This week, Microsoft announced the official release of their latest internet travesty: Internet Explorer 8. Honestly, I’m impressed. I would have never guessed that in 2009, Microsoft would still be attempting to improve one of the worst, most bug-riddled, ass-backwards and incomprehensible web browsers in the history of the Internet.

For the millions of dollars and man-hours they no doubt threw into this idiotic project, couldn’t they have just bought out another company and raped an already working product into the babbling, disjointed mess we’ve come to expect from Bill and his boys? It probably would have at least improved profit margins. But I suppose this is what they call “Perseverance.” I bet Bill’s got one of those inspirational posters hanging up right beside his desk.  (more…)

It’s become pretty obvious that Firefox is the best browser available on the Internet. And that’s partly because there are hundreds of Firefox add-ons available. So we’ve rummaged through the clutter to come up with the Top Firefox Add-ons For College Students.

These add-ons will make research more effective, offer innovative ways to harness media online and make make your general surfing experience better.

Check out the Top Firefox Add-ons for College Students after the flip! (more…)

Webcam girls and techies rejoice! Facebook Video Chat is here!

TokBox has released a flash based video chat application for Facebook that will allow users with a webcam or microphone to video chat with friends.

The ToxBox application is very easy to install and doesn’t require any downloads. Once you load the application, and open Facebook Chat, you’ll see a ToxBox link below next to the names of users who have the capability to chat. Click the link, the ToxBox flash application loads and you are ready to go!

One thing, Facebook Video Chat is only availabe for Firefox but he still uses Safari or IE anyway?

Pick up the Facebook Video Chat application at ToxBox

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As many of you already know, Mozilla is attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the most downloaded program in one day. But at 1:00pm today, when the downloading storm was scheduled to begin, Firefox 3 was nowhere to be found. A trip to the Mozilla Site brought you the same ol’ Firefox 2 download option, and a whole lot of disappointment.

In the real world, the problem was fixed in a short amount of time. But in Internet time, this was a massive, highly publicized, extremely counter-productive f**k-up. Something tells us that heads are rolling over at the Mozilla office for this one. But such is life, and no one will care tomorrow. So head over to Mozilla.com, and download the new version now. Maybe you can help save someone’s job.

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