Technology News - Again

Hi All,

Get ready for websites to be loaded faster - much faster.

To get the scoop on the news, click on this article from Newsday entitled 'UN Sets Stage For Blazing Fast New Mobile Devices'. Essentially the 'bottleneck' that is preventing websites from appearing on mobile devices faster is that the UN needs to approve the international standards that are to be used. Well, those standards have been accepted. On to a faster mobile internet!

In a similar vein, I'd like to discuss some alternate ways to speed up your internet viewing. Forthwith, a few ways to surf the web faster!

From a website called Digital Inspiration - click here for the link - comes an article entitled 'Browse the Web Faster on a Slow Internet Connection'. Some ideas that they discuss about how to increase web browsing include:

1. turn off web images

2. switch to OpenDNS so the DNS server of your ISP can resolve website URL's into IP addresses more quickly (got that...)

3. increase the size of your browser cache

4. use Finch - it is a 'light weight version websites

5. monitor your internet speed to determine when you can get faster download speed from your internet service provider (ISP)

6. Use a text browser like Lynx or Elinks for fast browsing

Finally, click on this link which will tell you what your internet download and upload rates are. Link is from Speedtest.net! FYI, there are lots of other internet sites that can tell you what your internet connection speed is! Just do a Google search using the phrase 'internet search speed speedometer' - or just click this link to find alternate speed tests.

Hope this makes your internet viewing more pleasant, faster and more efficient!

Regards,
Stu