Jan 28

It’s Official Now! Get The Portable Firefox 2 Alpha 1 Here

Posted in: Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on March 22, 2006 by CyberNet.

It's Official Now! Get The Portable Firefox 2 Alpha 1 Here

Unfortunately I had just went to sleep last night when this was released…so I know it has been out for 9 hours but here is the Portable version of Firefox 2 Alpha 1 that I promised. I have received a lot of emails requesting that I update the Portable version to the Official Release so I decided to do it.

All you have to do is download the Portable Firefox 2.0 Alpha 1 file below. Then you unzip the file and browse for the file PortableFirefox.exe. Just execute that file and you will be running Firefox 2.0 Alpha 1! The profile is kept with the PortableFirefox folder so you don’t have to worry about messing up your other profile and the uninstallation process is simple…just delete the folder!

I haven’t been able to use this Portable version very long so I am not sure how well it will run. The people that will find it the most useful are those that are just looking to see what it looks like and don’t plan on using it on a regular basis. I don’t see any differences from the Tinderbox build that I posted last week other than the branding that was done to this build.

Here is the list of changes:

  • Changes to tabbed browsing behavior
  • New data storage layer for bookmarks and history (using SQLlite)
  • Extended search plugin format
  • Updates to the extension system to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions
  • Support for SVG text using svg:textPath
  • List of notable bug fixes

NOTE: I am hosting these files off of a private account, so please do not hotlink directly to the files.

Portable Firefox 2.0 Alpha 1 Download
Portable Firefox 1.5.0.2 Download
News Source: Firefox 2 Alpha 1 Homepage

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Windows – Bon Echo Setup Alpha 1.exe
Linux – bonecho-alpha1.tar.gz
Mac – Bon Echo Alpha 1.dmg

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Portable Firefox 1.5 Homepage

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Jan 28

FCC grants LightSquared terrestrial-only waiver, puts an end to LTE drama

Posted in: lte, network, satellite, Today's Chili

If you’ve been following the drama over LightSquared’s application to build a wholesale integrated broadband / satellite network, it’s time to put away the tissue box and toss out the bonbons. That’s right, the FCC finally approved the company’s conditional waiver for an ancillary terrestrial component integrated service rule. In other words, the entity gave LightSquared the green light to offer terrestrial-only phones, in addition to satellite service, as long as interference problems are addressed before the company starts building its network. Just two weeks ago, it looked like the FCC might strike down the proposal on a recommendation from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which warned of potential interference on the SMS network with the likes of Department of Defense Communications. LightSquared remained silent during deliberation, but following the FCC’s decision, both parties gave a thumbs up to the outcome. Honestly, we could have done with a more heated back and forth, but we’ll leave that to the professionals. What time is Bridalplasty on again?

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Jan 28

Apple Sued Over Dropped iPhone

Posted in: Apple, Today's Chili

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Remember glassgate? We covered it back in October of last year. It was something of a less successful sequel to the much more widely covered antennaegate. Glassgate, essentially, surrounded the ease with which the glass on the phone cracked. The story as we covered it back then, involved the rear glass on the device. When dirt or other particles worked their way in between the iPhone 4 and a case, scratches led to a shattered phone.

Glassgate is rearing its ugly ahead again, this time in the form of a class action lawsuit. Donal LeBuhn, a California resident, filed the suit after his daughter dropped the phone from three feet, shattering it, despite the presence of a protective bumper (a result, no doubt, of the aforementioned antennaegate)–and despite Apple’s claims that the material on the phone is “ultradurable” and “the same kind used in the windshields of helicopters and high-speed trains.”

LeBuhn took the phone to a non-Apple repair shop to save $50, voiding the warranty in the processes. The irritated iPhone owner is suing for attorney’s fees, monetary damages, and to force apple to replace damage glass and refund the cost of replacement.

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Jan 28

NBC Drops Peacock From Corporate Logo

Posted in: Today's Chili, TV

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There are often a few casualities of sorts during times of corporate change–takeovers, mergers and the like. Some parties just don’t make it out of the proceedings unscathed. NBC’s purchase by Comcast is no different. The company is losing a bird–and Universal is losing the world.

NBC Universal (space) held a town hall meeting yesterday to inform its 25,000 employees that the company will be henceforth known as NBCUniversal (no space). And the famous peacock and the Universal globe are gone from the corporate logo.

Don’t feel too sorry for the bird, however. NBC the broadcaster will retain the peacock, and Universal still gets to keep the globe for its studio and theme parks. And really, the whole spaceless NBCUniversal thing is logo-only. There’s still a space, technically, but you know, it’s all about unity.

We’ll leave the rest of the explanation to the disembodied voice in the promo shown to employees, “We aren’t a family of two favorite sons, rather one filled with talented people and companies all tied for first.”

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Jan 28

New research suggests our brains delete information at an ‘extraordinarily high’ rate

Posted in: memory, Today's Chili
The mysteries of the brain may be virtually endless, but a team of researchers from two institutes in Göttingen, Germany now claim to have an answer for at least one question that has remained a puzzle: just how fast does the brain forget information? According to the new model of brain activity that the researchers have devised, the answer to that is one bit per active neuron per second. As Fred Wolf of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization further explains, that “extraordinarily high deletion rate came as a huge surprise,” and it effectively means that information is lost in the brain as quickly as it can be delivered — something the researchers say has “fundamental consequences for our understanding of the neural code of the cerebral cortex.”

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New research suggests our brains delete information at an ‘extraordinarily high’ rate originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 28

Sony Ericsson LiveView update is here, promises improved connections and Bluetooth compatibility

Posted in: Android, app, bluetooth, download, firmware, firmware update, FirmwareUpdate, peripheral, Software, Sony Ericsson, SonyEricsson, Today's Chili, update, watch, Wireless

Good news, fellow Bluetooth watch fanatics! Just as promised, Sony Ericsson’s finally doled out a major update to cure the LiveView once and for all. With this patch, users should now be seeing much better stability and compatibility with non-SE phones, as well as being able to install up to 30 plug-ins. We had a quick go on our refreshed LiveWatch and noticed that it now auto reconnects much better as well, and hopefully the same applies to everyone else. To get the update, simply use the SE Update Service for Windows (sorry, no Mac support) and follow the instructions — download link available below if you’re new to this.

Sony Ericsson LiveView update is here, promises improved connections and Bluetooth compatibility originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 28

Geolocation app appeals to your inner good samaritan, makes you an amateur EMT

Posted in: app, Apple, AppleIphone, ios, iPhone, IphoneApp, IphoneApps, medical, Today's Chili, video

When you go into cardiac arrest, you’ve got about ten minutes to live if you don’t receive medical attention, and the average emergency response time is seven minutes after you dial 911. In an effort to get folks help more quickly and leverage the iPhone’s life saving abilities, the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District in California has created the FireDepartment app to enlist the help of the citizenry in fighting the (unfortunate) results of a lifetime of eating tacos. The iPhone app — Android and BlackBerry versions are currently in the works — allows emergency dispatchers to notify users via text of a nearby crisis. For those feeling heroic, the app displays a map with the victim’s location and any nearby automatic electronic defibrillators, and provides “resuscitation reminders” in case you’re the CPR teddy-toting type. For now, the service only works in San Ramon but there are plans to port it for use elsewhere. That means we can look forward to a nation of amateur EMTs, which makes us thankful that mouth-to-mouth is no longer a part of CPR. Check the video after the break to see the app in action.

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Geolocation app appeals to your inner good samaritan, makes you an amateur EMT originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 28

Smart USA won’t be stopped by snow, delivers first Fortwo Electric Drive to a customer

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Smart USA won't be stopped by snow, delivers first Fortwo Electric Drive to a customer

Hertz may have been the first to get the suckers on the road, but Mindy Kimball of Silver Spring, MD is the first American customer to have a Smart Fortwo Electric Drive of her very own. She’s a US Army Major and now has a funky little green (but not olive drab) and white coupe at home — probably buried under a foot or two of white stuff at this point. She’s member numero uno of Smart USA’s so-called “Team 250,” which will make up the first 250 owners of the cars, each of which offer a maximum of 72 miles of range and a top speed of 70mph. All while looking super cute.

[Thanks, Jason]

Smart USA won’t be stopped by snow, delivers first Fortwo Electric Drive to a customer originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 28

$91 Worth of Rubber Bands From One Recycled Inner-Tube

Posted in: Accessories and Peripherals, Today's Chili

Let’s say that each of these Plattfuss Rubber Bands, made from old bike inner-tubes, is 2mm wide. You get around 70 in a pack, which requires 140mm (5.5-inches) of OG bike tube to make them. The sizes in the pack are assorted, from different tube sizes, but to keep things simple let’s assume they come from 700c tubes.

These tubes fit a wheel with a diameter of 622 mm (forgive the international standard measurements – inches are impossible to work with at small sizes). Thus the circumference of a 700c wheel (and therefore the tube) is πD, or pi x diameter, or 1,954mm, or around 77-inches. Thus you could get 13 packs of Plattfuss Rubber Bands from a single inner-tube.

The price for a pack of the Plattfuss bands? $7. The price of 13 packs? $91. The price of a used inner-tube? Free.

Plattfuss Rubber Bands [Plastica via Uncrate]

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Jan 28

Apple job posts point to built-in NFC capabilities for iPad / iPhone

Posted in: Apple, ipad, ipad 2, Ipad2, iPhone, nfc, smartphone, Today's Chili

Ladies and gentlemen of the, ahem, jury, we intend to show — through rumors and circumstantial evidence — that Apple might very well be building Nexus S-like NFC capabilities into next-generation iPhones and iPads. We present for your consideration exhibits A, B, and C: three Apple job posts, seeking two managers of global payment platforms and one test engineer for iPhone hardware. According to the original post, the right engineer possesses a background in both ICT (information and communication technology) and RFID (radio frequency identification), which forms the basis for NFC. Suspiciously, Apple removed the “ID” in “RFID” sometime in the past 24 hours. Still not convinced of Apple’s NFC involvement? Consider this: Apple’s manager of global payment platforms is tasked with contributing “to the analysis and development of new payment types and processes.” Okay, so there’s not a smoking gun in sight, but a little innocent conjecture never hurt anybody.

Apple job posts point to built-in NFC capabilities for iPad / iPhone originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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