Firefox 4.0 has been a long time and for those who might not have been following its development could probably be forgiven for thinking that things have gone into a bit of a holding pattern recently. Thankfully, a beta release has emerged from Mozilla and I’ve taken a quick look at it. What you will …
Tag: Google
Jul 15 2010
Multiple Login Support Coming for Google Services
A quick one for this evening. According to unofficial news site, Google Operating System, Google is planning to bring multiple login support for its services. This might prove useful for people who may have multiple accounts to segment their activities (such as work, personal and junk). Google isn’t the first to market with this sort …
Jul 05 2010
Backup Your Facebook, Twitter and Blog with Backupify
Are there some things that you have uploaded to a social medium that you don’t have stored anywhere else? Perhaps you are implicitly relying on Facebook and Twitter remaining operational so that all those funny comments, memorable photos, shared links and event calendars are not lost? If you have been following this blog for a …
Jun 29 2010
Exchange on the Cheap – Google Mail + ActiveSync = Google Sync
With the release of iOS 4 for iPhone (with iPad users still waiting patiently) the ability to have more than one Microsoft Exchange account (or similar through the use of ActiveSync) has been a long time coming. Those of us that use Microsoft Exchange at work know how handy it is to have push mail …
Jun 15 2010
Smart Meters – Would You Use One?
Recently, I filled in a survey regarding the use of a smart meter for water usage which I am guessing was initiated by Sydney Water to help them get a feel for the demand for such a service. For those of you who don’t know about smart meters, they replace your analogue meter with a …
May 15 2010
Google Caught Short on Wi-Fi Network Privacy
A couple of articles have surfaced over the last few days concerning Google and its collection of WiFi network information when conducting its Street View activities. One such article detailing Google’s response and admission of its actions has me scratching my head. Alan Eustace, a senior vice president at Google, was quoted as having said: …
May 11 2010
Internet Explorer 9 Preview – Second Release
Microsoft quietly released its second update to the Internet Explorer 9 Preview. I gave an overview of the first release here if you want to get up to speed on how the original preview performed. From a look and feel perspective, it looks very much the same. All of the usual toolbars and menus are …
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