2005 April

This is just insane! I just read a report that Firefox has reached 50 million downloads. While the popularity is not that big of a shock, the 50 million mark is still quite a surprise I think.

If you have young kids in the house, then chances are they are wanting to get onto the Internet. These days, the Internet is a haven for weirdos and perverts. One option in addition to parental supervision; is to use this child friendly browser.

Even though this is just a cool idea, I feel that this could actually become something quite functional under the right circumstances.

By now it is really no secret that both the new Windows OS and Apple’s OS has embraced RSS with a passion. Apple’s approach is cool because it simplifies subscribing so darn much!

In case you haven’t heard, Adobe bought Macromedia for 3.4 billion dollars earlier last week. Some people believe great things are going to come out of this merger, others think it will end up biting Adobe in the you-know-where. Here is an article from MarketWatch that falls under the second group, saying that […]

With e-Books becoming more and more popular, we ought to look at ways of converting them into other formats that may be seen a little more ‘Open’.

BoingBoing is making 40 large? Yikes! If I was making that kind of money, I would be dancing a jig I think. To be realistic though, we need to remember that they likely have a fair amount of overhead that eats a nice chunk of that money. Still, just to see that kind of money […]

Wow, Websites that are really and truly useful? Boy, you just don’t find this everyday anymore. lucky for us we have Steve Bass from PC World on the lookout for us!

It appears that Google is going to be following in the footsteps of Pheedo and Kanoodle by offering contextual RSS ads. This will definitely open up a new stream of potential revenue for content publishers, and will give flexibility to the limited display of Google Adwords. An article from ClickNewz gives an idea as […]

After taking a little break from writing about Adobe products, I am raring to go with part 4 of our Adobe CS2 series. This is probably because today’s featured resource is one of my favorite web development applications on my pc. GoLive is my html editor of choice, so I was very excited […]

Boy, it looks as if Amazon has been busy lately. While their sales in the US may be down, their ‘Services’ dept just signed a new deal with Sears Canada.

If you are needing to add outgoing mail to your Web-based work, then you might be surprised to hear that Lazy Mail is one of the easiest ways of doing this.

When it is being used right, Javascript is a great tool to have on your side. Having said this, it is important to learn how to use this the right way the first time. That is where the following comes in.

Is Google going to end up with a strangle hold on the world of media? Do they already have too much power? So far I think things are fine. But as we give Google more power over the different types of media being absorbed, I do find that Google could quite easily go from a […]

I will admit it. I know far from everything when it comes to search engine optimization. I know your basics but I am far from an expert in the area. So where would somebody like myself or somebody with even less of a clue than I have go for help? Internet […]

Nearly 10% of the world’s professionals are currently Firefox users! This is truly amazing as a number of times we were led to believe that the browser’s usage was mostly coming from the home user. Having said this, there is a firm expectation that these numbers are going to continue to rise.

With the way things are going with our privacy these days, I am not all that surprised that services like Hushmail are being hacked into. The scary thing is wondering where the victims of this redirection are actually being sent to and for what reason!

Even though some people feel that PHP is an easy language to learn, this does not help with the consistent security risks being offered each day as PHP newbies fail to understand the possible risks involved in not writing their code in a secure manner.

Dave, I maintain a website for a grammar school and I would like to put a form in on our alumni page with their name, graduating year and email address. I can create the form on Frontpage or Dreamweaver, but I don’t quite get how the info is sent out. I would like […]

For anyone who knows the frustrations of manually finding your competitor’s paid search terms in Google, this program may ease some pain. GoogSpy is a site that gives an inside look into your competitors search engine keyword bidding. It can also tell you how your competitors rank naturally in the top ten results […]