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Mozilla designers have released a mockup of how Firefox might look in the future and, noticably, tabs are gone.
Look familiar? The itunes-style design groups web pages by content into a menu bar on the left and has the option to show site thumbnails. Gone are the familiar tabs along the top of the browser. Mozilla's head of user experience reckons they were a "good solution for an earlier age of the internet," when people surfing the web had fewer than 10 tabs at the time.
So, how long before somebody releases a "retro tabs" addon if this does launch?Mozilla designers have released a mockup of how Firefox might look in the future and,... more
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A federal judge has ordered Microsoft to pay $380 million for infringing on a patent from Uniloc.
Uniloc, in California, makes software that prevents you from installing the same program on multiple machines. The suit claims that Microsoft XP and Office do a bit too much of the same thing, thereby infringing on Uniloc's patent.
The suit began six years ago but this week the court finally ruled in Uniloc's favor. Unsurprisingly, Microsoft is looking to appeal against the judgment.
"We are very disappointed in the jury verdict. We believe that we do not infringe, that the patent is invalid and that this award of damages is legally and factually unsupported," said Microsoft spokesman David Bowermaster.A federal judge has ordered Microsoft to pay $380 million for infringing on a patent... more
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A massive telephone outage in Northern California is affecting parts of the state's Silicon Valley, home to many high-tech companies.
The San Jose Mercury News reported telephone and Internet outages for Verizon customers in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties.
Police said a number of AT&T fiber-optic cables were deliberately severed, causing a loss of telephone and Internet service in San Jose and other communities. The outage included disruptions to 911 emergency systems.
John Britton, a spokesman for AT&T, told the Mercury News that the company believes someone climbed down a manhole and cut several fiber-optic cables.
AT&T is in the midst of labor negotiations with the Communication Workers of America, but the CWA denies any connection to the incident and issued a statement saying the union "condemns vandalism."
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As older methods of correspondence become more obsolete in today's digital age, TelegramStop brings the best of the old and the new world. Through the company's website, anyone can send vintage-era telegram to any country in the world for a flat fee of $4.70.
After typing in a message on TelegramStop's homepage and previewing how the telegram will look, it's dispatched via post to its recipient. Harkening back to the authentic telegrams of Western Union's heyday, words appear in a classic typewriter font on vanilla-colored paper stock with the text "[STOP]" inserted wherever you punctuate with a period. Delivery usually takes 4-6 business days.
Founded by Mark Sehler and Ranjan Tharmakalusingham only a month ago, the Melbourne, Australia-based enterprise has already become a popular alternative to e-mails and traditional greeting cards. "It pretty much confirmed our thinking that the romance of the humble telegram as a form of communication has been lost in the modern world," notes Sehler.
The duo are currently working on new features, including an option to write your telegram in advance and specify for a later dispatch date, as well as special template designs for different occasions.
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http://www.telegramstop.com/Home.mvc.aspxAs older methods of correspondence become more obsolete in today's digital age,... more
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Facebook has a new layout... and it sucks! Ben Hoffman takes a look in this week's Tech Report.
The infoMania Tech Report is a weekly segment where technology guru Ben Hoffman takes a look at the newest tech products, gadgets and video games. It has been called "the funniest tech show on the web." (No source for that quote is available at this time. In fact, there's a good chance it was made up.)
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at current.com/infomania. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com.Facebook has a new layout... and it sucks! Ben Hoffman takes a look in this... more
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Scheduled for release in 2011 Tesla has finally released images of it's sedan and it is a beauty.
Tesla has no time to lose. General Motors, Ford and Nissan are among the major automakers promising to have electric vehicles on the road by 2011, and Tesla’s also facing competition from a growing number of start-ups, including Fisker Automotive.
Finally automakers are making a big move away from gas guzzlers.Scheduled for release in 2011 Tesla has finally released images of it's sedan and... more
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From Om Malik, who has great sources:
Exclusive Heads up: A few months ago, I asked Skype CEO Josh Silverman when was he going to launch the iPhone version of the P2P voice and IM service that has now been downloaded more than 405 million times. He smiled and said, “Stay tuned.” And so we did.
A tipster — a very reliable one — tells me that Skype is almost ready to launch that iPhone version, perhaps as soon as next week. CTIA Wireless, a large mobile industry trade event, kicks off in Las Vegas next Wednesday, so perhaps the announcement will be made there. I am working on getting more details, as well as screenshots of the service.
The biggest clue about Skype’s pending iPhone launch came when iSkoot decided to move on from its Skype-centric strategy. The company had been offering a client that allowed cell phone users to use Skype services. Skype already offers a Windows Mobile version of its client.
As I’ve said before, Skype will have to turn to mobile to keep its growth intact. In recent months, many services, among them Truphone and Nimbuzz, started supporting Skype in their communication clients. However, a standalone Skype client would get a lot of traction among the Skype faithful. In the meantime, I think Skype is slowly flexing its muscles and swatting away little VoIP players with some of its recent moves.From Om Malik, who has great sources:
Exclusive Heads up: A few months ago, I asked... more
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Make it official: Google's not immune from the bad economy and plummeting ad market. We've been hearing for weeks that Google would have layoffs. Google is cutting 200 employees today, the company now confirms.
Google executive Omid Kordestani, the company's sales chief, wrote in the offiicial Google blog that cuts are concentrated in Google's sales and marketing operations, as tipsters told us earlier. One source writes that the division that used to be DoubleClick before Google acquired the banner ad-sales network in 2007 was especially hard hit with more than 50 jobs eliminated in New York. Other sources say layoffs are spread throughout the Google empire.Make it official: Google's not immune from the bad economy and plummeting ad... more
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Well, this is an interesting statistic:
Not that it's anything we think the New York Times Company should do, but we thought it was worth pointing out that it costs the Times about twice as much money to print and deliver the newspaper over a year as it would cost to send each of its subscribers a brand new Amazon Kindle instead.
Here's how we did the math:
According to the Times's Q308 10-Q, the company spends $63 million per quarter on raw materials and $148 million on wages and benefits. We've heard the wages and benefits for just the newsroom are about $200 million per year.
After multiplying the quarterly costs by four and subtracting that $200 million out, a rough estimate for the Times's delivery costs would be $644 million per year.
The Kindle retails for $359. In a recent open letter, Times spokesperson Catherine Mathis wrote: "We have 830,000 loyal readers who have subscribed to The New York Times for more than two years." Multiply those numbers together and you get $297 million -- a little less than half as much as $644 million.
And here's the thing: a source with knowledge of the real numbers tells us we're so low in our estimate of the Times's printing costs that we're not even in the ballpark.
Are we trying to say the the New York Times should force all its print subscribers onto the Kindle or else? No. That would kill ad revenues and also, not everyone loves the Kindle.
What we're trying to say is that as a technology for delivering the news, newsprint isn't just expensive and inefficient; it's laughably so.
More at original article...Well, this is an interesting statistic:
Not that it's anything we think the... more
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Originally posted by member "mattbrawn":
Microsoft will make the latest version of Internet Explorer, the world’s most popular web browser, available for download from 4pm (GMT) today (Thursday).
Microsoft claims that the Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is faster, more user-friendly and more secure than previous versions.
Steve Ballmer, the chief executive officer of Microsoft, said: “With Internet Explorer 8, we are delivering a browser that gets people to the information they need, fast, and provides protection that no other browser can match.”
One of the key new features of IE8 is “Accelerators”, which allow surfers to perform common tasks, such as looking up an address on a map, without navigating first to a separate website. Web users can also keep an eye on their favourite sites by using “Web Slices”, which are stored in the redesigned favourites bar and flash when a site is updated....Originally posted by member "mattbrawn":
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You may not know Craig Newmark and Jim Buckmaster, but you probably are familiar with or use Craigslist. This is a behind the scenes look at the two masterminds behind one of the best classified websites online.You may not know Craig Newmark and Jim Buckmaster, but you probably are familiar with... more
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