Testing Embedded Google Presentations

A text-only introduction to new features in Firefox 3

Issues with AVG Free

• First, when its time to upgrade AVG free, the link to upgrade to AVG free next is the least prominent. They make it seem as if the only upgrade is a paid version.
• Saw a user complaint at mozillazine. AVG 8 adds an add-on to Firefox without you explicity adding it. Firefox does let you know that an addon was added at next startup. Here's how to disable AVG addon.

Yahoo and Microsoft?

• Great deal for yahoo shareholders. They're getting paid close to 4 times their shares would have been worth a year from now.
• Ok for Microsoft. They get extra market share for now.
• Awesome for users. One less mediocre product in each category. Hotmail and Yahoomail users would probably retain their email addresses, but get a single sign-on. Yahoo messenger and MSN/Live/Windows messenger would combine. MSN/Live spaces and yahoo 360 would combine. Yahoogroups would start getting more spam. Their hideous portals would combine.
• Google? This should be a non event. Their path to world domination is not hindered by the also rans combining.

Which Nuvi?

I spent an hour a few weeks ago comparing the nuvi 350 vs 260 vs 660 vs 360 vs 650 etc etc. While browsing slickdeals today, found a link to a nice summary.

Adblockplus filterset

My latest filterset:

[Adblock]
@@/\.css$/
@@/yimg.*(map|yfc|charts).*(swf|js)/
/(180sol|2o7|claria)/
/\/(ad|banner)s?[\.\/].*(jpg|bmp|gif|swf|png|html|ads|js|php)/
/ad(click|inter|net|server|sfac|tech|vert|sonar|sremote)/
/at(wola|dmt)/
/(double|fast|inter|value)click/
/(casalemedia|directorym|eyewonder|falkag)/
/google(-analytics|syndication)/
/reseller.*pl/
/(indiatimes|mediaplex|netshelter|pointroll|questionmarket|tribalfusion|webtrends|zedo)/
/yimg.*(\/a\/|adv|swf|flash)/
/(klipmart|yieldmanager|hitbox|revsci|tacoda)/
/offermatica/
/sageanalyst/
/popunder/