Cannot connect to wireless network in Vista

I am at a conference and the guy sitting next to me was trying to connect to a wireless access point in Vista. It was saying that it was connected – but it was not getting an internet connection. I checked the IP address and…

Keyboard Shortcut to change tabs in Firefox

I have been frustrated for some time – having to click to change tabs in firefox as opposed to using a alt-tab like solution for changing tabs. However today whilst using my wifes laptop – with a slightly different keyboard layout than mine, i accidently…

Internet Explorer 8 Beta

IE8 Beta has been released specially for developers and web programmers. It comes with some interesting features: * IE7 Emulation * Developer Tools for debugging, with similar functionality to the Firefox Ad on  (mentioned just as a reference not as a comparison). *  IE8 activities – Providing quick access to external services from any webpage by sending information…

PicLens a browser slideshow

PicLens instantly transforms your browser into a full-screen slideshow experience. With just one click, PicLens makes photos come to life via a cinematic presentation that goes beyond the confines of the traditional browser window. PicLens suports a number of sites: Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa Web Albums,…

Internet Explorer for Linux IE4Linux

What a terrible idea… and yet very useful. Let me explain. If you are a web developer you will have to test you web apps or sites on IE, specially because IE lives in it’s own little world but still a lot of people use…