Blogs DNA has some great suggestions for tweaking the Firefox 3 about:config file. Customize Firefox 3 to your particular preferences with hacks to reduce the number of auto-complete list in your URL bar, extend spell check to forms, and disable blinking text. All it takes is a few simple modifications to the about:config file. By editing the about:config file, you can have a Firefox 3 that is … [Read more...]
Making art with Javascript
June 30, 2008 By 5 Comments
Mozilla coder [Aza] is connected to the past and the present: he wanted to celebrate the release of Firefox 3, but pines for the days when one could use small amounts of code to make compelling art. As a way of addressing both things, he has released ContextFree.js, a javascript port of [Chris Coyne]'s Context Free Art. Users can visit Algorithm Ink, where they can draw various compelling designs … [Read more...]
IronKey USB key has military grade encryption
June 26, 2008 By 31 Comments
Plenty of USB storage keys are on the market, but Ironkey is the first to use military level encryption. Sold in 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB sizes, the key features a processor called the Cryptochip, which uses Public Key Cryptography ciphers linked to an online account to create encryption keys on the hardware. A Federal Information Processing standard 140-2 compliant true random number generator on the … [Read more...]
Firefox 3 vulnerability
June 18, 2008 By 1 Comment
TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative reported a critical vulnerability affecting Firefox 3.0 yesterday. It includes the 2.0 versions as well. It's unreleased and Mozilla is working on a fix already. Whatever the exploit is, it does require the user to visit a malicious site or click a link to executed. It came in 5 hours after the FF3 release, but since it affects previous versions, we wonder if the … [Read more...]
Mozilla’s first public release
June 17, 2008 By 1 Comment
In honor of Firefox 3.0 download day, Waxy.org has posted the full Code Rush documentary. It spans March '98 to April '99, as the Mozilla team publishes the first source code and then the eventual AOL acquisition of Netscape. Embedded above is a short clip of [Jamie Zawinski] pushing the code live at 10AM on March 31, 1998. The hour documentary is well worth watching.If you're unsure about moving … [Read more...]
Get Firefox 3 early
June 17, 2008 By 14 Comments
It's five hours till the official release of Firefox 3. We know your hands are sweating in anticipation, waiting to click that download link and contribute to the greatest World Record known to man... What? You don't want your browser to have all the notoriety afforded to fat twins? Well then, let's just go grab the file now since they're already on the mirrors. First, pick out a mirror from the … [Read more...]
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