It completely blows my mind that people of the world continue using the technical blunder known as Internet Explorer when the best web browsers are available for free and are one easy click away from downloading. We’re always trying new things on Kezins.com and the biggest problem is getting those new things to work in IE. Like most other arenas, Microsoft doesn’t play fair. They continually change IE and do NOT follow current web standards. In addition to Explorer not looking “right” when viewing a lot of sites, it’s also full of security issues. It boggles my mind why anyone uses it. There’s not one single good reason to use IE.

There’s nothing more frustrating than setting up something new on the site to find out that it works in every known browser but IE. At that point, we have to waste hours and hours of time trying to figure out how to get it to work or to simply drop the new feature because of this. Microsoft recently promised that IE 8 would automatically follow web standards and for a while, we started to believe them again. It turns out their new project does NOT follow standards intentionally. In actuality, a user will be required to manually change the browser settings for this to work. Why does Microsoft play like this? I don’t think anyone has a good answer, but it’s time people stopped dealing with them.  If you are one of those still using Microsoft’s browser, check out the following downloads which are all BETTER options:

Opera: Opera has a few issues, but it’s really fast and still superior to IE.

Safari: I’m actually using Safari as we speak.  

Firefox: Probably the best for security and customization.  

The day people stop using IE will be the day my life becomes a lot easier.  We certainly waste a ton of time making sure things work with Internet Explorer, instead of moving on to more important projects.

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: anyone, blunder, browser, Explorer, Internet, Microsoft, mind, NOT, Opera, Safari, Security, Sucks, time, web, world

Games On Fire

Love it or hate it, Madden NFL 09 has been another crushing success for the EA franchise. Perhaps that’s because there’s no competition whatsoever, but we could sit here and speculate all day.  According to VG Chartz, the current #1, #2 and #3  American top-selling game is Madden 09.

Does this surprise anyone?  I’d hope not.  The Madden franchise will continue to dominate the market each year until they have some kind of competition.  With the current deal they have with the NFL, I wonder if the day of competition will ever come…

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: anyone, Chartz, competition, day, Fire, franchise, game, kind, love, Madden, market, NFL, success, surprise, year

In a move that further proves what we said a while back about the “Qore” initiative Sony launched a couple weeks back, subscribers and those who purchase Episode 4 of the series will get into the Motorstorm: Pacific Rift a month early before anyone else does.

Now, wasn’t it PS3 fanboys who complained about not having to pay for premium demos like on Xbox 360? Difference is: you get demos a week later if you don’t pay for Xbox Live…in this case, it’s a month.

To be fair, though, at least you don’t have to be a loyal subscriber to “Qore” and you can just buy the episode for $2.99. Hate to do it, but this writer might just dump a couple bucks to play the demo…dammit, Sony!

written by Carlos Macias \\ tags: anyone, couple, Demo, Episode, initiative, month, MotorStorm, move, Pacific, Qore, Rift, series, Sony, wasn, while, Xbox

Just when we thought thongs were out, the maximum push-up control thong brief is discovered. We have no idea if this product works or if anyone in real life has one, but it certainly looks interesting. We discovered the product while surfing Perez Hilton’s blog.

Go undercover with a license to “shake what your mama gave you” with our new Double-O Collection! The “OO-Brief” provides maximum push-up effect with minimum booty coverage.

This design combines popular elements from our existing collection to create a Brief that enhances the lift, shape and volume of the derriere while also flattening the lower tummy and shaping the thigh. Features a pretty lace detail at the base of each leg piece.

Constructed of an inner and outer medium-control layer made of a Nylon/Spandex blend that creates a smooth seamless look under clothing. A high-compression latex middle layer provides breathable and flexible slimming of the tummy. A creative solution for those who want the illusion of slim and trim thighs, a tummy-tuck and a butt-lift without the use of padding.

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: anyone, Brief, control, day, Hilton, idea, item, layer, life, maximum, O Collection, Perez, product, Push-up, Thong, tummy

What the hell is ‘Cheetah Girls: Passport to Stardom’?.  I’m sure anyone reading this article will probably wonder the same thing.  Don’t worry.  I asked myself the exact same thing when I heard about the new Nintendo DS game hitting shelves tomorrow.  I assumed it had something to do with singing, dancing and fashion accessories and was somehow right.  

The game will include various songs from the Cheetah Girls movies.  Of course I’ve never watched any of them, so really can only go on what I was able to dig up with my Google-fu skills.  According to Wikipedia, the game will include the following features:

Play as Aqua, Chanel, and Dorinda as they dazzle fans worldwide with their music and dance coreography.

Explore 9 different locations as you perform in three international cities- New York, Barcelona and Mumbai!

Use your Nintendo DS stylus to compete in a series of dance-offs to 10 Cheetah Girls hit songs!

Includes new music from The Cheetah Girls: One World Disney Channel Original Movie.

Includes DGamer- the new online community exclusively for Disney gamers.

Unfortunately there really aren’t any other games of note coming out this weekend.  It’s been a rather slow week in games anyway.  The only game of note coming out in the near future is Madden 09 on Tuesday.

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: anyone, article, Barcelona, Cheetah, Disney Channel, Don, Dorinda, game, Girls, Hell, Mumbai, Music, New York, Nintendo, note, Passport, Shelves, something, stardom, thing, tomorrow

PC gamers don’t have much longer to wait for Grand Theft Auto IV. The game will be hitting shelves on November 18th and 21st in North America and Europe respectively. For more information on the game, visit http://www.rockstargames.com/IV.  While I think it’s a little late in the game for anyone to get extremely excited about a PC release of GTA IV, we can always hope that the mod community finds a way to make the PC version exciting.  

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: anyone, Auto, community, Europe, game, Grand, GTA, information, mod, North America, November, PC Version, release, Shelves, Theft, version, visit, way

For the entire year, it seems like I end up seeing the IO Digital Cable commercial at least 5 or 6 times per day while watching television.  For some reason, it seems to appear more during The People’s Court.  While I completely despise this commercial, it’s very effective.  (877) 393-4448 is one telephone number I will never get out of my mind, regardless of how hard I try to forget it.  The last time anyone forced a number into my head like this was Tommy Tutone and 867-5309.  At least “Jenny” was a half-decent song.  Will we ever see the end of the IO Digital Cable Commercial with the silly lobster and half-ass rapping?  Maybe one day, but probably not a day that comes soon.

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: anyone, Cable, commercial, Court, day, Hate, head, IO Digital, Jenny, mind, number, reason, telephone, television, time, Tommy Tutone, Works, year

A recent post by the gents over at Kotaku throws out a rumor that the zombies who once haunted Dead Rising’s Colorado mall, where Frank West mowed them down and dressed up as Mega Man, might have migrated to Las Vegas for the sequel.

As anyone who has ventured to Sin City will know: that place is crowded! It should feel good to take down zombies with broken slot machine levers, put their faces inside roulette spinners, and slam them through the Wheel of Fortune for an immediate jackpot.

All this has yet to be confirmed, of course, and Las Vegas hasn’t been too privy on allowing their city to be recreated piece by piece, but a faux-Sin City would do, no?

Via Kotaku

written by Carlos Macias \\ tags: anyone, Colorado, Dead, Features, Frank West, Home, Kotaku, Las Vegas, machine, mall, man, piece, place, post, roulette, Rumor, sequel, Sin City, slot, Zombies

It seems that you can create almost anyone as a Spore. Nintendo’s Bowser is no exception. Check out Mario’s arch nemesis, King Bowser, grow his own ‘Baby Bowser’ from the ground up, literally.

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written by Juan Perez \\ tags: anyone, arch, Baby, Bowser, Bowser spore, exception, groud, koopa spore, Mario, Nemesis, Nightmare, Nintendo, penis spore, Spore

Anyone who really knows me has probably heard my ramblings about how much I love the original Final Fantasy VII, one of the greatest video games of all-time.  I’ve never been fond of the direction Final Fantasy VII sequels have taken us since the classic PS1 title.  Fortunately, I recently discovered ‘Avalanche’ which is a 3rd-person action game.  You don’t quite get the RPG experience, but it’s a lot of fun.  The story basically takes place just after the events of the original FF VII.  You play as Tifa who is loaded with all kinds of cool special weapons and powerful attacks.  Unfortunately, this isn’t a Square licensed game, but I hope they take a look at this game and learn from it.  It amazes me how great “freeware” titles still are.  If you’re a big FF fan, don’t miss out on this one. 

Download Avalanche

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written by Will Snizek \\ tags: action, anyone, Avalanche, direction, experience, fantasy, FINAL, Final Fantasy, fun, game, lot, return, RPG, title, video, VII