July 2009
17 posts
First Look: Firefox 3.7’s New Design →
Send Your Name to Mars →
This is your chance to go to Mars! Fill in your information and your name will be included with others on a microchip on the Mars Science Laboratory rover heading to Mars in 2011:
http://mars9.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/sendyourname/index.cfm
Ubuntu
Listen to this interesting interview with Jono Bacon, community manager for Ubuntu (It is episode 77 of the FLOSS Weekly podcast of hosts Randal Schwartz and Leo Laporte):
http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/twit.cachefly.net/FLOSS-077.mp3
Persian Firefox →
I think it is the first formal version of Persian Firefox (مرورگر وب فایرفاکس فارسی).
http://fa.www.mozilla.com/fa/
Snooping through the power socket →
Power sockets can be used to eavesdrop on what people type on a computer.
Learn more about this intersting news at bbc and here (pdf).
VLC media player - Open Source Multimedia... →
VLC 1.0 is finally out. It is one of the best media players out there.
Google Chrome OS →
Google has announced a new project: Google Chrome Operating System! It is considered an extension of Google Chrome.
Chrome OS will be available this coming fall or winter.
Source: GoogleBlog
Gmail leaves beta →
Microsoft provides legal umbrella to Mono... →
Microsoft may have just provided legal assurances that it won’t sue developers who implement Mono, the popular framework for Linux desktop applications.
sdtimes.com
10 Ways to Learn Stuff While Procrastinating... →
HTML 5 Cheat Sheet (PDF)
Download the HTML 5 cheat sheet for free:
download the pdf (76 Kb)
[Source: smashingmagazine.com]
Windows 7 Hotkey for Creating a Folder
It is finally here: a shortcut key for creating a new folder. In Windows 7 you can do it by pressing Ctrl+Shift+N.
12 high technologies that failed - and why →
Find it here: http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/12-high-technologies-that-failed-and-why-613136
AudiobookCutter →
Audiobook Cutter is an easy-to-use tool which splits large speech MP3 files into smaller ones without re-encoding. The split points are determined by silent parts. The main purpose is to make audiobooks or podcasts more manageable in a user-friendly way.
Google Book Downloader →
Using “Google Book Downloader” you can download books from “Google Books” in PDF format.