A discussion at the mozilla.dev.planning list has given the birth to the idea of a Mozilla Desktop Environment. This sure sounds like a possibility for Mozilla as it already has many of the applications needed; and the company is thoroughly familiar with XUL, which is a more-than-potent language upon which to build a desktop environment. By building a desktop environment Mozilla wouldn't have to worry about drivers (and such) and could choose from a variety of kernels, and still be in the center of attention. Mozilla has to expand some of the applications for this to work, though, like adding local file management with Firefox."


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If you've overdosed on CeBIT news lately, a little late night sunday relief thanks to Tara Reid is just the thing to keep your hardware pumpin. Check out Miss Reid without her bra. Her boobs are just too damn top heavy for her small frame and she really should consider some support. Care to lend a hand lads?

 Rumour has it they made up part of the WMD dodgy dossier (weapons of mass distraction).

 

source: the superficial

Singer and actress Hilary Duff is the latest star to be immortalized as a Barbie doll by toymakers Mattel.

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Leonardo DiCaprio wanted to give up acting for a time after the hit movie "Titanic". DiCaprio was back to being considered a "another piece of cute meat" after the 1997 film's spectacular box office success, an image he had wanted to get away after his days on the cover of teen magazines.

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Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit made the announcement at the annual MacWorld Conference in San Francisco, where Apple has announced new products like it's long-awaited iPhone.

Roz Ho, general manager for the Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit, tells Microsoft's PressPass, "The new version of our productivity suite is designed to work seamlessly for users on either Intel-based Macs or PowerPCs."

"Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac is expected to be available in the second half of 2007, and will provide Mac users with tools designed to be simple, intuitive and easily discovered - to help them work smarter and more efficiently. We are excited to get this next version out as another example of our team's dedication to building leading-edge products for the Mac platform."

As for the future, Roz Ho says, "Compatibility is a top customer concern, and the work that we are doing with the new XML file formats, layout engines and graphics handling will drive improved file compatibility. Customers know they'll have more than the ability to open and share data, they know they can trust the data will appear the way it was intended."

"We'll keep working with Apple to identify new technologies that will benefit our customers, including new opportunities that will arrive with Apple's Leopard OS. We'll also continue to collaborate closely with other Microsoft teams to develop new and creative ways to deliver answers to common productivity problems."

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However, critics say that the much-delayed release of the new Windows actually hampered PC sales, as buyers didn't want to have to pay to upgrade their hardware or Windows once the new version came out.

Gates tells reporters however that "People who sell PCs have seen a very nice pick up in sales," since its January release, adding that the company has seen "better than expected feedback" about the product.

However, according to Bloomberg, research firm NPD Group Inc. said on Feb. 15 that first-week retail sales of Vista lagged behind those of Windows XP by 32 percent. 

The service allows users with the Xbox gaming console, or its newer version the Xbox 360, to play over the internet. It also features a marketplace to purchase "arcade" games, TV shows, videos and other downloadable content.

According to Microsoft, there are over 160 high-definition video games for its Xbox 360, which is available in over 37 countries.

Microsoft says, "following the launch of the Xbox Live in November 2002, gamers have spent over 2.3 billion hours on the network playing games online with their friends around the world. This is equal to 95 million days of gaming or over 260,000 years. With our top title, Halo 2, which is being played on both the Xbox and Xbox 360, gamers have spent over 710 million hours playing online with over a half a billion games played."

However, gamers are also using the console as a media player, with "more than 70 percent of Xbox Live members downloading content; driving more than 135 million downloads since the launch of Xbox 360."

Popsugar caught Lindsay Lohan recently wearing a black and white Chanel minidress that was identical to one Cameron Diaz wore to one of the many premieres of “The Holiday” last year and is taking a poll as to who wore it better:

 

 

I couldn’t tell you, really. Cameron is much hotter in it, that’s for sure, but she’d be hotter in just about anything than Lindsay. Not that I’d throw either out of bed or anything.

Fashion-wise, I’d say that black shoes are a better choice–score one for Lindsay–but those tan heels are kind of hot. Especially with that set of legs coming out of them. Score two for Cameron.

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Hidden fingerprints can now be revealed quickly and reliably thanks to two developments in nanotechnology. The thing is that they have invented an easier way to reveal hidden fingerprints, but the explanation is rather vague. The main point is that the experiments are not very stable at the moment, but with its development this technology will probably help in discovering many criminal mysteries.

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An increase in malware originating from China has not gone unnoticed by security researchers, according to the site ITWeek. The aggravating software has been increasing over the last three months, to the point where some unlucky persons may be getting some every day. Individuals interviewed for the article are seeing an increasing sophistication and independent use of rootkits, new to the Chinese malware scene. 'China has traditionally been a hotbed of password stealers who go after log-in names and passwords for online games such as World of Warcraft. The criminals are after virtual currencies and goods which can be sold on auction websites.' These new types of software are actually encrypted, and can prove hard to dismantle."

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