The official release for Firefox 6 is scheduled for this Tuesday, but Mozilla has already thrown up the installation files on its FTP for industrious and impatient users to download and install
A lot of the changes coming in Firefox 6 are under-the-hood fixes designed to increase the speed and compatibility of the browser. For example, Firefox 6 will now speed up its startup time for those with a ton of tabs and groups: Users will be able to decide whether they want to load up all of their tab groups at the browser's launch, or load these tabs up within the browser's Panorama grouping tool.
The final "big change" that non-developer Firefox users will notice is Mozilla's new treatment of domain names within the browser's address bar. Domain names are now tinted with a small highlight, just to make it easier for users to tell what site they're on after a quick glance at the address bar
Other improvements to Firefox 6 include a performance boost for Linux users, as well as increased support for developers in the form of a Scratchpad tool for testing JavaScript within the browser and an improved version of the browser's Web Console
Firefox 6 'Released' Two Days Early
official release for Firefox 6 is scheduled for this Tuesday
A lot of the changes coming in Firefox 6
A new permissions tool (accessed by typing "about:permissions" in the browser's address bar) will give users a chance to set site-specific permission levels for saved passwords, cookies, location-sharing, pop-ups, and images, to name a few options.
The DJ, backed by label Ministry Of Sound, began legal action in July to block
the track's release, claiming the song was similar to his own track Fade
Into Darkness, also known as Penguin.
Syco responded, saying that Avicii was already credited as a songwriter on the
Leona song.
Leona's
reinvention - will now be released under the joint Leona Lewis/Avicii title.
Square Enix have recently released a new video for their forthcoming title, Final Fantasy XIII-2, the direct sequel to last year's Final Fantasy XIII. Many of you may notice this new video contains no new footage; that is because it is a compilation of the various trailers already released for Final Fantasy XIII-2, but now with added commentary from the game's creators
In previous announcements, we have brought you close-ups of main character Lightning. New character Noel features in battle, as well as further action shots, along with some great looking scenery.
Mozilla shrinks Firefox's memory appetite by 20%-30%
Mozilla's Firefox 7, slated to ship in late September, will be significantly faster because of work done plugging the browser's memory leaks, a company developer says
Mozilla developer Nicholas Nethercote credited the "MemShrink" project for closing memory bugs in the browser and producing a faster Firefox
often 20% to 30% less, and sometimes as much as 50% less
"Firefox 7 uses less memory than Firefox 6 (and 5 and 4)
This means that Firefox 7 is faster (sometimes drastically so) and less likely to crash, particularly if you have many websites open at once and/or keep Firefox running for a long time between restarts
Firefox has long been criticized for using large amounts of RAM
for not releasing memory when tabs are closed
practices that can degrade the browser's performance
extreme cases
crash or lock up
Mozilla has tried to stop the leaks before
If Mozilla maintains its rapid-release schedule, which results in a new edition every six weeks, the final version of Firefox 7 will ship Sept. 27
Firefox users who have went along with the update process from Firefox 4 to now Firefox 6 stable were in for a big disappointment as the new versions were not really offering any new features or visible speed improvements
Firefox Beta, Aurora and Nightly users have already had the chance to experience some of those new features and improvements.
Reset Firefox (Release Target: Firefox 9)Many Firefox users reinstall the web browser when they experience issues like crashes that they cannot fix.
The Reset Firefox feature would automatically create a new Firefox user profile and migrate the user’s data, including bookmarks, history and passwords.
Mozilla tackled half the problem in Firefox 8 by blocking automatic third party add-on installations in the web browser. Users now have the option to accept or deny installation of the add-on. The feature is integrated in Firefox 8.
According to users with access to beta versions of iOS 5, a new option in the
Notification Centre settings will allow users in Japan to choose to receive
earthquake alerts.
enabling
pan has had an online earthquake warning system since 2007. It provides
anything up to two minutes warning before an earthquake strikes and that
time can be
a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 4.3-inch qHD (960×540) touchscreen, a dedicated camera button, a dedicated video button, an 8MP rear camera, a 2MP front camera, 1GB of RAM, and Bluetooth 3.0.
HTC Ruby
handset rumor roundup,
be more powerful than the Hercules (S II),
1.2GHz dual-core processor and a 4.3-inch 480×800 screen. Both phones will be “4G” capable, meaning they will run on T-Mobile’s high-speed HSPA+ network.This is all speculation, of course, as is most early handset news. Handset manufacturers don’t
like to announce release dates or device information before the day of launch, likely because of how fast the industry moves an
d how much control is in the hands of the wireless carriers, which have a good amount of power over handset sales here in the United States.
Samsung is holding a Galaxy S II event on August 29.
Apple delayed the launch of the iPhone 5 to take advantage of the so-called Thanksgiving and Christmas shopping rush.
more powerful back and front cameras.
next-generation Apple smartphone.
based in Asia.
supply of the units from Apple’s manufacturing partners
also added that Apple is still internally “debating” on either the September 29th or the 30th preorder date, but the latter seems more likely.
much-anticipated smartphones this year.
iPhone 5
expected by the end of September
iPhone 5
new A5 chip, the dual-core dedicated processor of the computer company, as well as bigger RAM, 8-megapixel rear camera, a non-VGA front-facing camera and could sport a new design. The new iPhone 5 is also the expected device to launch with iOS 5 out of the box.
iPhone 5′s design is “curvier”
f Samsung Mobile
Android OEM
launch a “defensive” strategy against the iPhone 5 by launching the company’s most popular Android smartphone to date
Samsung Galaxy S II.
Galaxy S II was heralded this week, claiming that the Samsung Hercules, or the Samsung Galaxy S II variant for the US carrier T-Mobile.
AT&T, Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless
also expected to sell the Samsung Galaxy S II,
Other Android devices that are also expected to arrive by Thanksgiving are the HTC Vigor, Motorola Droid Bionic and the new Nexus smartphone from Google.
Android “team” compete against the iPhone 5? I
Android smartphone that could possibly steal some of the iPhone 5 customers?
iPhone 5 unless it includes 4G networking. And not the 4G LTE which Verizon and AT&T keep touting…
incompatible version of 4G networking
Sprint won’t have the iPhone until the iPhone 6
iPhone 5 by default as AT&T
different iPhone 4 hardware models
Sprint will instantly become the smallest U.S. carrier as well as the only one not in line for the iPhone.
Motorola Mobility
iPhone 5 era for political or network reasons
Android platform
Android-based flagship phone has been thoroughly outsold by AT&T’s flagship iPhone 4
Droid phone
Android offerings
rival Android platform
Android manufacturers HTC and Samsung are losing their underwear in the courts thanks to prolonged patent wars and may not ultimately be a part of the Android collective once it’s all said and done.
Copyright lasts for various lengths of time depending on the work. The following is a general guideline:
Literary, Dramatic or Artisitic Works
Copyright lasts for 70 years after the year of a known author's death. For unknown authors it expires 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first made available to the public. If a work is produced by two or more authors then the copyright lasts for 70 years after the death of the last of the authors to die.
Photographs
Photographs are protected for 70 years after the death of the photographer. However if they are subject to Crown copyright then it applies for a maximum of 125 years; if subject to Parliamentary copyright it applies for 50 years from the taking of the photograph.
Sound Recording, Broadcasts, Cable Programmes and Computer Generated Works
Copyright lasts for 50 years from the end of the year they were made, released or first broadcast.
Firefox could get even more Chrome style By: Seth Rosenblatt August 1, 2011 5:25 PM PDT Print E-mail Share 67 comments
Early design concepts for Mozilla Firefox indicate that the browser continues to bend toward the light emanating from Google Chrome.
Early design concepts for Mozilla Firefox indicate that the browser continues to bend toward the light emanating from Google Chrome
Designs released for the interface-focused branch of the nightly version of
Firefox reveal a look that brings the browser even closer to looking like its Google competitor, although it definitely has its own approach
What HP's TouchPad fire sale tells iPad rivals
For a short time this week, the TouchPad was the world’s most wanted gadget.
Now with stocks sold out, HP is left to wonder what might have been.
Hundreds
of thousands of TouchPads have been sold in days, after HP announced
it would stop manufacturing its would-be iPad competitor.
The sudden desirability of the device was of course due to heavy discounting.
Currys and PC World were selling their stocks off for just £89, down from
the original RRP of £399.
each of the gadgets cost HP at least £180
just to build, so selling the Touchpad for £89 would never have been
considered until the firm decided to abandon it.
others hoping to loosen Apple’s stranglehold
on the tablet computing market.
The main Google Android tablets, made by Samsung and Motorola, are pitched at
around the same £400-ish price point as the iPad. But, put together with all
the other Android tablets, it’s estimated they are outsold by Apple’s
devices eight to one.
Amazon, which is rumoured
to be preparing to release an Android tablet this autumn. Like Apple
with the iPad, it has built and dominated a market for itself with the
Kindle, its hugely successful e-reader.
Kindle’s success is its relatively low price of £111