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... 

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...