TechAirlines: Technology Tips

The non-profit Mozilla has just released the first beta of the next generation of Firefox earlier today. Firefox 4.0 Beta 1 features a brand new user interface, support for multiple new future web technologies including enhanced HTML support, WebSockets, and a more aggressive update schedule. This marks Mozilla’s first release of their plan for the future of the world’s second most popular... 

Web of Trust (WOT), the popular online security community and site rating add-on, has just announced that their extension for Safari is now officially available, thanks to the new Safari 5 supporting extensions. WOT for Safari Due to the gray color scheme of the Safari toolbars, the extension is slightly different than it is on other browsers. The colored icon fades after a few seconds. When you visit... 

Apple’s latest innovative product, the iPad officially hits the shelves in the U.S. on April 3, 2010. Users can pre-order one starting March 12 at the online Apples store and reserve one to pick up at an Apple store on April 3. The 3G model would be released in late April 2010. The pricing of the iPad are as follows: Wi-Fi Models: 16 GB: $499 32 GB: $599 64 GB: $699 Wi-Fi + 3G Models (does... 

Last Thursday, Opera released a public beta of the next major release of the Opera browser, and declared it as the fastest browser on earth. Opera 10.50 introduces many new features including a simpler interface getting rid of the menu bar, like other browsers are doing, private browsing mode, Windows 7 integration features such as Jump Lists and Tab Taskbar Thumbnails (with Aero Peek), and of course,... 

Most of us probably own at least one instant messaging account and a good majority of users own two or more. Combine that with social networking and email,  the number of services can be overwhelming. Luckily thanks to multi-protocol instant messenger clients, users can say good bye to clients that can only connect to one service. These clients can often connect to email services and social networking... 

Do you want to browse the web without a trace? Easy! Just use your browser’s Private Browsing Mode! Wrong! So “private” mode isn’t really “private”? Well, in a way, no, it’s not. Even in Private Mode, you’re still leaving traces behind. Isn’t Clearing the Browser ‘Private Data’ Enough? Modern browsers contain a feature known as ‘Clear... 

Are you getting a handful of server not found or DNS Errors when you know the server is not down and your network connection is working fine? When you browse the internet, your internet browser looks up the DNS Records of each website you visit in order to connect to the website’s server. To save time when you revisit the website, the DNS Entry is cached on your computer. However, your browser... 

Are you a Mac user looking for some deals on software? Well look no further. MacHeist is offering a bundle of six applications: ShoveBox, WriteRoom, Twitterific, Tinygrab, Hordes of Orcs, and Mariner Write. Except for Mariner Write, they are free from the start. Mariner Write will only be unlocked when there are 500,000 participants in this giveaway. At the time of writing, there are 202 thousand...