December 2, 2005

Firefox 1.5 - Is It That Good?

Is Firefox 1.5 that good as what people taut it to be? 1337tech.org has the numbers to prove it!

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Adam Curry Caught in Sticky Wiki

Former MTV veejay and podcasting entrepreneur Adam Curry appears to have been caught anonymously editing the podcasting entry on Wikipedia to remove credit from other people and inflate his role in its creation.

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Microsoft says that only 3% of Xbox 360s are defective

Joystiq is reporting that despite the buzz surrounding defective Xbox 360s, Microsoft claims that only 3% of the units sold have been faulty, which is below the industry average.

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December 1, 2005

GMail anti-virus coming very very soon....

Google is very close to introducing anti-virus to it's GMail service.

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Ctrl+Alt+Del The Animated Series

The title says it all.

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Martian Ice FOUND!

New Scientist Space Reports that Radar imaging by The MARS EXPRESS probe has discovered what appears to be Water Ice below the surface of the Red Planet.

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First Quantum Byte created!

An important step towards the creation of a Quantum Computer has been done by Austrian scientists

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Brain scans confirm that caffeine gives the brain a boost.

Researchers say the scans show that caffeine found in coffee, tea, soft drinks and chocolate stimulates areas of the brain governing short-term memory and attention.

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Podcast Hijacked, Held for Ransom

"In an assault reminiscent of the early days of the Internet, Podcaster Erik Marcus recently found that his RSS feed had been inexplicably redirected. The cyber-squatter is demanding payment or permanent agreement to terms, and Marcus is seeking legal redress for this new form of Internet extortion."

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Firefox Bug Causes 100% CPU Usage on Mac OS X

if you click and hold the mouse button anywhere inside the Firefox browser interface, your CPU usage will immediately jump to nearly full and The Fox will bog your system until you let go. This bug has been in Bugzillafor three years, and for Powerbook and iBook users, this bug could make Firefox drain your battery quickly.

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November 30, 2005

Top 10 custom JavaScript functions of all time

A very nice top 10 of the most used (custom or native) JavaScript functions! A must read!

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HOW TO: Survive worst case scenarios!

Packed full of useful information such as "How To Survive A Volcanic Eruption", "How To Navigate A Minefield", "How To Escape From A Car Hanging Over The Edge Of A Cliff" and of course "How To Cross A Piranha-Infested River".

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DirectX 10...and so it ends!

Backward compatibly with DirectX 9,8,7 isn't really necessary

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How to use MSCONFIG

A good how-to page on using the MSCONFIG function in Windows that you can send to your newbie friends and family...

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Dr Divx 2.0 Released!!!

Finally one can encode high quality Div files for free.

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