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Mozilla releases major update to Firefox and raises the bar for online experience. Enhancements to usability, security and customization make Firefox 2 a must-have upgrade for all Web users.
Firefox 2 is immediately available for Windows, Mac or Linux operating systems as a free download from www.mozilla.com/en-US/ or www.mozilla-europe.org.

Features include:

• Improved Tabbed Browsing
• Spell Checking
• Search Suggestions
• Session Restore
• Web Feeds (RSS)
• Live Titles
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• Live Bookmarks
• Pop-up Blocker
• Phishing Protection
• Automated Update
• Protection from Spyware
• Clear Private Data
• Add-ons Manager for Extensions and Themes

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October 25th 2006 Posted to internet, opensource, software

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Sebastian Krauss has been working on a small remote control utility for iTunes using a Bluetooth connection and a mobile phone. The program is called Harald, which might seem unusual but it makes sense, since it is not only my first name but also the first name of a Danish and Norwegian King – Harald Bluetooth Gormson. Harald is a client/server application. The client is a small (60kb) java application for your mobile phone and will probably run on most phones with java support. I tried it with my Nokia N70 and most of the functions worked fine. Harald requires at least Mac OS 10.4 or higher and a mobile phone which supports MIDP2 as well as JSR82. The current release 0.4 0.4.1. is still very experimental (I had a kernel panic when I tried it out) and not ready for release on sites like Versiontracker and MacUpdate. Sebastian’s web-page is only available in German but the application is works in English, so just click on the Harald download link, unpack the zip file and start the application.

A similar, well known and established program with support for more applications (EyeTV, VLC, Keynote,…), which also runs on Windows, is Salling Clicker.

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Combine an attractive female evangelist with an innovative product and you will have a very interested audience.

At the J-Fall 2006 conference of NL-JUG in Ede (that’s in the Netherlands) Angela M. Caicedo and Simon Ritter from Sun Microsystems presented project Sun SPOT (Sun Small Programmable Object Technology). Those Sun Spots are exciting little devices with I/O, LEDs, wireless communication and sensors, which can be programmed directly in Java.

The development kits should start shipping soon and I can’t wait to get one.

Update 2005-10-18: I just noticed today, that the Google Video has some problems with the audio, which is not in sync. If you want, you can also download the original Quicktime video.

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via a post on Starfrosch

If that was too much for you, have a listen to Tom Cruise scares me.

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Something about parking again: In our company there are two groups of employees, those with and those without a parking. Only upper management and commercial people have a private parking, the rest has to find one of the rare spots in the area. So as a developer I don’t have a parking and that’s why I am going to work by public transport now. Today a project manager (that’s not upper management) – Ernst – dared to park on the spot of one of the commercial guys – Jasper – and didn’t remove it on request. Well, Jasper doesn’t like to walk and was absolutely not amused. He reacted with a wheel clamp (EUR 65 at Halfords) and if it happens again, he will not remove it again.

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Have you ever wondered, why city people drive a car, which looks like it has been designed to cross the Scottish highlands or the Siberian tundra? Well, since in Amsterdam they build office buildings without enough car parkings for those people who might actually work in those buildings or visit companies in these buildings, a BMW Sports Activity Vehicle can be very handy when I comes to alternative parking.

(seen today in front of our office)

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