Goodbye Netscape

Netscape Navigator has officially been put to pasture. AOL has this to say about it:

"AOL's focus on transitioning to an ad-supported web business leaves little room for the size of investment needed to get the Netscape browser to a point many of its fans expect it to be. Given AOL's current business focus and the success the Mozilla Foundation has had in developing critically-acclaimed products, we feel it's the right time to end development of Netscape branded browsers, hand the reins fully to Mozilla and encourage Netscape users to adopt Firefox."

I feel sad for the loss of Netscape, having been introduced to the Internet on NN3; although the true spirit lives on in Mozilla/FireFox. From my point of view, AOL's takeover of Netscape was the final nail in the coffin. It was clear from the moment of takeover their only interest was to leverage the browser's audience.

It might be a good time to grab old versions if you are interested. The final version will be 9.0.0.6, cue the fat lady.

Posted in News on February 23rd

The Wii and Johnny Chung Lee

A friend sent me this link recently to this guy who is doing amazing hacks with the Wii remote. He has an example of head tracking to create desktop VR that is pretty incredible.

You can check it out here.

Posted in News and Wii on December 27th, 2007

Worlds Biggest Botnets

"There's a new peer-to-peer based botnet emerging that could blow the notorious Storm away in size and sophistication, according to researchers, and it's a direct result of how Storm has changed the botnet game, with more powerful and wily botnets on the horizon. This article provides a peek at the 'new Storm' and reveals the three biggest botnets in the world (including Storm) — and what makes them tick and what they are after."

Posted in News on November 8th, 2007