It’s here – release 1.0 of Firefox is now available for download. Mozilla will be holding a launch extravaganza today from 22:00 GMT, running through until 03:00 GMT tomorrow morning: We will be hosting AIR MOZILLA live from the Mozilla Foundation HQ, a 5 hour web event, including a live webcast and text chat. The […]
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Engadget interviews Skype
Engadget has a lengthy interview with Skype co-founder and CEO Niklas Zennström about the future of voice communication, using Skype through wi-fi handhelds, and the coming death of the telecom dinosaurs. (A reminder of what Skype is – free software that lets you make free phone calls from your computer to other Skype users anywhere […]
Today’s rich miscellany
Business, communication and technology news snipped from my RSS feeds today: Microsoft to Launch Fresh Challenge to Google, Yahoo (Wall Street Journal) – Microsoft Corp. tomorrow will start its long-awaited Internet search service, adding fresh competition to Google Inc. Firefox and Beyond: Mozilla President Browses the Future (eWeek) – As Mozilla launches Firefox for the […]
Using Gmail with Outlook
Coming soon – the ability to access your Gmail account via desktop applications like Outlook. The Industry Standard reports that Google will roll out POP3 support gradually over the coming weeks to Gmail users, who will be able to use the feature to download email from Gmail servers to email applications on PCs and wireless […]
Cool Konfabulator
Using the new Konfabulator for Windows since it was released on Monday, I can already say – very cool, useful functionality and a worthy enhancement to the Windows desktop. For instance, I very much like being able to see at a glance what the weather’s like in Amsterdam (or just about any other city; data […]
eBay expands in The Netherlands
eBay is buying Marktplaats, the biggest online buy/sell site in The Netherlands, the Wall Street Journal reports today, for about €225 million. eBay said it wanted to strengthen its position in The Netherlands, where 70% of the population uses the internet (that’s about 11 million people) and there is a strong and historic tradition of […]
Kinja for handy digests
I discovered Kinja today. It’s been around a while, since early this year, but I’d not seen it before. What a neat service! In essence, it’s a portal that contains digests of posts from blogs that you’re interested in. Once you’ve opened your free account, you set it up with the URLs of blogs you […]
Podcast your voice brand
Music and sound can be an integral part of a business’s brand, say Fast Company and Strategize. Many leaders listen to music to inspire creativity and innovation. And it’s been found that corporate voicemail welcome messages can make an impact on your business and bottom line. The Top 100 Voice Brands project collects recordings of […]
Firefox is gaining, according to my blog
Lots of commentary around about how Internet Explorer continues to lose market share against Firefox. The numbers, though, have seemed to me to be rather minuscule. For instance, earlier this month, an Internetnews.com article said that IE usage has declined by 2.62% whereas usage of Netscape/Mozilla browsers (including Firefox) went up by 2.48%. Big deal, […]
Instant messaging crossovers
A survey by the META Group published in late October shows that 57 percent of respondents use instant messaging (IM) at work for personal reasons, while 56 percent of those surveyed use IM at home for business purposes, reports eWeek. According to the survey, US companies that have tried to restrict messaging have taken a […]
Use your normal phone with Skype
I find Skype a very useful communication tool, as I’ve posted about before (here and here, for example). Free calls to other Skype users, great connectivity and, for calling normal phones, very low cost. But I’ve often thought, wouldn’t it be great if I could connect a normal phone handset, wired or wireless, to the […]
SOX compliance today – and it’s not cheap
Today is the day that Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act comes into effect. Section 404 says that publicly-listed companies in the US must have in place an adequate internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting, and holds corporate management accountable for inadequate controls. To ensure compliance with Section 404, enterprises must have data […]
Skype security fix
A new release of the Windows version of the Skype internet phone software fixes a bug that could allow a remote attacker to compromise a Skype user’s computer. Download the new version 1.0.0.100 from the Skype website. eWeek | Skype Update Fixes Security Issue
Blogger.com now in 10 languages
Google has launched 9 internationalized language versions of its Blogger free blog hosting service, according to an Infoworld report. Key Blogger sections, such as its sign-in and account pages, are now available in Japanese, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, Korean, French, Italian, Spanish, German and Brazilian Portuguese, in addition to English, making 10 languages in total. […]
Great Firefox extensions and other neat things
Steve Rubel writes about some very cool extensions for the Firefox browser – Spellbound, Bloglines and Scrapbook. Get the details from Steve’s post. I want to mention one of them here, though – Spellbound. I’d not heard of this one. What a neat extension. As Steve noted, an excellent help for spell-checking things like comments […]
Flight check-in with your mobile phone
Coming next year – check in for your flight, change your seat, baggage drop-off info, all via your mobile phone. Reuters reports that Siemens of Germany and Amsterdam-based SITA Inc have teamed up to develop the service, which uses GPRS for sending information to mobile phones. Reuters | Speedy Plane Check-In by Mobile Phone Set […]
Gmail POP rolls out
In rollout now – the ability to access your Gmail account via desktop applications like Outlook. Google said it’s being rolled out selectively to all users over the next several weeks. More info in my earlier post.
British Library wifi hotspot
Visitors to the British Library in London will be able to get wireless internet access alongside the extensive information available in its famous reading rooms. Broadband wireless connectivity will be made available in the eleven reading rooms, the auditorium, café, restaurant, and outdoor piazza area. A study revealed that 86% of visitors to the Library […]
Google advocates corporate blogs
Since implementing an internal blog about 18 months ago, Google has seen tremendous benefits from it and may in the future consider providing tools and expertise for this purpose to interested clients, according to a report in InfoWorld. Google deployed an internal blog for its employees shortly after acquiring the blogging service Blogger in early […]
Helping Firefox spread the word
If you’re a committed Firefox user and want to help spread the word more than just by including a graphic on your blog, here’s how you can. Things you can do include: Translate flyers Help translate the Mozilla Europe pages (see also Mozilla Europe’s wiki) Help translate applications from the Mozilla Foundation (this isn’t usually […]