[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #116: Google is at it again, IE8, Mozilla news, Who gets spam?

[Bobbi Galvin]

*OPLIN 4Cast #116:
Google is at it again, IE8, Mozilla news, Who gets spam?
*September 3, 2008

1.  Google is really showing off some productivity this week, the 
highlight being their new open-source browser, Chrome.

    * A fresh take on the browser
      <http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html>
    * Google's Android Market: cathedral or bazaar?
      <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080829-googles-android-market-cathedral-or-bazaar.html>
    * Google white space petition: 13,000 signatures and counting
      <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080902-google-white-space-petition-13000-signatures-and-counting.html>
    * Google Apps: Now With Video Sharing
      <http://mashable.com/2008/09/02/google-apps-video-2/>

2. Slashdot notes that "Internet Explorer 8 has been released for public 
beta.  New features include accelerators, which provide instant context 
menu access for a number of common tasks; automatic crash recovery, 
which prevents a single page's failures from taking down your entire 
browser; and browser privacy...it's a definite improvement over previous 
versions, and brings a lot to the table."

    * Surfing on the sly with IE8's new "InPrivate" Internet
      <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080827-surfing-on-the-sly-ie8s-inprivate-internet.html>
    * Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2's (Familiar) New Features
      <http://lifehacker.com/5042941/internet-explorer-8-beta-2s-familiar-new-features>
    * IE 8 consumes more RAM than Windows XP
      <http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisedesktop/archives/2008/09/ie_8_consumes_m.html>
    * Search & Internet Explorer 8
      <http://searchengineland.com/080827-224003.php>

3. Mozilla developers have been playing around with JavaScript 
performance. The result is TraceMonkey, which appears to improve Firefox 
performance. It should show up in version 3.1 of the browser. Also, try 
playing with Ubiquity, a new prototype which is the natural-language, 
command-based shell for Firefox.

    * Firefox to get massive JavaScript performance boost
      <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080822-firefox-to-get-massive-javascript-performance-boost.html>
    * Mozilla: Web apps faster with Firefox 3.1
      <http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10023723-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware%20>
    * Ubiquity prototype lets users take command of Firefox
      <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080827-ubiquity-prototype-lets-users-take-command-of-firefox.html>
    * Ubiquity Prototype Offers a Natural Language Web Command Line
      <http://lifehacker.com/5042312/ubiquity-prototype-offers-a-natural-language-web-command-line%20>

4. I just saw a warning about ASCII spam 
<http://mashable.com/2008/08/27/spammers-ascii-art/>, and that got me 
wondering...
Why do some people get more spam than others?  It's all in a name...

    * Zebras Get Less Spam Than Aardvarks
      <http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/31/1721211&from=rss>
    * Study: spammers mind their Ps, forget about the Qs
      <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080829-study-spammers-mind-their-ps-forget-about-the-qs.html>
    * Alphabet Decides Who Gets Most Spam
      <http://www.pcworld.com/article/150464/Spam.html?tk=rss_news>
    * Why Adam gets more spam than Eve
      <http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2008/08/why-adam-gets-more-spam-than-eve.html>


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Bobbi Galvin
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