Category: Technology

  • Firefox 2 beta 1 is out

    …and you can get it from this link. Nice integrated spellchecker (which can save new words), seems very stable, but on my Mac at least the combination of close buttons and favicons on the tabs is a bit messy.

  • The Internet is for porn

    [photopress:hssecure_sm.gif,full,pp_image] One for the “surely this has been done before?” file: Heatseek is a new browser that’s designed specifically for browsing, ahem, specialist sites. [Via TechCrunch]

  • Pimp my email

    Today’s unfortunately named Web service is… [photopress:whoryou.jpg,full,pp_image] [Via Digg, again]

  • MacFormat has a blog

    MacFormat magazine has a new blog. Er, that’s it. Sorry for the lack of updates recently – I’m busy proofing books and trying to stop Megan from eating my arms.

  • Microsoft’s bright iDea

    The rumour-mongers are convinced that Microsoft is going to attack the iPod head-on later this year, and MacDailyNews reckons that the firm has an interesting gimmick for potential switchers: if you go the Microsoft route, Microsoft’s software will scan your copy of iTunes for any tracks you’ve bought from Apple and then let you download…

  • Biffo on broadcasting

    I think I’m a reasonably good writer, and as an occasional mouthpiece on the radio I’m ok at that too. But my two telly experiences have been unmitigated disasters – have you seen Broadcast News? The sweaty bloke? Multiply it by ten and you’ve got me – and when I’m without a script, I’m lost.…

  • How the interent works

    I know this has been doing the blog rounds already, but hey! I like it! US Senator Ted Stevens explains how the Internet works and why net neutrality is a bad thing: There’s one company now you can sign up and you can get a movie delivered to your house daily by delivery service. Okay.…

  • Ow, my eyes

    [photopress:amazonblur.jpg,full,pp_image] Is anyone else getting horrible blurry text on the front page of Amazon.co.uk? I suspect it’s a combination of OS X, Firefox and some weird font issue. Doesn’t seem to affect any of Amazon’s other pages, either.

  • .net’s got a brand new look

    [photopress:152cover_302.gif,full,pp_image] The new issue of .net is dubbed the “redesign issue”, partly because the issue’s main focus this month is on redesigning sites, and partly because the magazine itself’s had a revamp. I finally got to see the finished product yesterday and I really like it: the design’s grown up without being dull, and the…

  • Flickr and the looming threat of digital disaster

    With the exception of the odd copy for family and friends, I don’t think I’ve bothered getting photos printed for a few years now: it’s easier and quicker to browse my pics on the laptop, and from time to time I sync my photo library with the Mac under the telly so I can browse…