If you're all about standards compliance on the web, meaning that no one company can control the web through proprietary standards (here's looking at you Microsoft) then you'll be glad to know that Webkit, the rendering engine behind Apple's Safari, Konqueror on Linux and multiple mobile web-browsers, has become the first publicly available rendering engine to score 100/100 on the Acid 3 test. The test itself is designed to be a rigorous test of all things in new web standards, from HTML 5 and Javascript to SVG. Give the test a try and see how your browser scores, then get a copy of the latest nightly build of Webkit (need Safari installed on Windows or Mac) and see how the web SHOULD look! You may even want to see if you browser passes the Acid 2 and Acid 1 tests yet either!

Tags: Technology, Apple

One of the things I love most about using a Mac is being able to use Safari as a web browser. It's fast, standards compliant, innovative, has RSS feeds, and is beautiful. Well, the wonderful software gods over at Apple decided to bless the Windows world with this wonderful masterpiece with the recent release of a version that runs on both XP and Vista. But don't trust me on it's merits, the numbers don't lie - as shown below, on VeriTest's iBench results it's twice as fast as Internet Explorer, and one can never ask for too much speed! Check it out for free: http://www.apple.com/safari/

Many people dream of becoming excessively powerful and rich in order to buy huge houses in Monaco, or crazy car collections. My reasoning is somewhat geekier - I just want to be able to have enough money to comfortably buy each and every new product Apple releases. Take for example the iPod Nano - it's thinner than a bloody pencil and holds 1000 songs. It's less than 2/3 the size od the iPod Mini which it replaces. Definitely the must have item of the year - I WANT! I've also taken the liberty of adding the TV ad for it to the files section of the page.