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Stories and comments across the archive that link to looksmart.com.

Stories · 4

  1. An Even Faster Browser?

    Ask · Programming · · posted by Cliff · from the living-up-to-the-hype dept. · 45 comments
    octavian755 asks: "Seems that a 16-year-old Irish student has created an Internet browser called XWEB, which is the fastest browser known to date. This browser is said to be capable of boosting surfing speeds on a dial-up connection by 100 to 500 percent. What I would like to know is something like this even possible?" Update: 01/20 07:30 GMT by C : As folks have pointed out, this story is a duplicate. Also, a minor title gaffe corrected. Sorry about that.

  2. 2001 UCLA Internet Census

    Internet · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the what-you're-doing dept. · 129 comments
    Merry_B.Buck writes: "UCLA's Center for Communication Policy has finished its second annual survey on Internet usage. Some interesting claims: online shoppers believe prices are lower in brick-and-mortar stores, and experienced Interneters are less likely to use chatrooms, play games, and download music than their newbie counterparts. An unrelated report from Forrester Research claims that Internet newcomers tend to gather at LookSmart and MSN portals, while old-timers prefer InfoSpace and Yahoo. [I'm suspicious of both surveys -- neither had a Cowboy Neal option.]"

  3. Existing Spacecraft to Search for Mars Polar Lander

    Science · Science · · posted by Roblimo · from the at-least-they're-trying dept. · 0 comments
    Warren Wu writes "Looksmart has an article about NASA wanting to use the Mars Global Surveyor to search for the Mars Polar Lander. You can find the article here."

  4. Existing Spacecraft to Search for Mars Polar Lander

    Science · Science · · posted by Roblimo · from the at-least-they're-trying dept. · 0 comments
    Warren Wu writes "Looksmart has an article about NASA wanting to use the Mars Global Surveyor to search for the Mars Polar Lander. You can find the article here."