Mozilla has released a public preview of the Firefox 3.1 Beta 2, which includes new features as well as improvements to performance, web compatibility, and speed.
This Beta version, which is intended for developer testing and community feedback, is now available for download.
New features and changes include availability in 54 languages, as well as a new "Private Browsing Mode" that allows you to browse without Firefox storing any traces of where you?ve been.
While you browse the web, your browser usually records a lot of data which will later be used to improve your browsing experience. For example, it records a history of all the web pages you have visited, so that later if you need help remembering a site you visited a while back, it can assist you in finding that site. But hose data can be used to trace your online activities. For example, if your coworker sits at your computer, she can view all of your browsing history, which may not be what you want.
One option would be to do your work, and then clear the data that Firefox has stored for you, such as history, cookies, cache, .... But the problem is that this action will also remove the parts of your online activities data which you don't want to hide, so the history that Firefox records can no longer be used to find a web site you had visited a month before. Private Browsing will help you here.
Private Browsing aims to help you make sure that your web browsing activities don't leave any trace on your own computer. Note that Private Browsing is not a tool to keep you anonymous from websites or your ISP, or for example protect you from all kinds of spyware applications which use sophisticated techniques to intercept your online traffic. Private Browsing is only about making sure that Firefox doesn't store any data which can be used to trace your online activities, no more, no less.
Private Browsing mode will be available from the Tools menu of the FireFox browser.
Other features of the Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 include support for web worker threads and that a new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine is now on by default for web content.
Mozilla has also made improvements to the Gecko layout engine, including speculative parsing for faster content rendering and removed the new tab-switching & preview behavior based on feedback from Beta 1 users
Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 also offers support for new web technologies such as the
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Blu-ray Sales reach Record Levels in Japan
Latest GfK Retail and Technology Japan figures have revealed that in the first week of November 2008, Blu-ray Disc Recorders have surpassed a 50% market share for DVD Recorders in unit terms.
Looking back to October 2007, Blu-ray Disc Recorders accounted for a market share of 10% and have since exhibited rapid growth.
The average sales price has begun to come down in 2008. In the first week of June 2008, the average sales price of Blu-ray Disc Recorders was between 110,000 ? 120,000 JPY. By the third week of October, it dropped to between 100,000 ? 110,000 JPY.
GfK Retail and Technology estimates that the price will continue to be reduced in the build-up to Christmas and the product may become 'one-to-watch' during the winter sales.
Blu-ray transition outpacing DVD recorders
In addition to this impressive growth, according to GfK?s retail audit survey, Blu-ray Disc Recorders are replacing DVD Recorders 1.5 times faster than DVD Recorders replaced VHS Recorders.
DVD recorders exceeded 10% market share in the fifth week of April 2002 and continued to grow steadily, eventually surpassing 50% after 82 weeks in the fourth week of November 2003. In comparison, Blu-ray Disc Recorders exceeded 10% market share in the fifth week of October 2007 and after 53 weeks, in the first week of November 2008, surpassed 50%.
One of the principal reasons for this quicker rate of change is the rise in sales of Flat Panel TVs, enabling viewers to experience digital high definition broadcasting, accroding to GfK. Blu-ray Recorders can record digital high definition broadcasting without any drop in quality, which has assisted the accelerated demand for this product, GfK added.
Looking back to October 2007, Blu-ray Disc Recorders accounted for a market share of 10% and have since exhibited rapid growth.
The average sales price has begun to come down in 2008. In the first week of June 2008, the average sales price of Blu-ray Disc Recorders was between 110,000 ? 120,000 JPY. By the third week of October, it dropped to between 100,000 ? 110,000 JPY.
GfK Retail and Technology estimates that the price will continue to be reduced in the build-up to Christmas and the product may become 'one-to-watch' during the winter sales.
Blu-ray transition outpacing DVD recorders
In addition to this impressive growth, according to GfK?s retail audit survey, Blu-ray Disc Recorders are replacing DVD Recorders 1.5 times faster than DVD Recorders replaced VHS Recorders.
DVD recorders exceeded 10% market share in the fifth week of April 2002 and continued to grow steadily, eventually surpassing 50% after 82 weeks in the fourth week of November 2003. In comparison, Blu-ray Disc Recorders exceeded 10% market share in the fifth week of October 2007 and after 53 weeks, in the first week of November 2008, surpassed 50%.
One of the principal reasons for this quicker rate of change is the rise in sales of Flat Panel TVs, enabling viewers to experience digital high definition broadcasting, accroding to GfK. Blu-ray Recorders can record digital high definition broadcasting without any drop in quality, which has assisted the accelerated demand for this product, GfK added.
YouTube Attracts 100 Million U.S. Online Video Viewers in October 2008
comScore , a leader in measuring the digital world, today released October 2008 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, reporting that U.S. Internet users viewed 13.5 billion online videos during the month, representing an increase of 45 percent versus year ago.
Hulu Moves Up to #6 in Rankings
In October, Google Sites once again ranked as the top U.S. video property with nearly 5.4 billion videos viewed (representing a 40 percent share of all videos viewed), with YouTube.com accounting for more than 98 percent of all videos viewed at the property. Fox Interactive Media ranked second with 520 million videos (3.8 percent), followed by Yahoo! Sites with 363 million (2.7 percent), and Viacom Digital with 305 million (2.3 percent). Hulu, a joint venture of NBC and Fox featuring full-length broadcast TV programs, ranked sixth with 235 million videos viewed (1.7 percent).
Google Sites Draws 100 Million Video Viewers in October
More than 147 million U.S. Internet users watched an average of 92 videos per viewer in October. Google Sites attracted a record 100 million online video viewers, or more than two out of every three Internet users who watched video during the month. Fox Interactive ranked second with 60.8 million viewers, followed by Yahoo! Sites (45.2 million) and Microsoft Sites (30.7 million).
Other notable findings from October 2008 include:
Hulu Moves Up to #6 in Rankings
In October, Google Sites once again ranked as the top U.S. video property with nearly 5.4 billion videos viewed (representing a 40 percent share of all videos viewed), with YouTube.com accounting for more than 98 percent of all videos viewed at the property. Fox Interactive Media ranked second with 520 million videos (3.8 percent), followed by Yahoo! Sites with 363 million (2.7 percent), and Viacom Digital with 305 million (2.3 percent). Hulu, a joint venture of NBC and Fox featuring full-length broadcast TV programs, ranked sixth with 235 million videos viewed (1.7 percent).
Google Sites Draws 100 Million Video Viewers in October
More than 147 million U.S. Internet users watched an average of 92 videos per viewer in October. Google Sites attracted a record 100 million online video viewers, or more than two out of every three Internet users who watched video during the month. Fox Interactive ranked second with 60.8 million viewers, followed by Yahoo! Sites (45.2 million) and Microsoft Sites (30.7 million).
Other notable findings from October 2008 include:
- 77 percent of the total U.S. Internet audience viewed online video.
- The average online video viewer watched 274 minutes of video.
- More than 80 percent of the 18-34 year olds watched online video,
higher than any other age segment. The average 18-34 year old online
video viewer watched 4.8 hours of video during the month, also ranking
above all other age segments. - 99.5 million viewers watched 5.3 billion videos on YouTube.com (53.2
videos per viewer). - 51.2 million viewers watched 520 million videos on MySpace.com (8.0
videos per viewer). - The duration of the average online video was 3.0 minutes.
- The duration of the average online video viewed at Hulu was 11.6
minutes, higher than any other video property in the top ten.
Nokia N97 not compete iPhone 3G
The new flagship of the Finnish media company has made some furore in the mobile environment. Should I fear the brainchild of Steve Dzhobsa competition from the new machine? Popular edition of PC World is your opinion on this matter. To learn how persuasive arguments to judge you, dear reader.
- The new device is not vnyatnogo name. The absence of a name is not a problem for tehnarey, but ordinary people simply can not feel a really warm feelings to the device with the name «N97» or «N810», if his name is not C3PO and R2D2. The close and familiar type "iPhone", "Chocolate" or "RAZR" has always taken more than a set of numbers and letters.
- Features Nokia better, but not so much to choose his unit from Apple. Judge for yourself:
- 5MP camera with flash
- 3.5 "resistance touch screen with a resolution of 640x360 pixels
- Slider with the QWERTY-keyboard
- 32GB internal memory, with the possibility of expanding up to 48GB
3. The existence of Apple Apps Store. Undoubtedly, there are good applications for Symbian, but the possibility Apps Store with a system of rewards, advertising, a large community of developers and database of 10,000 available applications (minimum 1 / 10 are really good), spoken in favor of buying iPhone.
4. Brand Nokia, formerly clearly associated with smartphones, somewhat lost its popularity among consumers smart devices, while the Apple iPhone and devices from RIM Blackberry naraschivat its market share.
5. Symbian platform is not as fresh as the MAC OS X from Apple and not be compared to an estimated open platform from Google.
6. The interface is somewhat confusing and not as fast as hoped.
7. N97 slightly thicker and not as comfortable with the conversation as the iPhone.
8. iPhone devoted entire site, while the N97 - one of many in line phones Nokia.
9. By that time, as the unit of Nokia available in a broad sell (the middle of next year) and get off the new smartphone from Apple was not long in coming.
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