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Mojo joanne

Mozilla Firefox 6 review - PC Advisor - 0 views

  • It was only a couple of months ago that we reviewed Mozilla’s Firefox 5 web browser, which came hot on the heels of our Firefox 4 review
  • Firefox 6. It’s hard to keep up with these rapid-fire web browser updates.
  • Firefox updates used to creep out under small incremental version numbers, such as 3.6.4
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  • There are more than a thousand changes under the hood of the latest version of Firefox.
  • Google's Chrome web browser isn't much better - already reaching version 10
  • Ancient browser Microsoft Interner Explorer has only recently  staggered to version 9
  • Firefox 6 isn’t a minor upgrade
  • only a few of these changes provide worthwhile reasons for upgrading to the newest release of the browser.
  • Firefox 6 speed increases The first reason to upgrade to Firefox 6 is speed, although that point is debatable.
Na Young Kim

Firefox 6: A Firefox too far? (Review) | ZDNet - 0 views

  • For many years, it was the best Web browser around.
  • Mozilla got serious about improving it
  • The other Web browser developers have caught up and surpassed Firefox.
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  • last few versions of Firefox haven’t been that good
  • I’ve found one Web site, my bank as it happens, that works fine with Firefox, but it doesn’t recognize Firefox 6 as being a valid Web browser.
  • This version of Firefox also does much better than previous versions at managing memory
  • I know that Firefox 7 will have better memory management. I also know that Firefox 7 is due out on September 27th
  • Firefox 6, the newest version, is better than Firefox 5, but it’s not that great either.
  • Just because Mozilla developers are paid to keep up with constant change doesn’t mean that individual developers or small independent software vendors (ISV)s can keep up.
  • I ran not only Firefox, but Chrome 13 and Internet Explorer (IE) 9 to see how Firefox 6 compared to its chief rivals
  • Firefox, once more, didn’t do well on Web standards.
  • Firefox really fell behind with 4,588 points. On this benchmark, IE surged ahead with a score of 8,343 to Chrome 13’s 8,010.
  • The other browsers are better
  • I wish I coud still recommend Firefox, but I can’t.
katrina Sukumaran

Samsung's IPhone Killer Is Coming: Galaxy S II Due This Month | FoxNews.com - 0 views

  • Samsung Galaxy S II
  • to be the only real competition to the Apple iPhone.
  • can't get it in the United States-- yet.
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  • Samsung's
  • a date for the U.S. release
  • its hotly anticipated phone,
  • sold lavishly in foreign markets
  • r 5 million people worldwide
  • bought the flagship Android phone
  • 85 days it has been on the market
  • one sold every 1.5 seconds,
  • Samsung
  • "a major product announcement"
  • an invitation to journalists early Friday
  • Galaxy S II
  • Aug. 29.
  • Galaxy S II by name,
  • The Galaxy is coming.
  • "It isn't rocket science to understand that it's the Galaxy S II announcement,"
  • It isn't an overstatement to say that the Samsung Galaxy S II is the strongest competition the iPhone faces.
  • sports a 4.3-inch, 800x480 screen, a 1.2-GHz processor, fast 4G network connectivity, and a sleek, simple design evocative of the iPhone. By contrast, the Apple iPhone 4  has a 3.5-inch, 960x640 screen, a 1-GHz processor, and a slower, 3G connection.
  • Bigger and faster?
  • Though it hasn’t gone on sale yet in the U.S.
  • Galaxy S II are copious
  • obscene.
  • 24 days, the company sold 1 million units
  • The 2 million units sold in 42 days would fill two and a half soccer fields.
  • That's a lot of smartphones. But it's more than that: It's a lot of good smartphones,
  • "If the U.S. versions are anything like the international versions, these are going to be spectacular smartphones," he told FoxNews.com. Segan gave an international version of the phone an Editors' Choice award, calling it the finest Android smartphone available today.
  • Apple iPhone 5
  • he elephant in the room
  • he 3 million Galaxy S II phones sold in just over 50 days are as heavy as 100 elephants)
  • iPhone 5 is widely expected to be coming out in September, Segan noted.
  • And getting the right price could make all the difference for Samsung. "They don't want to be more expensive than the iPhone," Segan said.
  • But that 4G network connection may prove a major difference between the two. 
  • Unless Apple has made some sort of secret breakthrough, [the faster LTE network] might make a Verizon iPhone too thick and power-hungry for Apple's demands this year. Apple may skip it for now and wait for smaller and cooler chipsets," Segan noted.
  • That faster connection really pays off for anyone surfing a lot of complicated websites or viewing movies over Netflix, he said. 
  • But in the end, pricing, a final feature set and the design is all up to the carriers. "The mainstream price for a smartphone is $199 with contract," Segan noted. "We're all hoping for $199."
Na Young Kim

Firefox 6 ships, but we shouldn't really pay attention - 0 views

  • Firefox 6 ships, but we shouldn't really pay attention
  • eight weeks after the release of Firefox 5
  • not a lot has visibly changed
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  • s much less memory
  • attach some significance to the new release
  • It's just "the latest."
  • Mozilla wants to take this a step further
  • The argument is made that you don't know what version of, say, Twitter or Facebook you're using, so why should your Web browser be any different?
  • If you're going to force the user to know about every update, it seems a little unfair to refuse to even tell her what version she's using.
  • he regards the entire discussion as crazy.
Chozen Takei

Sony announces PlayStation 3 and PSP price cuts | Technology | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

  • Sony announces PlayStation 3 and PSP price cuts
  • PS3 to £199
  • cheaper version of PSP is on the way
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  • from £250 to £199
  • launch a new cheaper version of its PSP handheld console, with a price point of 99 euros.
  • launched in 2006 and has now shipped over 50 million
  • cheaper slimline machine in 2009.
  • supermarkets likely to go as low as £180
  • The new, cheaper PSP, which removes the Wi-Fi functionality from the six-year-old handheld, surprised many in the audience.
  • "Our strategy is to provide the best quality entertainment experience at accessible prices. With PSP at 99 euros, Vita starting at 249 euros and PlayStation 3 at 249 euros, we feel confident gamers can enjoy the incredible games available on PlayStation whatever level of investment suits their budget."
  • smartphones
  • tablet gaming.
  • while the new PSP price point makes that console very attractive,
  • "That's a big change from PS3's previous price drop."
  • Sony has assured gamers that PS3 will have a ten-year lifespan, and it's likely PlayStation 4 is a few years away yet.
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    Sony made the price of the PS3 cheaper so gamers will buy it
Na Young Kim

IE team pokes fun at rapid-release Firefox 6 | Deep Tech - CNET News - 0 views

  • IE team pokes fun at rapid-release Firefox 6
  • congratulate Mozilla on shipping Firefox 6,
  • Microsoft sent a mere cupcake
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  • new versions of Firefox arrive more frequently
  • new cake arrived last week to Mozilla
  • n shipment of Firefox 6.
  • la, posted a photo of the cake on Flickr
  • IE--was poking fun at the new release
  • sent the diminutive cake.
  • r shipping Firefox 3 in 2008
  • "Congratulations on shipping. Love, the IE Team."
  • ave an early taste
  • t arrived three months after Firefox 4
  • received a cupcake.
Hanna Anderson

Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO, stunning tech world - San Jose Mercury News - 0 views

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  • bs, who built Apple
Na Young Kim

Firefox 6: Four Reasons Not to Upgrade | PCWorld Business Center - 0 views

  • Is there anything revolutionary or Earth-shattering about Firefox 6? No, not really
  • wasn't really any major change
  • Mozilla knows that too
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  • Pushing out patches to fix security holes or resolve bugs does not qualify as a new version of the browser
  • Firefox 4.1, and Firefox 6 is really just Firefox 4.2
  • Firefox launching a "new version" every six weeks is a nightmare.
  • but it still has 50 percent more market share than Firefox and Chrome combined
  • latest flagship browser from Microsoft--Internet Explorer 9-
  • It breaks add-ons--again
  • 5 was launched, many users complained that it broke add-ons
  • It is filled with serious security vulnerabilities
  • no longer supported by Mozilla
  • Firefox isn't riddled with security holes
Leon van Kol

???en_GB.scee.seo.page.title.psvita.support.general.detail???- General PlayStation Vita... - 0 views

  • "Vita"
  • "Life" in Latin
  • Next Generation Portable
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  • S Vita will be available early 2012
  • It will cost €249 for the Wi-Fi version and €299 for the 3G/Wi-Fi version.
  • PS Vita is equipped with 3G in addition to Wi-Fi.
Na Young Kim

Firefox 6 already sees bump in traffic - Software - News - ZDNet Australia - 0 views

  • Firefox 6 already sees bump in traffic
  • Firefox 6 just launched last week
  • new research already shows the latest version of Mozilla's browser accounting for a significant fraction of traffic.
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  • Firefox 6 officially debuted earlier this month
  • the survey found that Firefox 6 has already garnered at least 8 per cent of the total traffic from browsers,
  • 45 per cent of all Firefox-stemming traffic.
  • don't get too excited for Firefox 6 just yet;
  • Chitika found that the growth rate for Firefox 6 is starting to taper off,
  • This means that Mozilla has some work to do, in order to get other Firefox users and beyond to jump on this version now.
Na Young Kim

Mozilla releases Firefox 6 - Web - News & Features - ITP.net - 0 views

  • Mozilla releases Firefox 6
  • a new version of its popular Firefox browser
  • does not have a significantly different look
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  • offer better security
  • fixed a number of bug
  • that more advanced users can tweak controls such as acceptance of cookies, location sharing, pop-ups, and password
  • without open up permission
  • faster tab groups;
  • easier for users to tell if they are viewing a legitimate site'
  • enhanced
  • synchronise
  • fixes ten bugs
  • released a new version of the browser for the Android platform.
lin ping

Statue of Liberty to close for a year for renovations | World news | The Guardian - 0 views

  • 27.25m renovation that will make the interior safer
  • remain open and the statue itself will be mostly unobstructed from view, officials said in a statement.
  • October after the 125th anniversary of its dedication.
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  • stairwells
  • 2004 after a $20m security upgrade. The observation deck at the top of the crown was reopened on 4 July 2009.
  • 240 people visit each day. About 3.5 million people visit the monument every year.
  • history
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Mojo joanne

Firefox could get even more Chrome style | The Download Blog - Download.com - 0 views

  • 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
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  • The designs also show that the in-focus tab will get rounded corners, practically identical to tabs in Chrome.
  • However, background tabs will not look like their Chrome counterparts,
  • instead retaining the current rectangular approach.
Mojo joanne

Mozilla shrinks Firefox's memory appetite by 20%-30% - Computerworld - 0 views

  • 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
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  • 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
Kyu Won Shim

Ferrari Shows New 458 Spider -- Mamma Mia! - Forbes - 0 views

  • to guarantee maximum sportiness and absolute driving pleasure with the top down, in line with Maranello’s exclusive spider tradition.”
  • Ferrari says every exterior element has been crafted with aerodynamic efficiency in mind.
  • . The V8 generates a generous 570 horsepower and 398 pound-feet of torque
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  • Either 458 version is claimed to reach 60 mph from a standing start in a reality-altering 3.4 seconds with a top speed of 202 mph.
  • No word as yet on availability or pricing, but we’d expect the cost of entry to be around $250,000.
  •  
    Ferrai modified 458 Spider into much better car. It has better aerodynamic design.
unchan ki

Audi building hybrid A8 for 2012 | The Car Tech blog - CNET Reviews - 0 views

Mojo joanne

Future Firefox Features, What I'm Looking Forward To - 0 views

  • 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.
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  • 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.
Mojo joanne

Firefox 6 already sees bump in traffic soon after debut | ZDNet - 0 views

  • Firefox 6 already sees bump in traffic soon after debut
  • Firefox 6 just launched last week, and new research already sees the latest version of Mozilla’s browser accounting for a significant fraction of traffic.
  • After Chitika took a look at all U.S. and Canadian traffic between August 16 and 22, the survey found that Firefox 6 has already garnered at least eight percent of the total traffic from browsers and approximately 45 percent of all Firefox-stemming traffic.
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  • However, don’t get too excited for Firefox 6 just yet. Chitika found that the growth rate for Firefox 6 is starting to taper off, likely due to the fact that all of the early adopters have already downloaded and started using Firefox 6.
  • Chitika also found that Firefox 6 usage peaks during the morning and at the end of the day, but very early morning hours tend to belong to Internet Explorer. Yet, this phenomenon is only relevant to Firefox 6 and not previous editions of the software. It’s not clear what Mozilla could try to do to make up for this gap — except maybe start some kind of advertising campaign targeted at night owls and graveyard shift employees.
Na Young Kim

Firefox 6 Jumps on Stage Ahead of Schedule | PCWorld Business Center - 0 views

  • Firefox 6 Jumps on Stage Ahead of Schedule
  • Firefox 6 isn't scheduled to debut officially until Tuesday
  • turns out this latest release of Mozilla's Web browser
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  • The software is “currently not final” and is “still going through QA testing," Mozilla reportedly told The H earlier today.
  • the early arrival has caused a flurry of excitement among Firefox fans who couldn't wait another day for the software's official release
  • There are a bunch of other intriguing new features in the software as well,
  • , Firefox 7 will move into the Beta channel at the same time,
  • h Firefox and Thunderbird in the enterprise. There's also a mailing list and monthly phone calls you can attend on the first Thursday of every month.
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