Firefox 3 downloads pass a million
Well it happened over night and yes who would have ever doubted that the world record for downloading a piece of software would have been broken, after all they only needed to get two downloads to create the record as there is not currently one recorded!
But to be fair to Mozilla their Firefox 3 [...]
June 13, 2008Get faster loading pages
One of the most annoying things about web pages is the amount of time that some of them take to load up, and when they slow down all of the other activities in the computer. These problems are very frustrating for users and could lead to your website deterring people from sticking around.
Here are [...]
June 12, 2008Download Day is announced
Finally after thirty four months it’s going to be ready, Firefox 3 is going to be released onto the world and the world record breaking download day has been announced.
Get your planners out and mark down the 17th June 2008, this is the day when all those fans of Mozilla are going to be [...]
June 11, 2008Firefox downloads pledges reach 1 million
This is your chance to get in on a world record attempt (Although there is no record to break!) all that you have to do is download the much awaited and hyped Firefox 3 and that is it, you have become part of a world record and yes it will be recorded in the famous [...]
June 9, 2008Virgin Media writes to down loaders
Subscribers with Virgin Media who like to download the odd bit of illegal music, film or software better be watching out for a letter to drop on their door mats, for their ISP have teamed up with the BPI to close down on the illegal file sharers.
This comes from the government’s plans to make [...]
June 6, 2008What’s good about Firefox 3?
It is not long now before the wait will be finally over and the downloading begins of Firefox 3. Although it was only just over two years, when Firefox 2 was unleashed onto the world of browsing.
But with an estimated fourteen thousand changes being made the world is waiting for Firefox 3 download day, [...]
May 29, 2008Firefox to get into the record books
The entire Firefox community is waiting for download day; this is going to happen sometime in June and will see virtually everyone who is running a Firefox browser upgrade this to the latest and most exciting browser that has come out through Firefox.
Not content with that the people at Firefox are looking to break [...]
May 28, 2008Extras added to Google Maps
Ever since Google introduced the maps these are appearing on many websites, whether these are being used to show customers directions or to simply advertise certain areas like a tourist attraction. These maps come in very handy and are useful tools for webmasters.
However there are some features to be used on Google Maps and [...]
May 23, 2008Microsoft to pay users to search
Microsoft have been trying for some time to capture the search market, but have failed even their proposed take over of Yahoo failed, leaving them to rethink the whole situation.
Now they are launching “Live Search Cash back” the idea being that both advertisers and users will be able to get cash back savings on [...]
May 22, 2008Features of Firefox 3
The latest version of Firefox conveniently called “3” has a lot of features and even some fixes, but there are some of these features that could actually make a difference to how you are surfing the net.
So what would be the best of all of these features on Firefox 3?
Souped-up Add-ons manager
More intuitive [...]
Some great webmaster tools
Being a great webmaster means many things to many different people, but for the webmaster it usually means a lot of painstakingly hour of work, paying attention to the slightest of details and generally making sure that things are kept running smoothly.
But sometimes even the best need a little help, or sometimes a lot [...]
May 14, 2008Free webmaster tools
It is well known that being a webmaster means that you are most of the time working and to tight budgets, this is ok, but could there be any way of making life easier?
Well of course there is, there is always going to be a short cut here and there, but having said that [...]
May 7, 2008Webmasters doing Google’s job
Being Google must be great; they have help from all sides. Once they were just a search service which people used to find a website and everyone was happy. Apart from Google, they wanted to rule the internet and then go on to rule the world, but they need the help of webmasters and naturally [...]
May 2, 2008Where Vista has failed
There simply cannot be any computer user who has not heard about the problems with Vista, but although there are many problems, actually finding out what they are and how these problems will actually affect your own computer use.
So for anyone who is unaware of what most people think are the severe problems with [...]
April 22, 2008How good is your website?
Its okay spend all of that time building a website, but when it is launched and everything is running fine, you need to find out what people are looking at, what they do on your website and where they are from. But in order to this properly there is a need to use one of [...]
April 21, 2008Information gathering for Microsoft
For anyone who has ever wondered how Microsoft gets all of their information about us, the answer is so simple, especially if you happen to be using Windows Vista. We know that by when we buy a new piece of software it normally comes with a huge terms and conditions sheet, which we digitally sign [...]
April 15, 2008Microsoft under attack from Google and Salesforce
Probably two of Microsoft’s oldest enemies who joined forces a while ago, are due to announce that they will be increasing their efforts in the to attract more customers for their customer management and office software, which is mainly directed at business users.
The combined services will include Google’s suite of office programmes and applications, [...]
April 10, 2008BBC’s iPlayer to go on Wii
Ever since its introduction in December last year, the BBC’s iPlayer users have been growing faster than even the BBC could hope for. But despite all of the problems with the ISP’s over traffic, the iPlayer is set to become the latest addition to the Wii
Being available on a games consol like the Wii, [...]
April 4, 2008Film makers to use Bit Torrent sites
Now film makers attempt to use Bit Torrents as a way to get their films out there and in the process get some much needed publicity which can in effect make an average film into a cult film that has been seen by millions.
In fact a film producer from Norway found that one of [...]
April 2, 2008Photoshop as used by Pirates
It is estimated that around sixty per cent of all users of Photoshop are essentially pirates, yes that’s right people have the top of the range software from Adobe are using it illegally. Although the question needs to be asked is using the software making you a pirate or is the person who allows the [...]