Sunday, April 23, 2006
Opera 9 Beta 1 Out Now
Opera Software released the first public beta of Opera 9 on Thursday, giving users the go ahead to put its new Web browser through its paces. The new version of the browser includes a feature called "widgets," which are small Web applications such as newsfeeds or games that reside in a window on a user's desktop. It also comes with the BitTorrent file-downloading software built in, meaning users don't have to start that software as a separate application.
The software may still have some bugs in it, however, and Opera advised users to back up their files in case it causes any problems on their machine. The software can be downloaded free of charge. It's available for all major operating systems including Windows and the Mac OS. The final version of Opera 9 will be released in the next few months.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer dominates on the Web. Mozilla's Firefox browser has managed to eke out 10 percent of the market, according to figures released earlier this month by Web measurement firm Net Applications.
Apple Computer's Safari browser held 3.19 percent, followed by Netscape with 1.05 percent and Opera with 0.54 percent, Net Applications said.
Text taken from source: http://www.pcworld.com/resource/printable/article/0,aid,125473,00.asp#
The software may still have some bugs in it, however, and Opera advised users to back up their files in case it causes any problems on their machine. The software can be downloaded free of charge. It's available for all major operating systems including Windows and the Mac OS. The final version of Opera 9 will be released in the next few months.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer dominates on the Web. Mozilla's Firefox browser has managed to eke out 10 percent of the market, according to figures released earlier this month by Web measurement firm Net Applications.
Apple Computer's Safari browser held 3.19 percent, followed by Netscape with 1.05 percent and Opera with 0.54 percent, Net Applications said.
Text taken from source: http://www.pcworld.com/resource/printable/article/0,aid,125473,00.asp#
Have your computer help someone else when it is not helping you!
We can’t all own a super computer, nothing more I would like more would be have a modern day “Cray Super Computer” but the unfortunate problem is that I cannot find a place to put it. I can however, turn my computer to into a part of a super computer when I am not using it. It’s an old idea of load sharing that has been created by a number of universities. A lot of other universities have also created these projects that allow you to put your computer to work advancing scientific knowledge when it's not helping you.
Google Compute is a feature of the Google Toolbar that enables your computer to help solve challenging scientific problems when it would otherwise be idle. When you enable Google Compute, your computer will download a small piece of a large research project and perform calculations on it that will then be included with the calculations performed by thousands of other computers doing the same thing. This process is known as distributed computing.
The first beneficiary of this effort is a non-profit academic research project at Stanford University that is trying to understand the structure of proteins so they can develop better treatments for a number of illnesses. In the future Google Compute may allow you to also donate your computing time to other worthwhile endeavors. Ref: http://toolbar.google.com/dc/offerdc.html However, if you don’t want to use Google’s technology you can download a project from http://folding.stanford.edu/ or selected a different project from http://www.distributedcomputing.info/
Google Compute is a feature of the Google Toolbar that enables your computer to help solve challenging scientific problems when it would otherwise be idle. When you enable Google Compute, your computer will download a small piece of a large research project and perform calculations on it that will then be included with the calculations performed by thousands of other computers doing the same thing. This process is known as distributed computing.
The first beneficiary of this effort is a non-profit academic research project at Stanford University that is trying to understand the structure of proteins so they can develop better treatments for a number of illnesses. In the future Google Compute may allow you to also donate your computing time to other worthwhile endeavors. Ref: http://toolbar.google.com/dc/offerdc.html However, if you don’t want to use Google’s technology you can download a project from http://folding.stanford.edu/ or selected a different project from http://www.distributedcomputing.info/
More bad news for the MAC
The Apple computer has been a long haven for safety, however, the experts now say that there are growing security risks. New viruses are attacking the Apple Mac OSX operating system and especially the Apple Tiger operating system. I cannot be more than a coincidence that the Apple has shifted away from the Power PC processor to a new Intel processor which has meant the operating system had to be rewritten for the new processing hardware.
Virus headaches are hardly unusual for computer users that run Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system. However, more and more we are hearing from Apple Mac users finding that when they have click on a website certain commands are being run in the heart of the operating system.
After surviving unscathed from the onslaught of viruses and other computer malware unleashed on the Internet over the past decade, Mac aficionados can no longer take for granted they are immune to such attacks, security experts said.Source: http://www.gameshout.com/news/apple_mac_is_a_growing_security_risk/article5132.htm
Virus headaches are hardly unusual for computer users that run Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system. However, more and more we are hearing from Apple Mac users finding that when they have click on a website certain commands are being run in the heart of the operating system.
After surviving unscathed from the onslaught of viruses and other computer malware unleashed on the Internet over the past decade, Mac aficionados can no longer take for granted they are immune to such attacks, security experts said.Source: http://www.gameshout.com/news/apple_mac_is_a_growing_security_risk/article5132.htm
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Netscape leaving Internet explorer for dead, if only people would seek it out and use it.
Netscape was the browser I first started using the internet with back in 1995 on Windows 3.11. A chunky clunky browser that was not the easiest to use, Microsoft brought about there new Internet Explorer and then began to integrate it into Windows which sparked condemnation around the world from competition watch dogs as they thought it would damage the chances of other browser manufacturers from getting a look in.
Netscape in its current form 8.1 is a product that has been based upon a lot of the Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla complete internet suite created by an open source development forum called mozilla.org.
The product has a number of features such as RSS feed reader, email, instant messaging, Usenet news group reader and a browser that can view a website as firefox would see it or as Internet explorer would see it.
It’s a great program I recommend people have a look at it. http://www.netscape.com/
Netscape in its current form 8.1 is a product that has been based upon a lot of the Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla complete internet suite created by an open source development forum called mozilla.org.
The product has a number of features such as RSS feed reader, email, instant messaging, Usenet news group reader and a browser that can view a website as firefox would see it or as Internet explorer would see it.
It’s a great program I recommend people have a look at it. http://www.netscape.com/
