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Monday, February 28, 2005
Firefox News 2/28/05
Is the Firefox boom over?
Silicon.com - UK
Web analytics company WebSideStory has found that in the five weeks leading up to 18 February, Firefox's market share grew by 15 per cent, compared with the ...
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Mozilla issues monster security patch for Firefox
Techworld.com - London,UK
Mozilla have released a security update for its Firefox browser, claiming to pre-empt a potential spoofing vulnerability. Firefox ...
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New Firefox Vulnerability Pushes Latest Update
InternetNews.com - USA
If you're a Mozilla Firefox user, there's another reason for you to update to the latest version of the upstart browser released last week. ...
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Poll: Safari's Popularity Scorched By Firefox
PC World - USA
But nearly a quarter, 23 percent, have opted to use Firefox as their main Web browser. Firefox's popularity has been increasing in recent months. ...
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WebSideStory Media Advisory: Firefox's Market Share Gains Slowing
WWWCoder.com (press release) - Girard,PA,USA
... on US browser usage share. The report shows that Firefox's recent gains have slowed considerably. For more information and analysis...
Google keeping the wolf from Firefox' door
ZDNet UK - UK
The Mozilla Foundation's deal with Google is playing a crucial role in helping the non-profit organisation challenge Microsoft with its Firefox browser. ...
The growth of Firefox is slowing down
DV Hardware - Netherlands
A new report states that the growth of Firefox is slowly decreasing. This is illustrated by statistics that show that Firefox usage ...
Firefox Nips IE Ankles Again
TechWeb - USA
Mozilla's Firefox keeps chipping away at Microsoft's massive lead in browser usage, two Web metrics firms reported Monday. San Diego ...
Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Browser Out Of Memory Heap Corruption ...
Help Net Security - Croatia
Remote exploitation of a design error in Mozilla 1.7.3 and Firefox 1.0 may allow an attacker to cause heap corruption, resulting in execution of arbitrary code ...
Is the Firefox boom over?
Silicon.com - UK
firefox boom not over...i think all these articles are being released so that people will be drawn away form firefox due to all the attention it has been ...
[Category: firefox]
Podcasting News 2/28/05
Podcasting gives voice to amateurs
San Francisco Chronicle - USA
When my editor asked me to try my hand at podcasting, the assignment stirred up an old fantasy I had as a kid growing up in San Francisco -- to be a radio news ...
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Podcasting facesgrowing pains
Boston Globe - USA
... Lots of pictures of pet cats and long lists of people's favorite junk foods. Podcasting is in the same place today as the Web was in 1994. ...
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Air added to podcasting bubble
Macworld UK - UK
By Macworld staff. A new company plans to introduce a Web-based system that is aimed at making a business out of podcasting. Odeo ...
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IndiePodcasting.com Takes Podcasting and Music Promotion to New ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
IndiePodcasting.com is a new service devoted to promoting unsigned and independent musicians using a combination of podcasting technology, syndication, and ...
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[Category: podcasting]
More re: Google Movie
I blogged the other day about Googles new movie: feature where you put move: and your zip code in the search box and get back all the times for your movie in your area. More goodness is discussed over on the Google Blog. Try searching for:
movie:erase memory
movie:female boxer
movie:McBinge
movie:wine country
movie:a case of the mondays
[Category: google]
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Firefox News 2/27/05
FireFox Spyware Hoax Spreads
Slyck -Astoria,NY,USA
Yesterday, a screen shot began circulating across the Internet. The screenshot was of Microsoft's AntiSpyware program identifying Mozilla FireFox as spyware. ...
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FireFox Update Released
andPOP - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
(andPOP) - If you've jumped ship in the last few months from the popular Internet Explorer browser to the more secure, less spyware-riden FireFox, you've ...
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WebSideStory: Mozilla Firefox Growth Slowing, IE Below 90 Percent
MozillaZine - USA
According to the statistics, Mozilla Firefox's growth is slowing. "Firefox's market share grew just 15 percent in the five weeks leading up to Feb....
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Firefox vs IE: Round two
Cnet Asia -Asia
So when Bill Gates announced that his company would rush up its next Web browser--Internet Explorer 7 (IE7)--many in the Firefox fan club must be getting that ...
The iPod people get accessorized
Newark Star Ledger - Newark,NJ,USA
... You might want to think about joining the more than 25 million people who have downloaded Firefox 1.0, a free Web browser supported by the nonprofit Mozilla ...
[Category: firefox]
Podcasting News 2/27/05
'Podcasting' goes professional
International Herald Tribune - France
SAN FRANCISCO The primarily amateur Internet audio medium known as podcasting took a small, hopeful step on Friday toward becoming the commercial Web's next ...
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[Category: podcasting]
Scribe, Mozilla Firefox Extension
That post you just lost, would it have changed the world?There is a cool extension for Firefox called Scribe. Scribe lets you save the field of your form. So if you are on-line and filling out a blog post or a coment to someone elses post you can hit crtl+s and save your comment locally. If something should happen you can do a "File - Open Entry.." and open you saved file right into your form. Cool.
Handy for Gmail and other web based email programs.
[Category: firefox]
Updated Google Desktop Search Tips
I've updated Google Desktop Search Tips to the new style sheet. I think it will be easier to navigate. I also discovered IE handles anchor links a little differently so my 'return to top' links weren't working on both my GDS and Firefox tips pages. I've fixed that. Also, I enhanced the format for printing.
Firefox News 2/27/05
Mozilla warns of security holes, updates Firefox
ComputerWorld - USA
FEBRUARY 26, 2005 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Several security vulnerabilities in Firefox and the Mozilla Suite of Internet software put users of the open-source ...
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Firefox: New Target for Hackers?
CIO Today - Woodland Hills,CA,USA
... in the market must be taking some consolation in seeing an increase in the number of known exploits affecting the Mozilla engine that powers the Firefox browser ...
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New Mozilla Firefox Options/Preferences Window Lands
MozillaZine - USA
The latest trunk builds of Mozilla Firefox now feature the redesigned Options/Preferences window that has been developed over the last few weeks. ...
Firefox and Opera Update Browsers
Search Engine Journal - USA
Mozilla has reacted to a browser feature that leaves customers open to URL spoofing and other scams with the release of Mozilla Firefox 1.01. ...
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Mozilla Firefox hacks squashed in v1.0.1 rollout
Pocket-lint.co.uk - UK
We reported earlier this week that Firefox was becoming a victim of its own success by becoming a higher-profile hacking target, now the downloads passed the ...
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Firefox v1.01 (Update)
DMXzone.COM (press release) - Enschede,Netherlands
...Firefox empowers you to browse faster, more safely and more efficiently than with any other browser. ... More information about Firefox is available.
Mozilla Battens the Hatches Against IE 7.0
eWeek - USA
... PSM (Personal Security Manager), which handles the performance of cryptographic operations for the Mozilla Suite (which includes the flagship Firefox browser). ...
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Digital Defense
Red Herring - CA,USA
McAfee's stock takes a hit after news of "reporting deficiencies;" Firefox gets a security patch; the UK plans advisories about digital threats....
Googlebar For Firefox, Plus The Google & Firefox Deal
Search Engine Watch - Darien,CT,USA
Last week, when Google rolled out the latest version of its toolbar, I was dumbfounded that a Firefox version still wasn't offered. What's the deal? ...
[Category: firefox]
Podcasting News 2/27/05
SPORTS-TALK PROVIDERS GET IN ON PODCAST GAME
Kansas City Star (subscription) - MO,USA
... That's one reason the San Francisco consultant is taking advantage of a phenomenon called podcasting to launch a network of specialized sports talk shows. ...
New Company Hopes To Find Profit In Podcasting
FMQB - Cherry Hill,NJ,USA
[Category: podcasting]
Friday, February 25, 2005
Podcasting News 2/25/05
IndiePodcasting.com Announces Podcasting Service for Musicians
Podcasting News - Des Moines,IA,USA
IndiePodcasting.com has announced a new service devoted to promoting unsigned and indie artists using a combination of podcasting technology, syndication, and ...
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With All Those iPods, Podcasting Is on the Air
New York Times - USA
24 - The primarily amateur Internet audio medium known as podcasting will take a small, hopeful step on Friday toward becoming the commercial Web's next big ...
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Blogger Founder to Launch Podcasting Service
Adrants - Groton,MA,USA
Odeo is an all-in-one podcasting application which is said to make the creation, finding, organizing and listening to digital audio files as easy as Blogger ...
Podcasting kills the radio star?
St. Joseph News Press - St. Joseph,MO,USA
... device. Since Curry's program came out in August of last year, the popularity of podcasting has been increasing exponentially. ...
Winpodcast - New Podcasting Application
Podcasting News - Des Moines,IA,USA
Sascha Siekmann has announced Winpodcast, an application for producing high-quality podcasts. It is an end-to-end solution, with ...
[Category: podcasting]
Firefox News 2/25/05
Firefox dusted down with security upgrade
Register - London,England,UK
Mozilla yesterday released an updated version of its popular Firefox browser, version 1.0.1. The release includes several fixes to guard against spoofing and ...
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Firefox foils phishing flaw
VNUNet.com - UK
All Firefox users are being encouraged to download a security update for the popular open source browser. The update includes several ...
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New version of Firefox out
Inquirer -UK
The latest Fireferrit update, with the catchy title 1.0.1, is basically a security patch that guards against spoofing and arbitrary code execution. ...
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27 Million Firefox Users Encouraged to Download Anti-Phishing ...
Java Developer's Journal - Montvale,NJ,USA
... Hofmann, director of engineering for the Mozilla Foundation, yesterday as The Mozilla Foundation released an update to its award-winning Firefox 1.0 browser. ...
Firefox patches ‘moderately critical' flaws
ITWeb - South Africa
The Mozilla Foundation has released its first security update to Firefox, designed to prevent spoofing and phishing attacks, and fix glitches that cause the ...
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Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 Released
MozillaZine - USA
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 has just been released. A minor update ... If you're using Firefox 1.0, you want this release. The Firefox Release ...
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IE7 versus Firefox
p2pnet.net - Ontario,Canada
... a nerve, did we?" -- says an editor's note on CNET's AnchorDesk, going on, "Many of you took issue with my prediction that IE 7 would drive out Firefox ...
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Firefox update drops IDN support.
HTML FIX IT.COM - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
Mozilla have released an updated version of their Firefox web browser (1.0.1) to drop support for IDN (International Domain Names) after a flaw was found in ...
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Details on plugged security loopholes in Firefox 1.0.1
Heise Online - Germany
As early as the beginning of February Michael Krax pointed out three weak points in Mozilla and Firefox. Upon the publication of ...
I got your band, right here. Firefox vs. IE
ZDNet - USA
Besides which, as far as I can see, and if I want to I can actually go look for more in the code, Firefox has had 9-10 vulnerabilites reported, in the last 3 1 ...
[Category: firefox]
Workzoo
I recently blogged about a site called Indeed.com that helps you search for jobs on-line. Today there is news from Lifehacker about a new page called WorkZoo.com. Looks to be similar. Has RSS and email notification of your job search. Also has a map displaying the location of the job.
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 has been released
Firefox 1.0.1 has been released. It contains many bug and security fixes.
Unofficial Firefox 1.0.1 changelog
MozillaZine Article - Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 Released
Builds in all languages here.
[Category: firefox]
Firefox News 2/24/05
Microsoft IE admits Firefox defeat
GameSHOUT - USA
was renovating its troubled Internet Explorer Web browser, numerous tech pundits rushed to write obituaries for the browser's chief rival, Firefox. ...
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Application compatibility may slow Firefox growth
SC Magazine - London,UK
The increasingly popular
Firefox browser could stumble in its bid to make inroads into the corporate environment, despite its many plaudits for increased ...
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Internet Explorer beats Firefox hands down
Inquirer - UK
BELIEVE IT or not after many years experience with the Internet, I have tried all the browsers, netscape,ie,firefox,ect....and my favorite one is IE. ...
Firefox 1.1's Release Pushed Back To June
Information Week - USA
The next version of the popular open-source Firefox will likely show up in June, not March as earlier expected. The next version
...
Will Firefox be the app that mainstreams open source?
IT Manager's Journal - Fremont,CA,USA
Hearing public discussions of Firefox by geeks and non-techies, and reading reports of the rampant growth of the Mozilla Foundation's browser, one has to ...
Nokia Denies Migration to Firefox
NewsForge - USA
... Windows. So the title should have more correctly read: Regarding Nokia specifically, Firefox has been added along side MSIE. The ...
Mozilla Disables IDN Feature
Article Central - USA
... Clients can avoid the attack in Firefox and Mozilla by setting 'network.enableIDN' to false in the browser's configuration. "This ...
Reading blogs may install Spyware.
HTML FIX IT.COM - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
... hijacking problems only effect Internet Explorer. If you use Firefox, you shouldn't be effected. To stop automatic comment spamming ...
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Costly'click fraud' comes under scrutiny from Google, Yahoo!
Daily Breeze - Torrance,CA,USA
... Internet Explorer browser, which has been the Achilles heel of security for Windows because of its lax security, continues to get hammered by Firefox. ...
GoFish Technologies Tells Customers to 'GoFish This!'
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... GoFish Technologies, Inc., a leader in digital media search, today announced the release of their search plug-in for the Mozilla Firefox browser as well as a ...
[Category: firefox]
Google Adds Movie Search
Google has added movie search. So if you google movie: title zip you'll find all the movie times in your zip code
eg: movie: the aviator 92008
will find all the times and theater locations in 92008 for the movie The Aviator.
If you just do movie: 92008 you'll see all of the theaters and movies and times.Cool.
Via Inside Google
[Category: google]
Essential Windows freebies
Lifehacker has come up with a list of essential Windows freebies. Check it out.
Tagged: firefox, thunderbird, trillian, picasa, itunes, ad-aware, OpenOffice, skype
Podcasting News 2/24/05
Podcasting Power for the People
NewsHour Extra - USA
Described by enthusiasts as contagious and addictive, podcasting has grown exponentially, as more and more people join the grassroots media movement by ...
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Austereo counters iPod threat
NEWS.com.au - Australia
... Sydney general manager Patrick Joyce yesterday downplayed threats to the future of radio from iPods and the new online media of podcasting, saying the internet ...
LiveMessage supports podcasting
Podcasting News - Des Moines,IA,USA
... in the blogosphere. "The podcasting phenomena is just starting," said Royal P. Farros, CEO of MessageCast, Inc. "We continue to ...
[Category: podcasting]
Yahoo!
I'm now on Yahoo! IM as techlifeblogged
[Category: yahoo]
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Looking east in Carlsbad, CA around 5:40PM. The storm passed earlier today.
Firefox in the News Today 2/23/05
Nokia denies wholesale move to Firefox
Inquirer - UK
FINNISH GIANT Nokia has denied an IDG report yesterday that it had moved wholesale to Firefox from Internet Explorer. LinuxInsider ...
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Nokia to swap 55,000 desktops to Firefox.
HTML FIX IT.COM - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
In what must be a blow to Microsoft, two Scandinavian websites have written that Nokia is replacing Internet Explorer with Firefox on 55,000 of it's desktops ...
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FireFox gains while Microsoft IE drops in marketshare
GameSHOUT - USA
About a month ago, we reported a sharp increase for Firefox browser usage on GameSHOUT. ... Then, by mid January, Firefox usage on our site jumped to 17.4%.
...
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Numerous Security Flaws in Web Browsers Remain Unpatched
SQL Server Magazine (subscription) - Loveland,CO,USA
Dozens of security-related problems remain unpatched in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera Web browsers. According to security ...
J2EE Business Apps: OpenXava 1.0 Released
SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
... OpenXava works with JDK1.4.2. and also runs with JDK5.0. It supports various browsers, including Internet Explorer, Mozilla and Firefox. ...
Sense of Urgency Marks Explorer 7
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
... It follows small but steady gains by the open- source Mozilla Firefox Web browser and ongoing speculation that Google could be cooking up its own browser. ...
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Firefox breaks 25 million downloads mark
DV Hardware - Netherlands
Since the release of version 1.0 in September last year webbrowser Firefox has been downloaded 25 million times, according to figures from Mozilla Foundation. ...
...doté de nouvelles fonctionnalités et encore plus convivial ...
Le Revenu - Paris,France
...
"We are pleased that Copernic is supporting both Firefox and Thunderbird," said Chris Hofmann, Director of Engineering at the Mozilla Foundation. ...
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Search Concert, Sports and Theatre Tickets with New FireFox Ticket ...
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
First to embrace the power and flexibility of the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser, Encore Tickets offers a free and simple search plug-in allowing users to ...
Don't get ripped off: Go with a Windows PC
The South End - Detroit,MI,USA
... This is why Windows users are advised to switch to FireFox, the Mozilla Foundation's free browser. FireFox manages to give Windows ...
[Category: firefox]
Podcasting in the News Today 2/23/05
Podcasting quickly going mainstream
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... live up to. Podcasting's most distinctive quality lies in the capacity to time-shift the consumption of digital content. Users can ...
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Podcasting - One Reader Disagrees
Audio Graphics - Cleveland,OH,USA
"Ken, Hello: You're Wrong!" That, in a nutshell, is Chris Darling's response to my column about podcasting being a fad. Hear him out. I've been wrong before. ...
Podcasting Expands Internet Radio Network's Reach to 100,000 ...
Podcasting News - Des Moines,IA,USA
Enigma Radio Network's podcasting division has helped push their network reach to over 100,000 MP3 downloads per day. The network ...
[Category: podcasting]
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Podcasting in the News Today 2/22/05
Internet Radio Network Adds Podcasting Reaching Over 100,000 ...
Send2Press (press release) - USA
OMAHA, NE /Send2Press Newswire/ -- The Enigma Radio Network recently added a podcasting division to their popular programming lineup of Internet radio shows. ...
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[Category: podcasting]
Firefox in the News Today 2/22/05
Firefox hits 25 million downloads
VNUNet.com - UK
Downloads of the open source Firefox browser have hit the 25 million mark since its release in November last year, according to figures from the Mozilla ...
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Checking Your Hotmail With Firefox and Synching Different Palm ...
Washington Post - USA
I used to be able to right-click on a link in a Hotmail message to open it in a new tab in my Web browser, Firefox. Now that doesn't work anymore....
Internet Daily Stuck in the 90s on a small island
MarketWatch - USA
... The Mozilla store offered a one-day discount on Firefox T-shirts and other clothing to mark the fact its Web browser has been downloaded 25 million times, just ...
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[Category: firefox]
Monday, February 21, 2005
Firefox in the News Today 2/21/05
Yahoo! Unveils New Firefox Toolbar
Article Central - USA
Inc. has announced the beta release of its Yahoo! Toolbar for the Mozilla Firefox Web browser. ... Toolbar Beta for Mozilla Firefox is available for download. ...
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Firefox hits 25m downloads
Australian IT - Australia
MORE than 25 million copies of the open source Firefox internet browser were downloaded in the 100 days afters its release. Open ...
Need help with Firefox? Learn to speak geek
Ventura County Star (subscription) - Ventura county,CA,USA
Dear Dr. Bombay: I installed Mozilla's Firefox browser and Thunderbird e-mail program. ... You really need to learn to speak geek if you want to use Firefox. ...
Microsoft announces policy on the new version of Internet Explorer ...
Tech Republic (subscription) - Louisville,KY,USA
Secondly, despite the increasing market presence of Firefox, Redmond has announced that the next version of Internet Explorer, IE 7, will only be available for ...
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Eyeballs and Downloads: Déjà Vu All Over Again
IT Directors - USA
... products. For example, Mozilla Firefox is now reporting having provided 25 million downloads -- a quarter of a million per day. ...
Safari's and Firefox's Pop-Up Blockers broken? [UPDATE]
Mac Daily News - USA... If anyone has additional information, please let us know. [UPDATE: 11:06 am ET: We have replicated the issue with Firefox v 1.0 on the Mac....
[Category: firefox]
Podcasting in the News Today 2/21/05
Podcasting Publicity Shows Internet Radio's Weakness
Audio Graphics - Cleveland,OH,USA
Before getting to paragraph two, let's state that consumer-based podcasting is a fad. Podcasts will grow through their use by corporations ...
Podcasting and Bloggers
Audio Graphics -Cleveland,OH,USA
... all media. So pardon my skepticism on this new round about podcasting and bloggers being potential advertising vehicles. From here ...
Podcasting Service Providers Arrive
WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
New proof that podcasting is here to stay - services are popping up to assist podcasters. Liberated Syndication has announced a ...
Podcast Makes Podcasting History
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
... The concept of the Aruntx iPodcasting Syndication Network is unique and a podcast making podcasting syndication history, given content of a radio station ...
[Category: podcasting]
Podcasting in the News 2/20/05
Podcast Makes Podcasting History
Homo Numericus - France
Podcast Makes Podcasting History :-NEW YORK, Sun 20 Feb 2005 - MANDINGO embraces the Magic Of Super Sunday. In celebration of President ...
[Category: podcasting]
Sunday, February 20, 2005
Sage 1.3.1 is out
Sage 1.3.1 has be released. This is a maintenance release that includes a feed parsing bug fix, a proper Catalan locale identifier (ca-AD), as well as new Finnish, Serbian, and Argentine Spanish locales.
If you don't know, Sage is a lightweight RSS and Atom feed aggregator extension for Mozilla Firefox.
[Category: firefox]
Firefox in the news 2/19/05
Yesterday's news a little late....
Firefox Tops 25 Million-Download Mark
InternetWeek.com - USA
The number of downloads of Firefox has topped 25 million, indicating that the open-source browser continues to make gains in the market dominated by Microsoft ...
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The Firefox Enterprise Challenge
NewsFactor Network - Woodland Hills,CA,USA
In order for Firefox to land in companies with Web-enabled applications, as well as other environments, it is possible that Mozilla will have to make a ...
Firefox Download
CocoonTech.com - Evergreen,VA,USA
I wanted to try the Firefox browser so I downloaded the file from THIS site. When I double clicked on the file to install I was ...
Google's linking toolbar raises ire online
CNET News.com - USA
... or semantic processing) to annotate a page with additional links and information is exactly what I want my user agents of choice (namely, Firefox and Internet ...
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New IDN Homograph Spoofing Response: IDN Will Not Be Disabled
MozillaZine - USA
... In Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1, Mozilla 1.7.6 and Mozilla 1.8 Beta 1, IDN will now be enabled but all international domain names will be displayed as Punycode. ...
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[Category: firefox]
Podcasting in the News 2/19/05
Yesterday's new a little late...
Après le podcasting, le screencasting ?
Homo Numericus - France
«Last January, when I first wrote about the medium that I've since come to call screencasting, it seemed an odd-enough topic that I felt obliged to justify ...
[Category: podcasting]
Saturday, February 19, 2005
Tsunami throws up India relics
Amazing: BBC NEWS | South Asia | Tsunami throws up India relics
Archaeologists say they have discovered some stone remains from the coast close to India's famous beachfront Mahabalipuram temple in Tamil Nadu state following the 26 December tsunami.
[Categories: tsunami, archaeology]
Firefox in the News Today 2/18/05
ZDNet - USA
That's the message this week from the Mozilla Foundation, whose Web browser Firefox has surpassed 25 million downloads in 100 days. ...
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25 Million Downloads of Firefox
NewsForge - USA
... a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving choice and promoting innovation on the Internet, today announced its award-winning
Firefox browser has been ...
Netscape 8.0 Pre Beta Released to Registered Testers
MozillaZine - USA
... The Netscape 8.0 Pre Beta is once again based on Mozilla Firefox 1.0 and now sports a look similiar, but not identical, to the "potential design concept" that ...
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[Category: firefox]
Podcasting in the News Today 2/18/05
iPodlounge - USA
Since podcasting first emerged as a form of mass communication, typical people - professionals, housewives, computer nerds, and teenagers -- have been making ...
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FeedDemon Takes On Podcasting
Podcasting News - Des Moines,IA,USA
FeedDemon 1.5 has added podcasting tools that let users download audio files and automatically copy them to an iPod or other media player. ...
Podcasting Pioneer Launches Podcast Production Services Firm
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Podcasting is the new technology by which consumers subscribe to digital audio content over the Internet. (PRWEB) February 18, 2005 ...
[Category: podcasting]
Thursday, February 17, 2005
Why haven't you switched to Firefox??
Worth a read to the skeptical out there: Karen Freeman - Browse Happy
[Category: firefox]
Firefox in the News Today 2/17/05
Firefox Hits 25 Million Download Mark
BetaNews - USA
Mozilla developers announced this week that Firefox has been downloaded 25 million times in less than 100 days after its 1.0 launch. ...
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Firefox Breaks 25 Million Downloads
Slashdot - USA
... tools--an affiliate system, a small donations fundraising system, blogs, galleries, forums, and the good old human larynx--you all are spreading Firefox to a ...
Firefox Hits 25 Million Downloads - Extended Coverage
WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
I know I'm late on this but I honestly didn't haveDownload Firefox Now! ... Oh yeah, you can also see some other posts I've written about Firefox vs. ...
FireFox Tops 25 Million Downloads in 99 Days
Overclockers Club - Birmingham,AL,USA
On February 15th, exactly 99 days after it was released, Firefox 1.0 smashed through the 25 million download milestone. "With a ...
Bill Gates: Microsoft created PC industry
Inquirer - UK
... He also touches on Firefox, Google, Apple and free software, and says Microsoft wakes up every day thinking about DEC or Compaq or Wang. ...
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Firefox, Mozilla To Turn Off IDN
Information Week - USA
The next versions of Firefox and Mozilla will disable IDN support as a short-term answer to a spoofing vulnerability. The next versions ...
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DR. BOMBAY COMPUTER MD
Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription) - Fort Worth,TX,USA
By Dr. Emilio Bombay. Dear Dr. Bombay: I installed Mozilla's Firefox browser and Thunderbird e-mail program. To support the Mozilla ...
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Students go for ad-blocking Firefox
The University of Maryland Diamondback - College Park,MD,USA
While Microsoft's Internet Explorer rules the Web surfing realm, the rising popularity of Mozilla's Firefox browser among computer buffs and university ...
[Category: firefox]
Podcasting in the News Today 2/17/05
Podcasting's First Aggregated Network
ClickZ News - New York,NY,USA
Podcasting has its first aggregated network. ... Though the network is brand-new, it already boasts an impressive audience (by podcasting standards, at least). ...
Podcasting - you might catch bandwidth
HTML FIX IT.COM - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
The latest trend just might be Pod Casting. A combination apparently of the word i-Pod (question can we use that without getting sued?) and broadcasting. ...
[Category: podcasting]
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Firefox in the News Today 2/16/05
ZDNet UK - UK
David McGuinness, a Mozilla contributor, claimed on Tuesday that by the time the next version of IE is released Firefox may already have taken a large ...
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Mozilla Firefox Downloaded 25,000,000 Times
MozillaZine - USA
Mozilla Firefox has hit the 25 million download mark. By the end of yesterday, 99 days after the release of Firefox 1.0, the browser ...
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Ask Jeeves wants Firefox
Geek.com - USA
The three items on the agenda include the possibility of making AJ desktop search Open Source, developing an AJ-branded browser based on Firefox, and merging ...
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25 Million Downloads of Firefox
LXer - Kerrville,TX,USA
... a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving choice and promoting innovation on the Internet, today announced its award-winning Firefox browser has been ...
New IE coming as MS does battle with Firefox
National Business Review - New Zealand
Over the past several months Microsoft's browser, Internet Explorer, has dropped seven points of market share, settling down from 97 per cent to 90 per cent ...
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Google soups up search toolbar
CNET News.com - USA
... Last week, Yahoo introduced a version of its search toolbar for the Firefox Web browser, which has quickly become a contender to Microsoft's dominant IE. ...
Is Jeeves Getting Firefoxy?
Motley Fool - USA
... Firefox. According to CNET, Ask Jeeves has engaged in some talks with the folks at Mozilla. ...
Firefox certainly wouldn't be a bad place to start. ...
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Microsoft announces IE 7
I4U - USA
The Mozilla
Firefox success finally did it, and Bill Gates announces Internet Explorer 7 coming this Summer. The new IE 7 is of course all about security. ...
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Enter your e-mail:
PC World - USA
... a pre-Longorn IE update. In the keynote, Gates didn't mention Firefox or the recent inroads it's made against IE. And he didn't ...
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Q&A: The slows? Maybe it's the computer
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - MN,USA
... Then switch from Internet Explorer to Mozilla Firefox; experts say it will lessen your chances of getting recurrences of malicious software. ...
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Podcasting in the News Today 2/16/05
WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
... [...] People are beginning to use them as instruments of social activity - sharing songs and taking part in podcasting - the [Pew] survey found. ...
Audible To Get On The Podcasting Train
WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
On its investor conference call tonight, Audible teased some big plans to empower members with social media tools.
"Self publishers ...
Small Business Uses Podcasting to Deliver Health and Wellness ...
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... PRWEB) February 16, 2005 -- Natural Physiques™ announces the release of their weekly Become Your Best teleseminars using the innovative podcasting technology ...
First Podcasting studio opens
Blog Herald - Bunbury,Australia
PaleGroove Studios today announced the opening of a "bricks and mortar" podcast production studio, the first of its kind in the United States. ...
[Category: podcasting]
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Firefox in the News Today 2/15/05
Silicon.com - UK
Ask Jeeves and the Mozilla Foundation have begun discussions on the twin possibilities of a Firefox-based Jeeves browser and of donating Jeeves' desktop search ...
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Pay-per-click... Firefox ... Other items
Record-Searchlight (subscription) - Redding,CA,USA
... Internet Explorer browser, which has been the Achilles Heel of security for Windows because of its lax security, continues to get hammered by Firefox. ...
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Ask Jeeves Considers Firefox Variant
BetaNews - USA
Google is not the only search engine interested in leveraging the recent success of Firefox. Ask Jeeves recently met with members
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SalesJunction.com Adds Support for FireFox and Thunderbird
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... a leading provider of hosted CRM services, announced today that its' web-based CRM/SFA system now provides integration and support for FireFox and Thunderbird. ...
Annodex Audio/Video Search Extension for Mozilla Firefox
MozillaZine - USA
... from the article:
"Project leader Dr Silvia Pfeiffer told ZDNet Australia this morning [February 11th] that the reason the organisation chose Firefox as a ...
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Firefox to Disable IDN Support as Phishing Defense
Netcraft - UK
Upcoming releases of the Firefox and Mozilla browsers will turn off support for Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) by default to protect users from the ...
Firefox Plugin Annodex For Searching Audio, Video
Slashdot - USA
loser in front of a computer writes "ZDNet Australia reports that 'Australia's CSIRO research organisation has developed a Firefox plugin named Annodex that ...
Clip search leaves rest for dead
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) - New South Wales,Australia
... Developed under an open source licence, Annodex is a free plugin for the Mozilla Firefox browser, with a general Windows plugin also available and Linux and ...
Ask Jeeves considers Firefox.
HTML FIX IT.COM - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
Recently there has been much speculation that Google would be releasing a Google branded version of the Firefox web browser. Well ...
OOoFf! Phoenix announces open source technology to take your ...
ITWeb - South Africa
... re-publisher Phoenix Global Software has announced availability of OOoFf!, a combination of two leading cross-platform programs, OpenOffice.org and Firefox. ...
[Category: firefox]
Podcasting in the News Today 2/15/05
TidBITS - USA
Few buzzwords surrounding Internet technologies have moved into the mainstream more quickly than "podcasting," but because of this speed and an only ...
[Category: podcasting]
Getting Firefox to remember your Gmail password
I like the feature of Firefox for remembering passwords. The problem is, it doesn't work in Gmail or Yahoo. I found the Gmail Wiki has the solution. It's easy and you can read it here.
Note, steps 3 and 4 in the wiki speak of right clicking and selecting This Frame, etc. I tried that but there aren't frames. Just skip those steps.
[Category: firefox]
Monday, February 14, 2005
Firefox in the News Today 2/14/05
PC Advisor - UK
by Matthew Broersma, Techworld.com. Companies should think twice before jumping on the Firefox bandwagon, says a respected research group. ...
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Hypercosm 3-D Simulation Tools Available For Mozilla Firefox Web ...
a2gay.org.uk - Manchester,UK
... training, education and design visualization, today announced the release of Hypercosm Player and Hypercosm Teleporter for the Mozilla Firefox Web browser. ...
XRamp Technologies Offers 256-bit SSL Certificates
Windows IT Pro Network (subscription) - Loveland,CO,USA
... Internet Explorer (IE) yet but some Linux-based Web servers such as Apache already offer such support, as does the popular multi-platform Firefox Web browser. ...
Xandros packs in more features
Globetechnology.com - Canada
... The new release provides a new Internet experience with Firefox web browsing, Skype Internet calling, and Thunderbird e-mailing. ...
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Podcasting in the News Today 2/14/05
WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
It's been interesting reading some of the reactions by business bloggers to General Motors' first experiment with podcasting last week. ...
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Podcasting has roots in blog subscriptions
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA
Months before "podcasting" officially got its name in September, former MTV employee Adam Curry was frustrated by the state of broadcasting on the Internet ...
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Sunday, February 13, 2005
Interesting Firefox extension: Linky
Jon Udell of InfoWorld has an entry on his weblog with a 90-second screencast about an extension called Linky. Linky lets you select an area on you screen and then right click and have all the links open in different tabs.
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Firefox in the News Today 2/13/05
Yahoo Loves Firefox, Creates Toolbar Express Newsline - Mohali,India Yahoo added another feather to its cap by launching a beta version of its toolbar for Mozilla Firefox web browser. The beta release ... See all stories on this topic
Security experts see malware, spyware for Firefox before year's ... Geek.com - USA ... first major reduction of Microsoft's browser share since it defeated Netscape 5 years ago, a competitor to Internet Explorer has finally been born in Firefox. ... See all stories on this topic
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Friday, February 11, 2005
Firefox in the news today 2/11/05
Inquirer - UK
SEARCH OUTFIT Yahoo has released a beta tool bar for the Open Source browser Firefox. The move indicates the increasing popularity ...
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Firefox gets multimedia plugin
ZDNet UK - UK
Australia's CSIRO research organisation has developed a Firefox plug-in for Windows named Annodex that allows browsing through time-continuous media such as ...
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Study Urges Corporate Caution Before Downloading Firefox
PC World - USA
Companies should think twice before jumping on the Firefox bandwagon, says a respected research group. The open-source browser has ...
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Yahoo! toolbar available for Firefox
Geek.com - USA
... Toolbar for the Mozilla Firefox browser.
... The toolbar brings functionality to Mozilla Firefox that was previously only available to Windows users. The Yahoo! ...
Yahoo! Toolbar Beta for Mozilla Firefox
MozillaZine - USA
Even though it states to be for "Firefox 1.0 for Windows", I installed it on both Windows and Lunix, and it seems to work equally well on both platforms. ...
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Yahoo Pampers
Firefox Users With Toolbar
Boost Marketing - UK
Firefox users rejoice - Yahoo have unveiled a beta toolbar for the in-demand open source browser. Currently available only for Windows ...
Browser Wars: Who's Winning, Who's Losing
ClickZ News - New York,NY,USA
Adoption of Mozilla's Firefox browser has accelerated to make it the number two browser in North America, with just under a 4.5 percent market share, according ...
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Vulnerabilities in Firefox
Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City,MO,USA
According to Mikx, three security problems have been detected in version 1.0. of the Firefox browser. Madrid, Spain - They can be ...
Interoperability statement 'Orwellian'
Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... Zymaris cited the case of OpenOffice.org and Mozilla Firefox, both of which were available on multiple platforms, allowing interoperability beyond the realm of ...
[Category: firefox]
Podcasting in the News Today 2/11/05
iPodlounge - USA
... USA Today has a great article on podcasting, calling it "programming by the people, for the people" and featuring several of the top shows. ...
Cerado Introduces Competitive Intelligence Services Via Podcasting
Podcasting News - Des Moines,IA,USA
... such as the iPod. Cerado says it is the first company to use podcasting to deliver competitive information. While "spycasting" may ...
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Podcasting: More Hype Than Response
Audio Graphics - Cleveland,OH,USA
It's tiring to read so many headlines about the "wave" of podcasting. If you're to believe the press, podcasters are now a formidable ...
Podcasting Gets Star Treatment In USA Today
WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
USA Today ran two articles on podcasting today. ... USA Today: "Now podcasting has arrived with the potential to rewrite the rules of the game. ...
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