Two new right-click entries appear after installing the add-on for Firefox, which currently does not support Firefox 3.01 but can be forced to be compatible. The first entry, Remove This Permanently, removes the selected element from the current page. If you remove the Google logo from a search it will still appear on a different search. This method is pretty good for quickly removing elements on a website that you visit regularly and that does not have changing addresses.

The second entry Rip Advanced offers advanced features that make it possible to remove elements from a single page, all similar pages, the website and the full domain. That’s not all however. You can also remove all similar items in one go, remove the parent element, all parent elements, all frames and Google Adsense.

A few remarks about the process: It’s pretty difficulty to remove flash elements from a website because you cannot right-click in the elements. They display a different menu. This means you have to click close to them and hope that Rip picks them as the default element that should be removed. A red border appears around the element that would get removed which is a good visual aid.

Elements that are removed do still get downloaded and appear in the cache. This is therefor no method to save bandwidth.

The primary use for Rip would be to remove nerve wrecking elements from websites that you visit regularly. Before you start now and remove advertisements from my website I ask you to consider this before you do it. They pay my bills. If everyone would remove them I would not be able to maintain that blog. And they pay for every pageview. This is also a tip for every Adblock user who is visiting my site. If you want to support me disable Adblock on my website. I do not have popups, layer ads or any other disturbing ads of that kind on my pages. It would help me tremendously on the other hand.

Amcptwo are writing about the new media player songbird built on Firefox and discuss if the Xbox 360 is worth the money.

Songbird after all this years is still alive and kicking. You can download it from the official website. The program is available for PC and Mac, as well as Android based smartphones and tablets like the Samsung Galaxy Tab. You can use Songbird to play your music collection, and to keep it in sync between all of your devices, provided they run on an operating system the software is compatible with.

Connected Internet News have an interesting article for webmasters, they try to find out the impact of article categories on search engines.

Extensivemods reviewed another one of those illuminating keyboards, interesting concept if you ask me. Check out our Logitech Illuminated Keyboard review for one of the latest keyboards to be released with this feature.

Fosfor Gadgets have collected articles about the Xbox 360, they include links to crash fixes, overheating solutions and more.

Techguru gives an introduction to the nr.1 VOIP software Skype. Skype recently has been acquired by Microsoft, and is now its own division within the Redmond company. Skype’s bundling with Google products has been removed in the process.

The popular social networking site Facebook furthermore has integrated Skype into its chat. Facebook users with webcams can now use Skype for video chatting with their friends directly on the site.