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mercoledì, luglio 27, 2005

Just Dugged

Today 1.15
Spread Firefox is reporting that Mozilla Firefox has been downloaded 75,000,000 times. The 75 millionth download came at 11:17:10am UTC/GMT today. The download count does not include upgrades obtained using Firefox's in-built software update system.

Today 4.00
BIOS passwords can add an extra layer of security for desktop and laptop computers. There are a few known backdoors and other tricks of the trade that can be used to bypass or reset the BIOS password on most systems.

Yesterday 23.54
Google, Inc. just recently became an ICANN-accredited domain name registarar for .com, .net, and .org TLDs, among others. Could this mean Google has plans to begin selling domains soon?

Yesterday 19.50
Digg is now ranked among the top 5,000 websites in the world! (today's ranking is 4,346). Check out the graph and you'll see that digg is on a collision course with Slashdot. Social news rocks, go digg!

Monday 7.10
Hoping to pave a new path to its popular Web site, Yahoo has acquired Konfabulator, a tiny software maker that provides a computer platform for monitoring the weather, stock prices and a wealth of other customized information without opening a Web browser.

domenica 24 luglio 2005 23.15.07
It appears that Google is testing a new interface. Not many major changes, but highlights sponsored links and consolidates all of their searching functions along the top.

domenica 24 luglio 2005 18.00.14
If you like the way Google writes its name and would like to have your own company name or just any name to be spelt like that, then this link can be a lot of fun.

domenica 24 luglio 2005 12.50.07
Just a quick guide to digg.com. I did this because I was showing this site to friends and I hated explaining myself over and over.