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Firefox extension: CookiePie

Problem: I’m testing a Facebook application of mine, so I’ve created a few ‘testing’ accounts. Rather than logging in/out of each account – I’d like to be logged into all accounts at the same time. Got me thinking there must be a Firefox extension to do this. Solution: CookiePie: The CookiePie Firefox extension allows you […]

Hand-held browser

Here’s something I’ve been trying to convince anyone who’d listen for a while: I think there’s a market for a hand-held browser appliance. And judging by some of the products coming out recently someone out there agrees with me. I’d like a device with a display at least 800 pixels wide, wifi connectivity, and a […]

Silverlight

Microsoft’s new technology Silverlight is out – and already being referred to as a potential flash killer. Silverlight performs a similar function to Flash, giving developers a platform to create rich internet applications. Silverlight appeals to me as a developer as applications are built using Microsoft’s XAML to create the user interface, and Javascript to […]

Google Finance

Google has entered the finance info field – and brought with them some very fancy features, all with a nice UI: AUD to USD. The graph is draggable, grab it and move back into the history – or click the ‘1y’, ‘5y’ links. News items are plotted on the graph, and scroll into view as […]