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Filed under: Mozilla, Beta, Browsers
Mozilla’s developers are busily crafting all kinds of features for future versions Firefox — Jetpack’s no-restart add-on functionality,out of process plugins, a bigger, badder JavaScript engine. They’re also taking a look at how we log in and out of websites and trying to standardize that process.
To that end, Mozilla has put [...]

When AAPT rolled out an uncapped ADSL2+ broadband plan last month, we wondered how long it would be before other providers followed suit. This week, both TPG and Exetel have announced unlimited services, potentially eliminating the pain of a slowed connection or an unexpected bill near the end of the month. (more…)

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It seems like in the past few months Google has relentlessly released new applications, some of which perhaps could have used some more baking in the oven before they were unleashed on the general public. To some it’s becoming a tiresome exercise simply to try to keep up with everything that Google is doing week [...]

Having experience of an industry veteran is great but appearing old and out of touch during a job interview is not. Follow these guidelines to avoid looking like a dinosaur. (more…)

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ExtractItAll is a simple utility to unpack password encrypted archives using a password list. To unpack an archive drag’n’drop files to the winform and press the start button.
Copyright Betanews, Inc. 2010

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Apple has set the standard that once every year they will release a new version of the iPhone. It stands to reason that this year will be no different, with a new model likely coming sometime this summer. But arguably just as important as Apple’s hardware refresh is the accompanying software refresh that comes with [...]

YouTube Partners are, pretty much by definition, some of YouTube’s most important users.  They create original content, don’t violate copyright laws, and have huge audiences.  It makes sense, then, that YouTube is now looking hard for ways to improve its Partner Program.
The hunt has taken the form of a crowdsourced project.  Just as the Ideas [...]

The Web is huge. And growing. Faster everyday. It’s almost like an ocean where there’s no evaporation (the data on the Web stays there virtually forever), but yet, it’s always raining in it. The rain is the new content that’s added into the ocean.
Every tweet is a drop, every blog post is a drop, every [...]

Filed under: Features, Web services, Social Software, iPhone
In this corner, with a big head start, a huge userbase, and tons of features, it’s … Foursquare! In this corner, with millions of dollars in funding and a great-looking new design … Gowalla!
digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/DING_Round_2_Foursquare_Gowalla_both_update_iPhone_Apps’; By now, most people know that Gowalla [...]

As I’ve made abundantly clear over the past several days, just about every service that has anything to do with location is launching something at the SXSW festival which starts tomorrow in Austin, Texas. Don’t believe me, here’s a small sampling (Foursquare, Gowalla, Loopt, Whrrl, Plancast, Brizzly, Twitter). So, how are you going to wrap [...]