10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:
1. iPhone, iPod 2.1 jailbreak tools released (Updated)
If you've been itching for the iPhone OS 2.1 update for your iPhone or iPod touch but waiting until it could be jailbroken, you can finally begin to scratch. The iPhone Dev Team has released updated tools for both devices.
More @ ArsTechnica
2. Microsoft defends IE8 'phone home' feature, clarifies privacy policy
Microsoft Corp. today defended the Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) tool that suggests sites based on the URLs typed into its address bar, saying that the browser "phones home" only a limited amount of information to Microsoft and that the company discards all user IP addresses almost immediately.
More @ ComputerWorld
3. The social web: All about the small stuff
The promise of the social web is about making it easy to share the small stuff -- to make it effortless and rebuild that feeling of connectedness that comes from knowing the details.
More @ Googleblog
If you've been itching for the iPhone OS 2.1 update for your iPhone or iPod touch but waiting until it could be jailbroken, you can finally begin to scratch. The iPhone Dev Team has released updated tools for both devices.
More @ ArsTechnica
2. Microsoft defends IE8 'phone home' feature, clarifies privacy policy
Microsoft Corp. today defended the Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) tool that suggests sites based on the URLs typed into its address bar, saying that the browser "phones home" only a limited amount of information to Microsoft and that the company discards all user IP addresses almost immediately.
More @ ComputerWorld
3. The social web: All about the small stuff
The promise of the social web is about making it easy to share the small stuff -- to make it effortless and rebuild that feeling of connectedness that comes from knowing the details.
More @ Googleblog
4. Pong clock
5. Supercharge Firebug
Designing and building Web sites can be a maze of tasks these days. One tool that can simplify the task is the well-known Firebug extension, which lets you edit and debug HTML, CSS, and JavaScript from within Firefox.
More @ Linux.com
6. What You Need to Know About Cloud Computing
Cloud computing promises that we'll never have to worry about hardware again. But will it deliver?
More @ PCMag.com
7. Installing Joomla 1.5.6 On A Lighttpd Web Server (Debian Etch)
This guide explains how you can install Joomla 1.5.6 on a lighttpd web server on Debian Etch. Joomla comes with an .htaccess file with mod_rewrite rules (for Apache) (to enable search-engine friendly URLs) that do not work on lighttpd. Fortunately Joomla has a built-in method to make search-engine friendly URLs work on lighttpd as well.
More @ HowtoForge
Designing and building Web sites can be a maze of tasks these days. One tool that can simplify the task is the well-known Firebug extension, which lets you edit and debug HTML, CSS, and JavaScript from within Firefox.
More @ Linux.com
6. What You Need to Know About Cloud Computing
Cloud computing promises that we'll never have to worry about hardware again. But will it deliver?
More @ PCMag.com
7. Installing Joomla 1.5.6 On A Lighttpd Web Server (Debian Etch)
This guide explains how you can install Joomla 1.5.6 on a lighttpd web server on Debian Etch. Joomla comes with an .htaccess file with mod_rewrite rules (for Apache) (to enable search-engine friendly URLs) that do not work on lighttpd. Fortunately Joomla has a built-in method to make search-engine friendly URLs work on lighttpd as well.
More @ HowtoForge
8. Sony's A900 now available for pre-order
9. Keep the faith: More Windows-specific consumer ads coming soon
If you liked the first Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld ad for Microsoft, you’ll probably love the second. If you didn’t, there’s hope: A more Windows-centric one will air in a matter of days, according to Microsoft officials.
More @ ZDNetBlog
10. Easystroke Makes Mouse Gestures Easy in Linux
Linux only: Easystroke, a free mouse gesture manager for Linux systems, makes the often quirky business of summoning applications, web sites, and desktop actions with your pointer a simple affair.
More @ Lifehacker
If you liked the first Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld ad for Microsoft, you’ll probably love the second. If you didn’t, there’s hope: A more Windows-centric one will air in a matter of days, according to Microsoft officials.
More @ ZDNetBlog
10. Easystroke Makes Mouse Gestures Easy in Linux
Linux only: Easystroke, a free mouse gesture manager for Linux systems, makes the often quirky business of summoning applications, web sites, and desktop actions with your pointer a simple affair.
More @ Lifehacker
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