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Firefox 3 At 14 Million Downloads
Firefox 3, the Web browser from Mozilla, has broken the 14 million download mark. Launched on Download Day this past Tuesday, The company hoped for 5 million downloads in a World Record attempt. The Web browser surpassed that goal, ending up with over 8 million downloads in a 24 hour window.
Now, less than 72 [...]
French to Block Child Pornography, Terrorism and Hate Websites
The French government has struck a deal with Internet providers ‘have struck a deal to block sites carrying child pornography or content linked to terrorism or racial hatred,Interior Minister Michel Alliot-Marie announced Tuesday.’
The plan, part of a larger effort to fight cybercriminality, is to go into effect in September when a “black list” will be [...]
Apple’s .Mac Retooled, Relaunched As MobileMe
The cloud storage service lets users sync e-mails, contacts, and data between an iPhone and different computers. At the 2008 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple unveiled a service that allows users to wirelessly sync and access information across multiple devices.
Dubbed MobileMe, it’s a cloud storage service that enables push e-mail and real-time synchronization [...]
Loopt demos free location-based iPhone app
The location-based social network Loopt, just announced and demoed its native iPhone application onstage at WWDC. The application, which will be free at launch, helps you connect with and find friends around you. Using the location technology built in to the iPhone, Loopt will drop pins onto a map, showing where your friends [...]
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New play explores what search reveals about us
They are an unquestionably bizarre set of Internet search terms: Mange. Human mold. White camellia. Dying Elmo.
Could those words also be clues to finding a missing person?
That’s the premise behind “User 927,” a new production in Philadelphia that blends fact and fiction in the tale of a disappearance [...]
Apple WWDC 2008
Here are some rumors as the Mac Faithful go nuts!
New iPhone: It’s almost a given that tomorrow will bring a 3G iPhone announcement of some sort, but the devil is in the details. .iPhone availability – tomorrow or “later?”: Conflicting reports arrive about boxes showing up in stores right now and employees asked to not [...]
