The next release of the immensely popular Firefox was initially versioned as FF 3.1, and now re badged as 3.5. After 3.1 beta 3, now comes 3.5 beta 4 and here is a glimpse of the performance numbers. Tests run on a macbook with 2.4ghz core2duo, 2gb ram and Mac OS X 10.5.6. All addons were disabled.
For those who were fortunate enough to have Internet access in the 90’s here is saddening news indeed – one of the earliest social networking site, geocities has finally shutdown. Yahoo has pulled the plug on the legendary site which allowed users to connect with others with the same taste on various topics, and create their own pages. It was the earliest free host if you will.
Yahoo bought the company near the peak of the dotcom bubble for more than $3 billion, which, along with the rise of alternative services, quickly spelled the end of GeoCities’ prominence. Today, it appears that the end of GeoCities is being made official, as Yahoo has closed the service to new accounts and posted an FAQ with some details as to how the shutdown will go.
Wikipedia page here
Adios.
The virtual owner of the web, Google has released its software update framework, codename “Omaha” under the open source license. What this means is that you can use the update framework in your own Windows apps. Since its being used in Chrome and Google Earth, you can be sure abot its robustness.
So if you have a windows application that needs updating, look no further than here. Detailed blog post here.
P.S: For Mac OS X, try Update-Engine
Ever wondered how to have you own file extension instead of the boring .php? Just like arstechnica has .ars ? Well with just one line of code, you can make your webserver accept your custom extension!
1. Open the apache httpd.conf file
2. Add the line “AddType application/x-httpd-php .bot” without the quotes. What it does is instruct the server that .bot extension is a php file and that it should be treated as a normal php file
3. Rename your php file with extension bot
4. Open in web browser and see the magic!