Google Finally Enables Multi-Touch on Nexus One
Probably somewhat threatened by these statements and also deciding that it’s about time to bring their Nexus One Android smartphone into 2010, Google has finally enabled one of the functions most users were eagerly waiting for, namely multi-touch, as well as several other interesting updates.
As far as multi-touch is concerned, we’re talking about the famous pinch-to-zoom functionality, which will be available in the phone’s Browser, Gallery and Maps applications (practically, exactly where it’s needed the most). Support for multi-touch should, however, be further extended.
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Truphone First to Bring Wi-Fi Calling To Nexus One
Hot on the heels of the release of Truphone’s VoIP enabled Truphone for Android application earlier this month, Truphone, the next generation global mobile operator, today announces that it is the first company to provide Wi-Fi calling on the Nexus One device from Google. Following collaboration with Google, Truphone is pleased to announce that from today Truphone for Android is compatible with the Nexus One.
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Basic Computer Usage COMP102 Tutorial #2
The Start Menu
The Start Menu is usually located on the bottom-left part of your screen.
Accessing a Web Browser In Windows, the Internet Explorer (IE) web browser is installed by default. You can use it to access the World Wide Web. Click on the Start Menu, move the mouse pointer over the blue e icon, and click once. This will start IE and allow you to browse the WWW. It is assumed, of course, that you have first connected to the Internet if you are not always connected.
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FireFTP Tutorial
FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client (Addon or Extension) for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers. With FireFTP, transferring your files to a Web server is quick and efficient. FireFTP also includes more advanced features such as: directory comparison and synchronization, SSL encryption, search/filtering, integrity checks, remote editing, and much more!
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Building the UL Toolbar for Firefox
An extension is an applet that adds new functions and features to the Firefox Web browser, or to any other application that uses the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine. Among the features that an extension can provide is a toolbar of Web links to the services of the University Libraries Web site. This page details how this toolbar was put together
Bundle
An extension is stored in a compressed bundle with the suffix .xpi (pronounced ‘zippy’). You can use any means to compress your extension files into a bundle, such as WinZIP, PKWare or the compression feature in Windows XP.
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Firefox Extension Development Tutorial
All of the guts of your extension will be written in JavaScript. If you already know JavaScript than you are good to go! If you are new to JavaScript it is highly recommended that you read through the next section and the supporting documentation to get used to the syntax.
All of your JavaScript code files should go in the content directory of your extension. This is where the XUL files go as well, so they will be able to easily reference the code. Just insert the following line in an XUL file that needs to run functions from your files.
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WebGL Makes Its Way into Firefox 3.7
It looks like support for the upcoming web 3D graphics project WebGL is building up fast, as, just one week after it made its way into Webkit’s latest experimental source-code releases, Mozilla Firefox 3.7 nightly builds also sport the new feature. The project is still pretty much in the early stages and still has a long way to go until standardization, but the developers believe there should be a much sturdier implementation within several months.
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Using Firefox
Mozilla Firefox (originally known as “Phoenix” and briefly as “Mozilla Firebird”) is a free, cross-platform, graphical web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and hundreds of volunteers. Its current release is Firefox 1.5, released on November 29, 2005. Firefox strives to be a lightweight, fast, intuitive, and highly extensible standalone browser. Firefox has now become the foundation’s main development focus. Firefox includes an integrated pop-up blocker, tabbed browsing, live bookmarks, support for open standards, an extension mechanism for adding functionality and localization for Firefox in different languages. Firefox also attempts to produce secure software and fix security holes promptly. Although other browsers have introduced these features, Firefox is the first such browser to achieve wide adoption.
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Client Framework 4.3.1 Start Guide
Backbase is the leading provider of enterprise software for creating AJAX-based Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). Medium to large enterprises and independent software vendors use Backbase to enhance the usability of their web applications, migrate fat client applications to the Web, deliver next generation online self-service applications, and create enterprise mash-ups.
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Browser Security: Lessons from Google Chrome
The Web has become one of the primary ways people interact with their computers, connecting people with a diverse landscape of content, services, and applications. Users can find new and interesting content on the Web easily, but this presents a security challenge: malicious Web-site operators can attack users through their Web browsers. Browsers face the challenge of keeping their users safe while providing a rich platform for Web applications.
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