» Firefox 4.0 Beta 1: What's In It for the Regular Windows User

 Fire Fox Fans, the wait is over because the beta version of Fire Fox 4.0 has been released by Mozilla Foundation. The application is available for download for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux-powered machines. It support English Language for the time being but will but will extend to more than 70 languages in future.

If you had a long wait to get on Firefox 4.0 Beta 1, then click here to download the browser. Be warned that the regular Beta warnings apply: the browser may crash, it may not function properly, it may “eat your data and burn your house down” as Mozilla Evangelist Christopher Blizzard jokingly said once.

the new browser has to offer to the regular Windows user. If you do, here’s the lowdown:

- The tabs’ default position has been changed; tabs are now at the top. As Firefox Director Mike Beltzner explained, this change has been implemented “to make it easier to focus on the web content and easier to control the tools in your Web browser”. This change is not visible in the Mac OS X or Linux version.
- The Menu bar has been replaced with the Firefox button. This change is visible in Vista and Windows 7.
- The user can search for and switch to open tabs from the Awesome Bar.
- There is just one button for Stop and Reload.
- A bookmarks Button now replaces the Bookmarks Toolbar.

- Crash Protection: Even if the Adobe Flash, Apple QuickTime or Microsoft Silverlight plugin crashes, the 

Firefox browser will not crash. The browser will not be affected even when if one of those plugins crashes or freezes.
- For now the Add-ons Manager doesn’t look that great, but Mozilla said it will change its User Interface in the final version of Firefox 4.0.

The Mozilla Foundation Has lot for developers as well so Developers can visit the following Link to check what's for then in MOZILLA STORE...Firefox 4.1 Beta 1: What's In It for the Developer



Test Pilot Integration

- Improved responsiveness at start-up and during page loads.

Again, if you would like to get Firefox 4.0 Beta 1, click here to download the browser.

facebook banned...........!!

This time i am not writing about any new gadget but rather than an I am raising a voice against actions practiced in almost all offices which clearly violates our lot of  social rights...

Okay cool down guys i am not discussing serious politics here,but you got to listen to this little story.I am normal tech savy guy of present  3G world who likes to keep posting my little details for my friends and also checking their activities in face book and twitter.Add to this i also like to follow various other  techie and some of my fav actors,authors  tweets and their updates.So despite  having very hectic schedule i do take little time in my office hours for such activities....
Now from quite some time,my office has been following strict IT policy and blocking various websites.Now i sit next to IT manager.Checking facebook and tweets is just like taking a sip of coffee for me.But credit to eagle eyes of my IT manager who must have noticed this,i found to my surprise a couple of days back both sites were banned....................

This obviously was not meant to stop me from my freedom...freedom of expression that i feel while doing same in my social website..I restored to using proxy servers to check my stuff.I even tell how to bypass the firewall some of my colleagues thereby becomes a favorites of not so technical people in my office,

Now another question came up in my mind,why blocking of websites is a common practice in corporates these days.The following can be the reasons that i can figure out

a.)It results in lapse of concentration.
b)We waste our time resulting in decreasing in productivity.
c)Leakage of official information

The third one is an absurd excuse and for the first two are we not the grown ups to not to do things that affect our performances.May be i am more disturbed in not allowing to do what i feel like to do.It's a sort of practice corporates like to follow ,may be they want us into Machines away from social hullabulla.

Did you know about Google's Sunrise & Sunset Calculator

Here is another feature of GOOGLE which most of us are not aware of that is to find the Sunrise and Sunset Timings of almost any city of the world.

Google can be used to find out sunrise and sunset time quickly using the search code as "sunrise & sunset " respectively for almost every city in the world.

As for example, search for sunrise Delhi will show the approximate time when sun will appear next in Delhi, the Indian Capital and sunset paris will give the approximate time when sun disappears next. The timings show is local time zone.

Apart from Google, one can also find informations about the sunrise and sunset times of various cities using Wolfram Alpha.

Thanks to Amit Agarwal and Angus Kidman

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PC tablet

Apple has always been leader in the world of gadgets and innovation in technology.They have set up standards which world has followed.When Steve jobs introduced Apple Ipad ,he would definitely had some vision as how this would start the race wherein others would follow suit.


My focus in this blog is not Ipad,probably lot has been written about it.I am more interested in lot of other PC tablets which have hit the market or which are supposed to hit.What is interesting to see is that most of these tablets are android based.
Indian based Notion Adam was one that seemed at one point of time giving serious competition to Apple Ipad.They almost created a stir when Adam was displayed in Mobile World Congress 2010.With Pixel Qi  transflective display(that make this device visible even in broad sunlight,Ipad users can't boast of this),Nvidia T20 Tegra Chipset,180 degree Swivel Camera,1080p Full HD video playback with Android based platform,there were huge expectations from Adam.However Adam never saw it's launch,whether it will be launched is still unknown.


There are others which have come up with android .The Dell Streak is a hybrid device that lives in the space between a smartphone and other larger tablets or netbooks that you might be using right now.It comes with 5" screen and with 1Ghz Snapdragon Processor,5MP Autofocus Camera,Front camera for video conferencing,3G,Wifi(802.11 b/g;n is missing),Bluetooth 2.1 and other features,this is a good device for android lovers and those looking for a small 5" tablet or smartphone.


Archos is another company among others to come up with Tablet with android as platform.Though it doesn't seem anyone giving serious competition to Apple Ipad at present,i would really love to see Fryo comming in these tablets soon.That may change the scenario.








There are tablets with Windows CE embedded as platform.HP Slate which has a 8.9-inch 1024 x 600 capacitive multitouch display, a 1.6GHz Atom Z530 processor with UMA graphics and an accelerator for 1080p video playback is supposed to come up with an windows 7 .


Nokia hasn't left behind ,it's planning to come up with 7' and 9' screen with MeeGo as platform.The race has just started with Apple Ipad clearly leading the way as of now by miles.