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25 essential Firefox add-ons for power users

admin @ October 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet

A bare copy of Firefox is a wonderful thing, but when you start stuffing it with add-ons it gets even better.
So what are the best add-ons for power users? Here’s our top 25:
ОФИС-МЕНЕДЖЕР. All-in-one Sidebar
All-in-one Sidebar makes Firefox’s Sidebar more useful by displaying pretty much anything you might want: source code, downloads, add-ons, page [...]

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Thought-controlled robots power us up

admin @ September 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Robotic technology is increasingly relevant to the entire healthcare sector. And the need for assistive robotic devices is set to increase dramatically as the demographic shift in world populations to older and more needy generations continues. Today, almost 20 per cent of the world’s population is over 65 and this figure is predicted to exceed [...]

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Thought-controlled robots power us up

admin @ September 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Robotic technology is increasingly relevant to the entire healthcare sector. And the need for assistive robotic devices is set to increase dramatically as the demographic shift in world populations to older and more needy generations continues. Today, almost 20 per cent of the world’s population is over 65 and this figure is predicted to exceed [...]

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Windows Mobile 7 May Power Mini Laptops, Says Qualcomm

admin @ July 9, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Qualcomm displayed a 3G, $299 mini-laptop today made by Inventec that is supposedly designed to run Windows Mobile 7 in the future (it runs Linux now). Windows Mobile 7, which supports Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipset, will in turn make the company more competitive in the mini-laptop space processor that’s currently being dominated by Intel, AMD and [...]

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PSA: Turn Off Flash When Working on Laptop Power

admin @ July 9, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Thanks to our frequent liveblogging and writing while solely on laptop power, we’re always cognizant of how much CPU load we’re putting on our machines. One thing we’ve noticed is that Flash—the thing that makes YouTube videos move and advertisements blink—puts an abnormally large load on your processor, which makes for a dramatically decreased battery [...]

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