Top 25 iPhonies: the nano edition

veoh playerBy Anonymous on March 22, 2008, 11:41 amwith the upgrade to firefox 3,I can no longer use my veoh player

Although the slideshowedBy Anonymous on March 18, 2008, 6:50 pmAlthough the slideshowed list gives a good basis for users to build their own suite from, I would have to say that some of my most useful extensions are overlooked, whilst others, which I have no use for, are listed quite prominently. The NetworkWorld List:

1. Greasemonkey Agreed. An incredible extension which allows the web to be trimmed, manipulated or extended from it's current form into a more useful/user-friendly form.
2. IE Tab For a developer, and especially a developer who only has to worry about rendering in one version of IE, this would fit the bill. For me, I use a number of standalone'd IEs in different versions when testing sites to ensure cross-browser reliability.
3. Tab Mix Plus Disagree. The native tab functions of FF2 cover the majority of my use, and in conjunction with Session Manager, I haven't seen any features wanting since I stopped using Tab Mix Plus (which happened about FF1.5).
4. Web Developer Disagree. Whilst this extension does offer some weighty tools to help in development, the toolbar is next best thing to useless and is quite intrusive. Even when the toolbar is hidden, the extra features are not used regularly enough to bother having this one installed, especially with the features offered by FireBug.
5. FireBug Agreed. This extension and it's ability to supervise AJAX actions, CSS rules, HTML source, Load times, etc makes it an incredible and indispensible tool.
6. FoxMarks Bookmark Synchroniser Disagree. I used to use this extension, but have found that the Google Browser Sync offers better functionality.
7. Clipmarks Disagree. But then again, I am not running around and trying to backup the internets.
8. Adblock Semi-Agree. I prefer Adblock Plus.
9. Colorful Tabs Disagree. Nothing but fluff.
10. Download Statusbar Disagree. More fluff.
11. Cooliris Disagree. Nice if you're a YouTube addict, but not for much more.
12. del.icio.us Firefox Extension Semi-Agree. Great if you are a del.icio.us user, and even a nice concept if you are not, but it would be nice if this extension supported other bookmarking services.
13. ColorZilla Agreed. This extension is incredibly useful, especially when tweaking CSS color schemes.
14. FireFTP Semi-Agree. As a quick solution, it is great, but I prefer the deeper functionality of FileZilla for any heavy lifting.
15. DownThemAll! Agreed. Every leech's dream.
16. FoxyTunes Disagree. Just clutter, when Launchy or similar can be used to manage iTunes from any application.
17. ScrapBook Disagree. Again, maybe if you are backing up the internets.
18. McAfee SiteAdvisor Agreed. Nice to have a second opinion right there.
19. Gmail Manager Disagree. I let Gmail manage Gmail - much easier that way.
20. Yahoo Mail Notifier Disagree. Only if you are a Yahoo-er, which I am not.

1. Greasemonkey Being able to create, patch and extend userscripts to make your web experience more painless is a god-sent.
2. Stylish The Greasemonkey of the Stylesheet/CSS world. Great for making the inaccessible accessible and can even be used as an advertising blocker in hiding bothersome elements. (Designers also tend to use distinctive CSS classes for ads, as opposed to CSS IDs or easily identified URLs.)
3. Firebug One of the most useful development and debugging tools in circulation today.
4. Adblock Plus Less ads = less annoyance. Love it.
5. Google Browser Sync Invaluable as it turns the browser from a standalone instance into a meshed set of windows looking into the web. I sync my Portable Firefox with my Home Server, and my Main Laptop and my EeePC and all share the same bookmarks, history, etc.
6. PermaTabs Terrific if you have a set of tabs which you always have open.
7. Session Manager Helps me save sets of tabs for later use, and provides similar functionality to Tab Mix Plus, without overlapping native features.
8. ColorZilla & MeasureIt Measure twice, cut once, and color checking on the fly. Both great when working on layouts.
9. XPather & XPath Checker Great for identifying elements for referencing in Greasemonkey scripts.
10. FoxyProxy Having to work behind a corporate firewall (with two proxies, each with different rules) FoxyProxy lets me pick the best paths to different sites.
11. DownThemAll! As I said - every leech's dream.
12. PhProxy Handy for a second testpoint for site issues (to check DNS propagation, etc.) and to get around proxy rules.
13. GButts If you are a heavy user of the Google suite of apps, this makes navigation much easier (and, in conjunction with a Stylish rule which hides the native Google apps list at the tops of their pages, saves real estate too.
14. Mouse Gestures When performing mouse-heavy navigation (just following links), the ability to go Back or perform other actions with simple gestures in the browser makes life alot easier. Especially when the normal toolbars are hidden.

emailBy Anonymous on March 18, 2008, 2:20 pmWould like to see the get mail add on updated to work with the new version of Firefox

Extension missedBy Anonymous on October 30, 2007, 6:47 amA couple of all time greats that I miss from the list are: - Forecastfox (local weather right in your browser) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/398 - Scribefire (instant blogging right from your browser) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1730 - Slashdotter (must have imho) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2175

Fire Fox must have add-onsBy Anonymous on October 29, 2007, 1:16 amI use: Adblock plus NoScript Forecastfox Enhanced Colorzilla BlockSite AutoCopy Bibleserver Toolbar FirePhish Free Translate! Fire Encrypter DownThemAll! IE Tab MEasureIt MSTS-Dictionary MR. TEch Local Install PDF Download StumbleUpon (Great) TotalValidator Yahoo Mail Notifier SpiderZilla

fire ftpBy Anonymous on October 25, 2007, 10:19 amfireftp is one of my favs.... allows easy ftp transfers with simple drag and drop inside for firefox

Flashblock is a mustBy Anonymous on October 25, 2007, 7:04 amThis extension automatically stops flash from playing, but can easily be enabled by simply clicking once within the frame where the flash is located. This is useful when wanting to hide advertisements and other annoying things that almost every web page has. To be clear, it doesn't eliminate the flash, it just stops it from playing unless it is clicked. You can then choose to always play flash from a particular site. A MUST have!!!

NoScriptBy Anonymous on October 24, 2007, 7:57 pmNoScript is my favorite extension to Firefox. It allows you to control what sites you allow to run JavaScript (or other active content), temporarily or permanently. The default for an unknown site can be set to the safest level, then you can decide what to allow as needed. It is unobtrsuive but still keeps browsing far safer and more controlled.

Check out my listBy Anonymous on October 24, 2007, 3:09 pmhttp://zia.blogspot.com/2007/07/7-months-later-15-firefox-extensions-i.html

NoScript is great, allowsBy Anonymous on October 24, 2007, 11:02 amNoScript is great, allows only the ones you aprove of to run.

FF extensionsBy Anonymous on October 24, 2007, 10:17 amStylish is an excellent extension that should be missed. You can get rid of many FF extensions in lieu of CSS code with stylish. There are Stylish code sheets you can down load and it makes your FF implementation less heavy.

Staples Inc to sell Dell computers in its storesBy Anonymous on October 22, 2007, 12:06 pmStaples Inc said on Monday it will start selling Dell Inc personal computers, printers, and monitors in their stores. Items will start showing up next month in some 1,400 Staples stores, Thanks, A.Lenehan www.nytechnology.net

Technologies we're glad are deadBy Anonymous on October 19, 2007, 5:30 pmI don't think dial-up modems and dot-matrix printers are dead. They are not as widely used as in the old days though.

Oracle offers $6.7 billion bid for BEA SystemsBy Anonymous on October 12, 2007, 12:10 pmOracle Corporation made a $6.7 billion unsolicited offer to buy BEA Systems Inc. Oracles bid for BEA was aimed at bolstering its line of middleware applications. The deal comes a week after German rival SAP offered 4.8 billion euros ($6.8 billion) for Business Objects raising expectations for further consolidation in the software industry. Following the announcement, shares in BEA jumped nearly 32 percent in premarket trading to $17.96 after the announcement. This announcement could start a bidding war amongst several potential suitors for BEA: IBM, Microsoft, HP may counter bid oracles offer. A.Lenehan www.nytechnology.net

Readers' Choice: Networkiest Horror FilmsBy Anonymous on October 11, 2007, 6:35 pmDON'T BE AFRAID -- WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

Check out Network World's favorite 15 networky horror films and let us know what YOU think! Let us know what we missed and what's on your top horror flicks list.

976-EVILBy Anonymous on October 12, 2007, 7:53 pm976-EVIL (1989) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094597/ directed by Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund.

Ok, it's older telephone-network horror schlock instead of Internet-based schlock.com, but a couple of your choices were really SneakerNet rather than on-line networking, so this one belongs in there as well.

Character sees an add for "Horrorscopes" at the pay-per-call service number 976-EVIL, starts getting revenge on his enemies, and his younger cousin starts dialing it and gets possessed by the devil and slashes away.

Top 12 Google GPhoniesBy Anonymous on October 10, 2007, 5:02 pmWhat do you think about all the GPhone hype? Got your own mock-ups to share? Are you interested in one? Do you care? Take a look at our favorite picks from all the Photoshop frenzy and let us know what you think.

Err most are sligtlyBy Anonymous on February 21, 2008, 7:49 amErr most are sligtly remodelled existing phones... Square flat one is an iPhone but square. The slide up screen ones look like HTC Touches and such, Some look like Blackberries. Infact, there are HTC's, samsungs and an iPhone all shown with a google screen on the page. Thats called having a browser, which you know, every smart phone made in the last few years have.

Anyhone else notice that 3By Anonymous on November 5, 2007, 5:20 pmAnyhone else notice that 3 of these designs had Windows Mobile running on them? This is a linux powered OS. To be in the top picks, the screens should at least have no trace of Windows Mobile. My hope is that AT&T and Palm do not plan to upgrade the Treo 750 to the GPhone OS.. or it'll be another 3 years of promised release dates that will never see the light of day.... With any luck, the GPhone OS will be available for free (it is linux based after all), and will be able to be pushed onto any smartphone by the tend user, w/o requiring the phone company's approval. Hey, I can dream can't I?

Not glass, e-InkBy Anonymous on October 14, 2007, 5:11 pmNo, no, no ... you got it all wrong. It's not GLASS, it's transparent e-Ink that spools into the handholds, which collapse together to make a very stylish and compact phone! To use the net, open like a good old fashioned ancient parchment scroll! Shweet!

#7 - the sci-fi connectionBy Anonymous on October 12, 2007, 8:19 pmThe device shown in #7 looks like the communication devices used in the sci-fi series "Earth: Final Conflict." The devices used in the series were called globals. The global screen retracted into the handle when not in use.

No kings among geeksBy Anonymous on October 1, 2007, 5:13 pmThe elevation of Bill Gates to iconic status among technologists is offensive. As far as I can tell, the only technology Bill Gates deserves any personal credit for are the traffic counter and the paper tape interface for the Altair, both of which he co-developed with Paul Allen. Beyond that, he had the foresight to say yes when IBM offered to put a cash hose in his pocket, an offer that was refused Gary Kildall (or his wife and lawyer) at Galactic Digital Research. Gates bought or pirated every technology that makes Microsoft Corporation the market leader it is. Gates may look the part of a geek, may even act the part of a geek, but he is, in fact, the privileged son of the upper class in the Seattle metropolitan area, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, an outstanding businessman but a mediocre technologist. He is one of many famous people who are rich from owning a computer industry company that IBM handed them on a silver platter (Ellison, McNealy, Andy Grove and Gordon Moore, etc.) Steve Wozniak was a king among geeks - he designed and built the first Apple in his garage. Vinton Cerf is a retired king among geeks - he co-developed TCP/IP, thus "inventing" the Internet. Getting rich from technology through the actions of others does not make a person a King Geek, or even a geek at all. Maybe we should say nerd - a geek is anyone who looks like one, whereas a nerd can actually hot wire a computer or repair a busted TV set with the tools he keeps in his pockets. Gates mostly played cards at Harvard, and did not spend much time in the lab. Some "King!"

Ok!By Anonymous on July 23, 2009, 5:46 amOk!

iPhone Hacker videoBy Anonymous on October 1, 2007, 4:14 amHere's a video interview of the 17 y.o. kid that started the iPhone hack that I found tonight on Webcastr.com. or this link: http://webcastr.com/index.php?option=com_seyret&task=videodirectlink&Itemid=27&id=594 Worth watching!

iPhone hacker guyBy Anonymous on January 8, 2008, 3:44 amThis is so great. The kid is 17 years old and he hacked Apple iPhone to get rid of the AT&T and switch to T-Mobile. George Hotz - truly a real whiz kid! Then AAPL was up! Plus he's llokingfor a call from Steve Jobs - wonder if he got that! Cool.

CertegyBy Anonymous on September 21, 2007, 2:09 amYou know why their so cavalier. Because we aren't the income generators for this company. I wrote a letter to Walmart. How can this company stop you from cashin a payroll check. I'm going to write every one of their vendors, (which will be a task since they're an offshoot of the credit bureau. What a scam. They have all of our credit infomration and now they can have our checking information too. I know the SEC has to have a law against this type of monopoly and blackmailing technique. Any brave attorneys out there to let me know. thanks

Certegy & Payroll ChecksBy Anonymous on January 13, 2008, 8:32 pmI think I know why. I sell financial services to merchants. I sell a check guarantee service that competes with Certegy. They will not guarantee third-party checks and a payroll check is a third-party check. Oh yes, most guarantee companies will not guarantee a check for over $1,500,

RE: Stars of the Network ZodiacBy Anonymous on September 11, 2007, 12:30 pmWe want to hear from YOU: Did we miss anyone in our networking astrological chart? Let us know who or what company and why. Take a look at the slideshow

Apple unleashes next-gen iPodsBy Anonymous on September 7, 2007, 3:25 pmWe want to know what YOU think of the new the iPods. Were you shocked and awed? Not impressed? Speak out!

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Top 10 networkiest eBay oddities (Readers' Choice)By Anonymous on August 16, 2007, 4:58 pmWe want to hear from YOU: What are the networkiest eBay oddities? Let us know if you've seen something more outrageous than what we've seen over the years in our slideshow here. When you make a submission, please include any links and additional info.

weird ebayBy Anonymous on October 4, 2007, 2:21 amBecome invisible? Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/BECOME-INVISIBLE-walk-unseen-among-people-or-CROWDS_W0QQitemZ130159749516QQihZ003QQcategoryZ1469QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Discrimination still existsBy Anonymous on August 14, 2007, 10:05 am

I have been in the IT field for 25 years and YES there is still an abundant amount of dicrimination against women in the workplace, especially in the south. You don't get credit for your work and are never taken seriously. I have experienced having to train my IT Director without the job ever being posted. HR treats it as "your perception" and demeans you.

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Certegy lawsuitBy Anonymous on August 11, 2007, 12:15 pmA law firm out of California is gathering info from consumers affected by theft of credit info from Certegy. I found them when I googled Certegy. They are Girard Gibbs LLP at http://www.girardgibbs.com/. I received a Certegy letter in July and on July 31, a fraudulent charge of $3000 appeared on my Amex account. I'm in the process of dealing with that now. I'm in the position of having to check every account every day in order to catch fraudulent charges as quickly as possible. I followed the instructions about freezing my files with the credit reporting companies, but that won't be enough. I want to know what info was stolen: my soc. sec. number, my account numbers? All these careless, thoughtless companies should be made to pay for the anguish and aggravation they cause.

How to configure QOS in Cisco 2600 Router?By Anonymous on July 23, 2007, 3:21 amHi, How to configure QOS in Cisco 2600 Router. Advance Thanks for your reply, Thanks & Regards Karthik E.D

cisco infrastructureBy Anonymous on June 15, 2009, 8:32 amiam a system engineer i want to apply qos to distribute bandwidth so i want to configure a qos in 2621 router. how should i do that . i never configured earlier so iam some confussion . can u help me

Wireless Access - Cannot log to internetBy Anonymous on July 14, 2007, 12:03 pmI have two laptops - Dell Latitude 8100 and Dell Inspiron 600m. I can get wireless internet 600m but not in the latitude 8100. In both case the intel pro wireless shows green. But in the latitude 8100 I cannot log in through any website.

Patent Law IndiaBy Anonymous on July 8, 2007, 10:41 amPatent system in India is administered under the superintendence of the Controller General of Patents, Designs, Trademarks and Geographical Indications. The Office of the Controller General functions under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Controller General’s office is in Mumbai. There are four patent offices in India. The Head Office is located at Kolkata and other Patent Offices are located at Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai. The Controller General delegates his powers to Sr. Joint Controller, Joint Controllers, Deputy Controllers and Assistant Controllers. Examiners of patents in each office discharge their duties according to the direction of the Controllers. please visit for more details http://www.delhilaw.firm.in/articlenews/patentlawindia.htm http://trustman.org/lawfirm/trademark_india.htm

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