Stan's List

Many of its settings aren’t in the Options. Each hidden setting is stored as a string or integer in a file called prefs.js and is accessed by typing “about:config” in the navigation bar.

Computerworld provides instructions on 20 tweaks for speeding up page loads, making tabs behave, reducing memory drain, and generally making the interface act any way you want it to. Follow the instructions carefully. More …

Or get yourself a gigabit router.

The Seattle Times has posted part of an interview with AT&T’s iPhone’s CEO, Glenn Lurie. Captured in the course of the conversation, Lurie let it slip that Google apps are coming to iPhone.

Lurie is quoted as saying: There are other things … you have the widgets, some of the Google applications that are coming … there are just so many things here that the price will not be an issue. More …

Me hope Google Earth gets ported.

[CVE-2007-2389] A design issue exists in QuickTime for Java, which may allow a web browser’s memory to be read by a Java applet. By enticing a user to visit a web page containing a maliciously crafted Java applet, an attacker can trigger the issue which may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information. This update addresses the issue by clearing memory before allowing it to be used by untrusted Java applets. More …