billion users in 2005.

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Skype has taken off in Oz and there are now well over one million subscribers here.

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Analysts say the cost of retraining staff along with the entrenched install base of Windows means it could be some time before Linux becomes a popular alternative to Microsoft's desktop OS

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Jargon problem? Try the Glossary.

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ZoneAlarm (firewall),
Spybot (spyware ++),
Ad-Aware (adware).