Finally Firefox 3.0 is out, grab it fast :)
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Firefox 3 - first impressions
Firefox Release Candidate 1 is available for download and I decided to give it a go. My first impressions are quite positive - performance is must better on the same machine, the design has been improved and they have added quite a few usability features.
Gmail and IMAP
Looks like IMAP support has been added to GMail. More details at Google help center
New road for Mozilla's e-mail client
According to the press release from Mozilla Foundation, there is a new e-mail initiative, which will be developed via a separate entity to be formed by Mozilla and the head of ActiveState.
MySQL 5
I have upgraded my hosting database to MySQL 5. Let's see whether it gives me any trouble. So far it seems to be much faster, than the previous version.
Wow! Microsoft buying Aquantive for $6,000,000,000
The sums are getting bigger and bigger.
Drupal mobile theme
Drupal doesn't have a built-in support for mobile and handheld devices (PDAs). If you want to make your site more accessible to mobile users, your only option now is to have an additional "mobile" theme in your set-up, which would be very simple and lean, and somehow use it automatically when users access your site from small devices.
Cassini - web server in .NET
Some time ago Microsoft released a free sample - an HTTP server, written completely in .NET and able to host ASP.NET applications. It has been extended and improved by some other company, which now makes it available for download.
GMail MIDLet
Google allow you to install a Java MIDLet (a small Java application for mobile platforms), which gives you access to your GMail account. Current version is 1.1.1.
London to have its own domain
An article claims, that there is a proposition to create either ldn.uk or .london domain. Great idea, but what about other cities?
The idea is actually not that new. There is an unofficial domain for St. Petersburg - spb.ru.







