It’s no secret that I am a fan of Mozilla Labs projects besides being a huge fan of Firefox. We have seen some successful and exciting projects from Mozilla Labs like Mozilla Prism – the technology that lets you run web applications like desktop applications away from your browser, Mozilla Geode – that can bring […]

Site Launcher – Launchy for Firefox
on January 7, 2009 in Tech for Life
I am going off the beaten path here today. Instead of listing my Firefox Extension picks this week, I am going to highlight one particular extension. Like the Gmail HTML Signature extension I featured earlier, this Firefox extension deserves special attention. Site Launcher is an experimental add-on that is going to change the way you […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 2008-12-17
on December 17, 2008 in Tech for Life
It’s time for more fun and useful Firefox extension picks. Without further adieu: Tark (Temporary Bookmarks): Is your Firefox bookmarks littered with bookmarks that had only short-term bookmarks that you failed to clean up after you used them? Tark lets you save those temporary bookmarks with an expiration date. After the time elapses, Tark’d bookmarks […]
SongBird – Excellent Open Source iTunes Alternative
on December 10, 2008 in Tech for Life
SongBird is an open source music player built on Mozilla’s technology. After being in development for 2 years, SongBird just reached version 1.0 and is looking greater than ever. One great feature of SongBird is that it is extensible with community developed add-ons just like Mozilla’s Firefox and Thunderbird. This lets us add functionality via […]
Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 is Available for Download
on December 9, 2008 in Tech for Life
Update: 03/13/09 – Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 is available for download now! Firefox 3.1 is a little bit closer to it’s final release with the availability of beta 2. This beta brings about some cool new features such as A new Private Browsing Mode or more popularly dubbed as the Porn Mode. {more info} Function […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 08-11-13
on November 13, 2008 in Tech for Life
Firefox 3.1 should be out very soon and it brings out some very nice features. The super fast javascript engine Tracemonkey would be making its debut as well as the new Firefox privacy mode. While we are waiting, here are a few extensions to keep you busy: Juice: By Linkool labs is an intelligent discovery […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 08-10-31
on October 31, 2008 in Tech for Life
Happy Halloween everyone! It sounds like witches and grim reapers are going to be replaced by Joe the Plumbers & Sarah Palins tonight at Halloween parties. 😉 Let’s get to some juicy Firefox extensions I have picked for you this week Drag & DropZones: Lets you drag and drop search engines to transparent zones in […]

Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 08-10-17
on October 17, 2008 in Tech for Life
I have been doing the picks on and off for almost 18 months now and I still find new and excellent extensions that I can share with you. More power to the open source community especially to the Firefox community. Be forewarned, posts such as these can be harmful to your productivity as spend hours […]
Top 12 Refreshing Remember the Milk Goodies
on October 8, 2008 in Remember the Milk, Tech for Life, Web Apps
Remember the Milk is my choice online to-do web app. And so is true for many of you. If you are a RTM user, read on to find some goodies you could use for RTM. If you are not a RTM user, you could browse through a RTM review & a few posts here to […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 08-09-26
on September 26, 2008 in Tech for Life
Folks, sorry for the site being down since this morning! We exceeded our bandwidth due to our iPhone blog getting very popular this month! We are now back in business.. It’s been a while since we looked at some cool new Firefox extensions. However, I did completely revamp the Top Firefox Extensions listing I maintain […]
Ubiquity is My New Personal Assistant in Firefox
on August 27, 2008 in Tech for Life
Yes, another Firefox extension post this week but bear with me for a minute and you will see why I am so excited about this particular one! Ubiquity is an experimental Firefox extension that takes web browsing to the next level. It’s easy to draw a parallel to Ubiquity of you are used to using […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 08-08-14
on August 14, 2008 in Tech for Life
We looked at some nice Firefox extensions that would help with shopping last week. I have some more finds fresh off the oven for you here. FlickrFox: FlickrFox lets you browse Flick photostreams in a sidebar in Firefox. You can manage groups, search for tags and explore Flickr photos right from yoru sidebar. Drag & […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 08-07-22
on July 22, 2008 in Tech for Life
This is my first extension pick post since the Firefox 3 release. There are so many new & cool extensions that have come out and let’s look at a few this week. Better Amazon: From Lifehacker, another great Firefox extension that makes shopping at amazon.com a treat. Hights products with Super Saver free shipping in […]

Official: Firfox 3 Downloads Set Guinness World Record
on July 3, 2008 in Tech for Life
Mozilla has announced that it has set a Guinness World Record for the most number of software downloads in 24 hours. I had written about the release day and followed the little download fiasco around the time Firefox 3 was made available around the world. Firefox 3 was downloaded by 8,002,530 people and that is […]
Firefox 3 FTP Download Links
on June 17, 2008 in Tech for Life
Looks like all the Firefox download sites are down for me still at 1:45 PM EST. Here are the ftp download links, if you promise to help with the Guinness Record by downloading again.
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