The first release candidate of the upcoming Firefox 3.6 Beta has been posted at the Mozilla ftp server. Next to it the second release candidate for Firefox 3.5.4 which is also available at the ftp server. Both releases are so called release candidates which means that they are close to the final version. Firefox users [...]
Opera 10.10 Beta
The Opera developers have released a beta version of the upcoming Opera 10.10 web browser. The biggest change in the beta is the inclusion of Opera Unite which provides web server features. Since web browsers usually act as clients it is now possible to have direct server client communications between Opera users. The Opera Unite [...]
New CMOS Camera Will Record Your Thoughts At 1,000,000 FPS
Scientists of the Megaframe project in Europe have developed a CMOS sensor so small that it can actually go inside a neuron channel and look at the thought signals in real time. Not to mention the fact that it can do so in 1024pixels and at a photon resolution too. This means that it can [...]
After Cyborg Beetles We Now Have Sniffer Bees
Next time you visit an airport, there’s a chance of you being sniffed by, not dogs, but bees. Yes, they are now down to training bees to sniff and apparently it is proving to be extremely successful. While the cyborg beetles in my last post are still nowhere near practical implementation, these sniffer bees are [...]
Google Wave Add-On For Firefox
Google Wave is a new service by Google that is currently tested in a limited preview. Google Wave invites are in high demand as everyone and their mum are trying to get into the service that is said to “change the way we communicate”. Google Wave is basically a realtime communication platform, a mashup of [...]
Five tips to help ease the migration from Mac to Linux
In my most recent article “Five ways to ease the migration from Windows to Linux” I examined how you can help new users make the migration from Windows to Linux easier. Most know the very philosophies behind both of those operating systems are very different. Because of that, many often need a bit of hand-holding in order [...]
TrendProtect Warns Internet Explorers About Dangerous Websites
TrendProtect is a Web of Trust like web browser plugin for Microsoft Internet Explorer (and soon Firefox) from security developers Trend Micro. The plugin for Internet Explorer will scan and rate the active website and websites listed in search results of the major search engines Google Search, Yahoo Search and MSN (surprisingly not Bing Search). [...]
Auto Repair Internet Explorer With Fix IE Utility
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is still one of the most popular – or shall we say widely used – web browsers for computers running the Windows operating systems. Two of the main reasons for this ongoing popularity is the inclusion of the web browser in the operating system and the tools and options offered to deploy [...]
Friendster Login
Friendster is an old social networking service that was established in 2002. It quickly grew to become one of the most popular networks even though the owners decided to decline buyout offers from Internet heavyweights such as Google. More than 60 million users visit the Friendster website per month making it one of the most [...]