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Remember the Milk For Gmail Google Chrome Extension
Remember the Milk is my favorite online to-do manager and even has a great RTM iPhone app too. I use Gmail and Remember the Milk extensively everyday. So, naturally Remember the Milk for Gmail Firefox extension has been such a wonderful tool for me. ...
HootSuite Updates With Facebook LinkedIn Integration
HootSuite is a professional web based Twitter management tool. You can read my HootSuite review here. Hootsuite has now updated with a few more features Facebook Integration Once you link your HootSuite account with your Facebook account, you can up...
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-12-01 Contest Edition
Firefox hosts a great contest with every major release of Firefox versions for extension developers. Now, Mozilla has announced the winners for the Extend Firefox 3.5 contest! Best New Add-on Grand Prize Winners (3) FireFound by Chris Finke Find lo...
Mozilla Announces Weave Sync 1.0 beta 1
It has been a while since I have covered Mozilla Labs. It is one of the cool places where some of the cutting edge web technologies like Prism, Personas, Ubiquity, Bespin, Snowl, Geode, etc. Mozilla Weave is one such technology out of Mozilla labs. W...
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-10-09
It is some quiet time in the Firefox front but I still haven’t had problems finding new and exciting Firefox extensions to share with you. The Firefox extensions developer community is awesome and unstoppable! Here are this week’s picks. Fee...
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-08-28
Mozilla has released a security update for Firefox 3.5.3. Make sure you install it as soon as you can. Plus, Firefox 3.5.3 checks your current Adobe Flash Plugin version that will show you if it needs to be updated. With Firefox 3.6, you would be abl...
Notepad++ - A Great Open Source Code Editor
Ok. I have to apologize about this one. I just noticed today that I have never written about an excellent open source program I have been using even before I started this blog! Notepad++ is my choice source code editor anytime I am working on HTML, C...
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-07-14
Firefox 3.5 made it’s way to our computers few days back. As I have been using the beta for a long time, I was just happy to move to the stable version. It definitely is much swifter than 3.0. Let’s look at a few good Firefox add-ons I ha...
Ubiquity 0.5 Speaks More Languages, Naturally
Ubiquity is one of those Firefox add-ons that makes my friends go wow when I show them what it can do. In fact, Ubiquity started as a Mozilla Labs project and is still an experimental add-on and hasn’t even reached version 1.0 yet. But, the pro...
Weave: Firefox Bookmark & Passwords Sync Add-on
I use Xmarks Firefox add-on (formerly Foxmarks) to keep my Firefox bookmarks, saved passwords, etc in sync between multiple computers. Xmarks works like a charm in doing this and I love it. What is Weave Sync? Weave Sync is a prototype from Mozilla t...
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-06-23 Collections Edition
Firefox extensions has been a core part of this blog and I have been doing the Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Weeks series for alomost 2 years now. I love finding and sharing good Firefox add-ons. Mozilla has just made this effort of mine and plent...
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-05-20
I can’t believe it’s been 20 days since the last Firefox picks post. I know you have been waiting for this one. So, here goes this weeks picks. Firefox Extension Picks of the Week Juice: If you are a power Internet surfer and do a lot of...
Mozilla Prism Renews Interest with 1.0 Beta
Mozilla Prism brings web applications to your desktop blurring the lines between web apps and desktop apps. Prism is based on the same technology as Firefox browser but is designed to run your web applications just like its desktop counterparts. It g...
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-04-30
Firefox 3.5 beta 4 made its appearance this week along with the swine flu outbreak google maps mashups. Firefox 3.5 beta 4 introduced 2 cool new features - Private browsing mode and Undo closed window. Both work really nice. Let’s look at a few...
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-04-09
There has never been a time when I found it hard to find new and cool extensions that I wanted to talk about. Here we go with some more awesome add-ons! Of course check out my Top Firefox Extensions to find some of the all-time best add-ons!...
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-03-24
We looked at the new Firefox 3.1 beta 3 features last week. Did you know Firefox 3.1 is being renamed to Firefox 3.5? While we wait for that to come out of beta, let’s look at a few cool Firefox extensions, shall we? Firefox Extensions of the W...
How to Switch to Firefox 3.1 Beta 3?
Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 is out for download now! A word of caution: Firefox 3.1 beta 3 is meant for developers and early adopters who like not-so reliable software. If you don’t want to lose productivity with unexpected behavior, browser crashes, br...
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-03-03
It looks like Firefox 3.1 is going to be delayed in it’s release until the second quarter of this year. We still have some exciting new Firefox extensions to look at this week. VideoSurf Videos at a Glance: As the name implies, this extension ...
Foxmarks Bookmark Sync for IE & Safari
Foxmarks is one of the best Firefox extensions out there. Foxmarks lets you create a profile at Foxmarks.com and syncs your bookmarks across any number of Firefox browsers on various computers you use. This means you can seamlessly bookmark in one co...
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-02-04
Yes! It’s time to look at some more cool, new, shiny Firefox extensions. easyComment: If you are into blogging, this experimental add-on is a must have. It automatically fills out blog comment forms. It also supports multiple commenting profil...
CoolFlick Brings Your Flickr Pics to Life
Cooliris is my favorite way to browse through Flickr Pics. Cooliris is a Firefox add-on that enables us to visualize pictures in a wall. You can scroll through the wall seamlessly and zoom into the ones you like. It’s hard to explain but kind o...
Import Google Notebook into Zoho
Zoho Notebook offers an excellent alternative to Google Notebook. Even though I have proclaimed Evernote to be the best alternative to Google Notebook, Zoho sure beat Evernote to the race in providing an import tool to get your Google Notebook conte...
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-01-19
I am ready to shrug off this cold spell engulfing the Midwest this past week. But, I have some sizzling new Firefox extensions installed in my browser and can’t wait to share them with you. Here we go, Fireclip: Fireclip is a cool tool to clip...
Google Notebook RIP - Best Alternative is Evernote
I think the best Google Notebook alternative out there is Evernote. I even called it Google Notebook done better, way better back in April 2008...
Snowl - Messaging in Firefox from Mozilla Labs
It’s no secret that I am a fan of Mozilla Labs projects besides being a huge fan of Firefox. We have seen some successful and exciting projects from Mozilla Labs like Mozilla Prism - the technology that lets you run web applications like deskto...
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 2008-12-17
It’s time for more fun and useful Firefox extension picks. Without further adieu: Tark (Temporary Bookmarks): Is your Firefox bookmarks littered with bookmarks that had only short-term bookmarks that you failed to clean up after you used them?...
SongBird - Excellent Open Source iTunes Alternative
SongBird is an open source music player built on Mozilla’s technology. After being in development for 2 years, SongBird just reached version 1.0 and is looking greater than ever. One great feature of SongBird is that it is extensible with commu...
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 2008-12-03
Hope you had a good Thanksgiving holidays if you are in the US. We sure did. We had a great time with a bunch of friends and a lot of good food. Let’s look at a few Firefox extensions I came across since my last post. FireStatus: You can updat...
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 08-11-13
Firefox 3.1 should be out very soon and it brings out some very nice features. The super fast javascript engine Tracemonkey would be making its debut as well as the new Firefox privacy mode. While we are waiting, here are a few extensions to keep you...
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 08-10-31
Happy Halloween everyone! It sounds like witches and grim reapers are going to be replaced by Joe the Plumbers & Sarah Palins tonight at Halloween parties. Let’s get to some juicy Firefox extensions I have picked for you this week Drag &...
