smart computer use?

I like Firefox. Probably my favorite browser. Firefox has come a long way since version 1.

Get ready for version 3 of Firefox. Mozilla will probably release it by June.

Additions boost security and allow users to run Web sites when they are not connected to the Internet. Mozilla also says Firefox 3 uses less computer memory than Firefox 2.

Nice. I like the idea of Firefox using less memory. At times it is the single most resource using application I am running. I do, however, tend to have 10 or more tabs open at any given time.

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If you liked legos as a kid (or still do), then you better check out Serious Lego.

For example:

This robot solves the 3×3x3 Rubik’s Cube®.

I started to think about this problem in about August of 2000. In Jan 2001 fellow Mindstorms forums user ‘agiecco’ announced his intention to work on a robotic solution and, simultaneously, I saw that Rubik’s Cubes were on sale at www.target.com. So I bought a couple of cubes and started getting down to business…

It’s amazing what can be built with legos.

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Imagine that. A striptease, a trojan, and code cracking. Not as kinky as it sounds. I guess this whole thing is just an example of the dark underbelly of the internet.

A nifty little program that Trend Micro detects as TROJ_CAPTCHAR.A disguises itself as a strip-tease game, wherein a scantily clad “Melissa” agrees to take off a little bit of her clothing. However, for her to strut her stuff, users must identify the letters hidden within a CAPTCHA.

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I signed up for a hassle on hassleme.co.uk recently. I had the hassle set up to remind me to clean my fish tanks roughly every seven days. I guess I didn’t really need the reminder too much. I was just more interested in seeing how the hassling service worked. I expected to get hassled about once per week.

I didn’t get a hassle for a few weeks. Then suddenly I got hassled about 4 times within 3 days. Crazy.

The whole thing seemed rather random, but I didn’t think it’d be that random. I may give it another run to see what happens again.

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Pretty accurate depiction of how it all happened.

Many young people around the world use the internet every day, and yet they have no memory of the history that led to the creation of the global network. Many have no understanding of how or why the internet has developed. As part of out continuing efforts to combat ignorance around the world, The History of The Internet

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