By admin + July 10th, 2006
Mozilla Corporation will release the first beta of its Firefox 2.0 browser tomorrow.
Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) can be downloaded from Mozilla’s FTP site, although the official Beta 1 won’t be released until July 11, according to notes published by the open-source developer.
The Mozilla Firefox Beta 1 features improvements that include close [...]
By admin + July 7th, 2006
Google (Transitive Verb): To use the Google search engine to obtain information about (as a person) on the World Wide Web.
Merriam-Webster on Thursday stamped its approval on 100 new words that will appear in its next dictionary update, including the technology-related “google,” “spyware,” and “mouse potato.”
Mouse potato? Hehe. That’s a great word! Apparently it [...]
By admin + July 6th, 2006
On May 15, 2006 I posted about my workspace and tonight going through some old backup cd’s I came across a picture of my office that was taken on November 14, 2005.
In the picture, you can see one of my desktop machines, my laptop, my half rack of servers which are protected by two Rad [...]
By admin + July 6th, 2006
Microsoft will follow last month’s record patch day with another major roll-out next Tuesday, July 11, 2006.
Microsoft says on their Security Bulletin Advance Notification site Windows users should expect to see 7 security updates: 4 will cover Windows and 3 will affect Office, the company’s industry-leading application suite. At least 2 of the 7 will [...]
By admin + July 6th, 2006
It’s true. Listening to an iPod can damage your hearing - especially when it’s struck by lightning.
Colorado 17-year-old Jason Bunch was mowing the lawn and listening to his iPod when the gadget was struck by a bolt of lightning. It appears that the current traveled up the earbud wires, fried his face and ears [...]
By admin + July 5th, 2006
On June 29, 2006 Google unveiled its new secure-cart Checkout program within Google search results.
While many are discussing the viability of Google Checkout, I’d like to point out a special offer that Google is using to encourage consumers to start using Checkout.
Within the Checkout information pages that Google has provided there is a page [...]