Record Setting Weekend Leads to Record Setting Tuesday

Fresh off my participation in the 72h Podcast record set by KATG this past weekend, I’ll also be doing my part tomorrow for Firefox’s attempt at the Guiness Book entry for most downloads in a 24h period.

Mozilla Requests ‘Save the Date’ .. er Month?

For the upcoming release of Firefox, Mozilla is preparing Download Day 2008: a campaign to set a world record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. Participants are asked to pledge to download Firefox 3 on the day that it’s launched. Silly publicity stunts are great and all, but wouldn’t it make more sense [...]

Force Extensions to Work in Firefox Betas

Though still in beta, Firefox 3 is a wonderful improvement over the previous release. It’s more secure with built in malware detection and anti-virus integration. It’s far easier to use with tweaks happening to the password management system and an all new download manager with resumable downloading. Performance has improved dramatically as well - over [...]

Net Changing, So Are Browsers

Wired has an article about the changing landscape in the browser world as more businesses make the Internets a focal point in their day to day operations.
Already, IE has seen its U.S. market share on Windows computers drop to 90 percent from 97 percent two years ago, according to tracking by WebSideStory. Firefox’s share has [...]

CNET’s Top 10 downloads of the past 10 years

Current Song: Pearl Jam - Crazy Mary

I’d just like to say that CNET has released their version of the top 10 downloads of the past 10 years.

#1 ICQ. ICQ was the first instant messenger program if I recall correctly. At the time of its release, I was a heavy IRC user. As such, I just did not see the fascination with ICQ and the IM wave. Interesting, because today, I can’t remember the last time I have been on IRC, and can’t imagine not using IM in my day to day activities. Not ICQ mind you, but I probably have a 5 digit userid if anyone is interested?