Archive for July, 2006

iPods have 4-year life, says Apple

Though some iPods do develop faults, Apple builds them to last at least four years, the company claims.A Chicago Tribune report weighs up the cacophony of complaints regarding Apple’s music players. With Apple selling millions of these devices each month, it’s likely that any percentage of failure would be well reported.
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Google launches ‘Google Help’

“Those of us in user support had a pet peeve: there was no single place that held all of Google’s help information at your fingertips. So we decided to build one — and now you can visit Google Help to find tips, tricks, and troubleshooting solutions for just about every Google product and service.”
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The Digg This! Firefox Toolbar Extension

I couldn’t find any decent Firefox extensions for digging articles that just simply allowed you to submit an article and was integrated into the toolbar. So I did what any self-respecting programmer would do and created my own. Plus I used it to digg this article.
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25 of the best extensions for Firefox - Have It Your Way!

The following is a list of the best 25 extensions for Firefox. They have been classified into three board categories: those that add additional enhancements to the browser and improve a user’s experience, those that add additional enhancements to certain web sites, and …
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Digg Labs Launches!

By providing broader and deeper views of activity on the site, the tools and projects in Labs aim to help manage the stream of stories passing through Digg, and to better understand the patterns and trends generated by our fast-growing membership.
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Google Launches Free WiFi For “Trusted Testers” in Mountain View, CA

BREAKING NEWS: Google lights up their free wifi for the first time! The link is a Google map of access points and dead spots in the Mountain View area. Expect to see this officially launch later this summer.
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