Pixel Labs has posted a rather amusing yet statistical poster of the browser wars. The cartoon depicts web browser and their market share over time.

Strangely absent from this cartoon is Google’s Chrome, which has a greater share than Opera.

Click on the cartoon to see the full version.

Opera has announced a new version of its software development kit (SDK) at this years CES.

The new SDK will be available to all hardware makers who include the Opera browser with their product, including the Nintendo Wii.

Opera’s new SDK includes Opera Link which is found in the latest versions of Opera, as well as a new debugging tool called Opera Dragonfly.

Opera is yet to announce a release date for the new SDK.

Still with no release date, Microsoft has released details that the next version of its browser, IE8 will be pushed out via Automatic Update, Windows Update, and Microsoft Update as high priority to Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users.

For Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 the update will only be pushed out with an important priority.

For network administrators or users who do not want to update, there is a toolkit available to stop Internet Explorer 8 being pushed out.

The toolkit has no expiry date, unlike previous versions, and can be configured via a registry file run on uses machine or pushed out via a group policy.

You can download the IE8 Blocker Toolkit here.

Market Share results for December 2008 show that Playstation 3 users are more web savvy than their Wii counterparts.

For December 2008, Playstation 3 web surfers made up around 0.4%, while Wii users made up for 0.1% of the browser market.

This is an interesting result, as there have been almost twice as many Wii’s sold worldwide. Estimates put Wii sales at 25 million compared to 13 million for the Playstation 3. This suggests that Playstation owners are more tech savvy and intertwined with web culture.