Chris Schiffner’s Corner of the Web

After a tumultuous morning I was finally able to download Mozilla’s Firefox 3. This version has been greatly anticipated because it has tremendous improvements over its previous versions in two key areas; Memory Management and Rendering. So far Firefox has been using roughly 1/3 the memory it would previously use. It is also freeing up [...]

Will we see the launch of the 3G iPhone today? I for one certainly hope so. Live audio coverage of the WWDC Keynote is available at: http://iphonefreakz.com/2008/06/09/live-audio-coverage-of-wwdc-2008/
If you prefer web updates check here: http://www.macrumorslive.com/
Stay tuned…

Yesterday Mozilla released version 2.0.0.14 of Firefox which contained a security update to their world renowned web browser. The release contained only one change; patching a security hole in javascript garbage collection which could* be exploitable.
I have spent today reading articles about this “huge security threat to Firefox”. The bug was in fact not [...]

Last Monday I contacted Logitech customer support regarding a V270 Wireless Bluetooth mouse I purchase around 3 years ago. The left button had worn out and it required an excessive amount of pressure to get it to click. I was informed that I was eligible for a warranty replacement. Since I did not have a [...]

I learned this awesome new language today!!! Fratalianese… It goes a little like this:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Praesent consectetuer nibh eget erat. Aenean fermentum, ipsum ut tempus euismod, odio urna ultrices tellus, a imperdiet nisi massa quis lectus. Donec varius, lacus non tempor sollicitudin. so I said rectum damn near killed [...]

About 2 years ago I added the digg.com rss feed to my reader. It was nice having such varying topics, both obscure and popular in nature being presented to me on a regular basis. My love affair with Digg has been short lived however. Starting somewhere around 6 months ago digg went through a dramatic [...]

Yesterday was a sad day for the tetris community. A popular multiplayer tetris game, Tetrinet, was shutdown by The Tetris Company. Simultaneously the website and game servers were shutdown with little to no warning. The news is still circulating to game operators and players. This shutdown marks the end of a decade of free multiplayer [...]