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  • Hubble – 15 Years of Discovery

    “The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is one of the biggest scientific projects of all time. To mark the 15th anniversary on 24 April 2005, the European Space Agency presented a series of unique activities in collaboration with partners all over Europe. These includes an exclusive, full-length DVD film (one of the most widely distributed documentary films ever), a CD of the film soundtrack, a full-colour book and additional educational material. ”

    European Hubble Homepage via Juha

    Whoever has the bandwidth can download all of this for free! Just can’t see why they didn’t use Bittorrent for distributing it.

  • Firefox 1.5 released

    Here’s what’s new in Firefox 1.5:

    • Automated update to streamline product upgrades. Notification of an update is more prominent, and updates to Firefox may now be half a megabyte or smaller. Updating extensions has also improved.
    • Faster browser navigation with improvements to back and forward button performance.
    • Drag and drop reordering for browser tabs.
    • Improvements to popup blocking.
    • Clear Private Data feature provides an easy way to quickly remove personal data through a menu item or keyboard shortcut.
    • Answers.com is added to the search engine list.
    • Improvements to product usability including descriptive error pages, redesigned options menu, RSS discovery, and “Safe Mode” experience.
    • Better accessibility including support for DHTML accessibility and assistive technologies such as the Window-Eyes 5.5 beta screen reader for Microsoft Windows. Screen readers read aloud all available information in applications and documents or show the information on a Braille display, enabling blind and visually impaired users to use equivalent software functionality as their sighted peers.
    • Report a broken Web site wizard to report Web sites that are not working in Firefox.
    • Better support for Mac OS X (10.2 and greater) including profile migration from Safari and Mac Internet Explorer.
    • New support for Web Standards including SVG, CSS 2 and CSS 3, and JavaScript 1.6.
    • Many security enhancements.

    “Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Release Notes”
    Mozilla via BoingBoing

    The last extension still not compatible with it is SwitchProxy.

  • The Definitive BIOS Optimization Guide

    “In the beginning, this guide consisted of only one page of short and simple explanations of several common BIOS options. Over the years, the explanation of each BIOS option has been fleshed out, improved upon and corrected. And today, it has become a database of over 260 BIOS options. But this is just the tip of the iceberg.”

    Adrian’s Rojak Pot via /.

  • Old online video and arcade games for free

    “The section “arcade” on this site offers you the chance to play the great 80’s classics. These old arcade games are gaining a new lease of life thanks to an emulator that restores them to how they were upon their release.”

    1980 Games BlogsNow

  • Miten maksimoit roskapostin määrän?

    “Roskapostin määrän maksimoiminen on periaatteessa yksinkertaista mutta vaatii jatkuvaa työskentelyä asian hyväksi. Ensimmäinen periaate roskapostin tulon varmistamisessa on oman henkilökohtaisen sähköpostiosoitteen julkisuuden ymmärtäminen. Kun sen on ymmärtänyt, niin näillä ohjeilla pääsee jo pitkälle.”

    dna Internet Tietoturva-blogi

  • JS/UIX – an UN*X-like OS for standard web-browsers

    ” JS/UIX is an UN*X-like OS for standard web-browsers, written entirely in JavaScript (no plug-ins used). It comprises a virtual machine, shell, virtual file-system, process-management, and brings its own terminal with screen- and keyboard-mapping.”

    mass:werk via Linko

  • NESCover

    “Forums user kalocin started up a thread a little while ago asking people for songs that he would then cover using a synthesizer based on the classic nintendo entertainment system’s psg audio system. So what we have for you now is 16 amazing NES-ified hit songs!”

    Something Awful via BoingBoing

  • Explorer Destroyer

    “You already want people to switch to Firefox. Now’s the time to get serious about it. Google is paying $1 for each new Firefox user you refer.”

    Explorer Destroyer via Kill Bill’s Browser via Just Sopivasti

  • Consumer's Digital Rights – Support this campaing

    “With this campaign we are seeking to influence MEPs and other decision makers in Brussels as well as in European countries through our members. We want to gather as much support as possible in order to show the importance of this issue for all European consumers. You can help us to achieve this by signing the electronic petition for consumer rights in the digital world below.”

    CD-R via Tearcandy’s life

  • Sory Electronics – DRM has got to go

    “Sony has crossed the line. Years ago, they were leading the edge, introducing cutting edge consumer electronics concepts like the WalkMan, the DiscMan, and the MiniDisc. Now they are infecting your computer with a malicious and dangerous DRM rootkit that can cause system instability, open your computer up to viruses, spy on you, and impose ridiculous restrictions on what you can do with your own computer.”

    Sory Electronics via Killinki