Mozilla released recently a new version bundle of firefox browser: Firefox Campus Edition. Campus edition is not a new version of Firefox. It is just the common firefox browser with some add-ons (extensions) for better music management and social networking. The add-ons that come pre-installed with Campus Edition are: Zotero, FoxyTunes and StumbleUpon. Zotero helps … Continue reading Firefox Campus Edition
Vote for trashing all IE hacks!
Nick La wrote a very interesting post for trashing all IE hacks. Web designers spend a lot time on trying to "hack" their site to appear properly on Internet Explorer 6 (Internet Explorer 7 is messy too, but not as IE 6). CSS rendering in IE 6 is extremely bad and web designers have to … Continue reading Vote for trashing all IE hacks!
Flock 0.9 Review
Flock is a browser based on Mozilla Firefox. Flock creator call it "the social browser" as it enhanced multiple automations for social networking and web 2.0 services like Flickr, Blogger, Twitter etc. Flock comes with a built-in RSS aggregator for keeping an eye on your favorite feeds and works with almost any of Firefox add-ons. … Continue reading Flock 0.9 Review
Google prepares Gphone!
According to Wall Street Sun, Google is ready to launch Gphone during 2008. Google has contacted many communication providers. Gphone will feature Web Search, Gmail and various Google services (probably a new browser developed by Google). Google has already constructed some prototypes and presented them to companies like T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless. Google will earn … Continue reading Google prepares Gphone!
Major browser updates
In the last few days, updates were realised for two of the most commonly used web browsers. Safari 3 beta updated to version 3.03 and Firefox to version 2.0.0.6. Both updates fix serious security and stability issues, so it is recommended to install them as soon as possible. If you use Firefox, it will automatically … Continue reading Major browser updates
Scratch: Programming learning for young children!
Scratch is a simple, visual programming language created by the MIT University and focuses on young children who are now entering the world of coding. Scratch works with drag 'n' drop and is very easy to learn. It gives entry capabilities for animation and simple program creation. It is available for Windows, Mac and Linux … Continue reading Scratch: Programming learning for young children!
Iconfinder: Searching for icons
Recently we made a post about fun small icons. Small icons though are not only funny icons. Here is where Iconfinder comes. Iconfinder is a search engine that searches only for icons, that are free for download and licensed under GPL or BSD licenses (most of them). Search results are developer oriented (searching for "pirate" … Continue reading Iconfinder: Searching for icons
iPhone pepper for Mint 2
Shaun Inman released a pepper for Mint 2 which enables single-column mode in Mint when browsing from your iPhone. Original CSS by Richard Herrera. You can download the pepper (plug-in) from the Peppermill and keep an eye on your stats from your iPhone's Safari browser. The latest version of iPhone Pepper is 0.03 (<1), which … Continue reading iPhone pepper for Mint 2
Create a simple PHP script and MySQL database for user authentication.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a simple script using PHP for user authentication. User data are stored in a MySQL database. So, lets create the database first and one authenticated user called "test": create database auth; use auth; create table authorised_users ( name varchar(20), password varchar(40), primary key (name) ); … Continue reading Create a simple PHP script and MySQL database for user authentication.
Web 2.0 is here. What about Web 3.0?
As you probably know, we live in the web 2.0 time. Social websites are everywhere and users are now part of the Internet world and not just readers that read information. Now they express themselves (through blogs), they are part of social sites like digg, slashdot and so on. Broadband connections gave the ability for … Continue reading Web 2.0 is here. What about Web 3.0?