Archive for November, 2005

Firefox 1.5

Published on November 30, 2005 in Web browsers. 0 Comments

Firefox 1.5 and Mozilla 1.5 have finally been released. A new website at www.mozilla.com has also been setup to host the programs.

What’s new in Firefox 1.5:
* Automated update to streamline product upgrades. Notification of an update is more prominent, and updates to Firefox may now be half a megabyte or smaller. Updating extensions has also improved.
* Faster browser navigation with improvements to back and forward button performance.
* Drag and drop reordering for browser tabs.
* Improvements to popup blocking.
* Clear Private Data feature provides an easy way to quickly remove personal data through a menu item or keyboard shortcut.
* Answers.com is added to the search engine list.
* Improvements to product usability including descriptive error pages, redesigned options menu, RSS discovery, and “Safe Mode” experience.
* Better accessibility including support for DHTML accessibility and assistive technologies such as the Window-Eyes 5.5 beta screen reader for Microsoft Windows. Screen readers read aloud all available information in applications and documents or show the information on a Braille display, enabling blind and visually impaired users to use equivalent software functionality as their sighted peers.
* Report a broken Web site wizard to report Web sites that are not working in Firefox.
* Better support for Mac OS X (10.2 and greater) including profile migration from Safari and Mac Internet Explorer.
* New support for Web Standards including SVG, CSS 2 and CSS 3, and JavaScript 1.6.
* Many security enhancements.

Google Firefox referral goes International

Published on November 29, 2005 in Adsense. 0 Comments
Good news to Adsense publishers living outside of U.S., Google has made its Firefox Referral program available worldwide.

Announced in What’s New page:

International publishers can now refer users to Firefox plus Google Toolbar through the AdSense referrals feature. As you connect your users with Firefox to improve their web browsing experience, you can generate earnings - up to US$1 for each new Firefox user who downloads and runs the product for the first time. To add a Firefox referral button to your site today, visit the ‘Referrals’ tab in your account.

If you haven’t downloaded Firefox, it’s really time for you to do so. It’s way safer than Microsoft Internet Explorer, and it’s always a smoother experience.

Download from below today:


Loc8tor

Published on November 29, 2005 in Gadget. 0 Comments

I’m someone who puts thing everywhere and later forgets about them. Car keys, cellphones, house keys, wallets, you name it. Finding a lost cellphone is easier, because you can always call yourself and follow the ringing sound to find it. But not for keys and your wallets.

Read more at Begadget.

PC Central Locking

Published on November 28, 2005 in Gadget. 0 Comments

Not always at your desk to look after your computers? Now you can keep your sensitive stuff from prying eyes automagically. The PC Central Locking comes with a USB dongle and a remote clicker. All you have to do is to carry the remote clicker with you all the time, and whenever you are more than 2 meters away from your computer, your computer locks itself automatically!
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Freedom Toaster

Published on November 27, 2005 in Open source and Useful. 1 Comment

This gigantic toaster is associated with open source software, and no, neither it uses open source software to prepare the toast, nor it runs on open source operating system.

Getting free software isn’t easy as it may sound, especially for those living in Africa where fast broadband access isn’t always an option. The Freedom Toaster is a conveniently located, self-contained ‘Bring ‘n Burn’ facility, where users bring their own blank discs and make copies of the open source software they require.

Some of the software it currently serves: Ubuntu Linux, Mandriva Linux, Fedora Core 3/4 and OpenOffice.org. Want a free software? Just bring along a blank CD.
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Fire fart

Published on November 27, 2005 in Interesting and Movies. 1 Comment


Be careful when you fart next time (whether you do it silently or very loudly), make sure there is no any lighter or fire source around before you get arrested for attempting to bomb the building.
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Harvard podcasts available to everyone

Published on November 27, 2005 in Cool and Podcasts. 0 Comments

Ever wished you could be a student of Harvard University? Now you can be one, without having to pass all your school exams with distinctions to gain entry into the University. All you need to do is to own an iPod.

More universities are now offering their courses via podcasts either in audio or video format. Harvard University Extension School’s Computer Science E-1 course, Understanding Computers and the Internet has been made free to everyone, so now you get a chance to see how it works.
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Railthello

Published on November 27, 2005 in Games and Ruby. 0 Comments

Ruby on Rails has been generating a lot of buzz lately. And here is another awesome project done based on it.

Railthello is an online game of Othello (also known as Reversi). It dons its name from the Ruby on Rails web development framework that this appication is written in. Play some games, watch some game, or send your awesome replays to your friends.

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Saigon traffic

Published on November 26, 2005 in Cool and Movies. 0 Comments


If you think the traffic in your country sucks, wait till you see this. From what the movie clip can tell, not only the traffic there is insane, it’s also insanely smooth, without the need of a traffic light.
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USB Beverage Chiller

Published on November 26, 2005 in Gadget and Linux. 0 Comments

Seeing the fact that there are more and more sweet and small gadgets that draw power from your computer’s USB ports, I think it’s about time for us to add a new category of “USB devices you never thought would exist”. Take this USB beverage for example, it is completely a must have for me.

Just seconds after plugging the chiller into your computer’s USB port (no external outlet needed), the coldplate chills to 45 degrees Fahrenheit, the perfect temperature for keeping your beverage chilled.

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