You know what's three times better than the iPhone? No, it's not the Samsung Instinct, and not even some revolutionary James Bond prototype from CIA or FBI! Obviously, if I would write about such a thing, I would be stone cold a few minutes after pressing the "Submit" button, and since we're not talking about phone prototypes, I think we should move on and play with the sentence above - you know what's seven times faster than the Firefox 3 browser?


...still nothing? Really? Now, that's a good question, don't you think? No matter how strange this may seem, Firefox 3.1 is seven times as fast as its predecessor. Don't ask me how's that possible, because I am fully aware of the fact this is extremely impressive, and also pretty hard to believe. If you think this is a rumor, then I also have to tell you this is not true, because this info comes straight from Mike Schroepfer, Vice President of Engineering at Mozilla. <-336x280 Large Rectangle - right->
You can see his post about this topic on the official Mozilla Blog - it's really worth your time, trust me!

According to John Resig, a JavaScript Evangelist for the Mozilla Corporation, "A fantastic new improvement to Mozilla's JavaScript engine (SpiderMonkey) has landed. Code-named TraceMonkey this engine utilizes a technique, called trace trees (PDF), which adds just-in-time native code compilation to SpiderMonkey. A major goal of the project has been to set JavaScript up to compete with natively-compiled code, rather than simply against other interpreters. This means that we're starting to see speeds that are completely out of this league when it comes to performance." Pretty cool, huh?

At last, if you're one of those courageous ones into trying Alpha-stage software, here's something for you - the faster Firefox 3 known as Firefox 3.1 Alpha 1 can be downloaded already for the Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems. Have fun with it(or maybe "crashing it")!

Oh, here's one more - I was just about to skip giving you the answer to the initial question - obviously, three iPhones are three times as good as one iPhone...or three times as bad, depends if you're looking at it on the bright side, or not.

I don't have anything against Microsoft, really! I don't know if I told you this before, but I haven't, here it is. The only thing I really hate about Microsoft lately is its lack of innovation, but now I finally got something to make me happy. Coming from Microsoft Live Labs and the University of Washington, Photosynth is a software able to analyze your digital images and build a 3D point cloud of a photographed object. Pretty cool, huh? Well, this is only a quick description, so here's the whole story...


For now, Photosynth.com seems to be the only way to create "synths"(the 3D point clouds I mentioned earlier), and these are the limitations published on the site:

1. All synths are uploaded. They're big, so you need to use a broadband Internet connection.
2. All synths are public. Your photos will be visible to everyone on the Internet.(no kinky ones for now, all right?)<-180x150 Small Rectangle - right->
3. Like the viewing experience, the "synther" only runs on PCs (XP and Vista).
4. You'll need to Sign Up for a Photosynth account. It uses Windows Live ID."

The software that needs to be installed has 8MB in size, and Microsoft claims that if you have at least a DirectX 7 compatible video card with 64MB of memory, everything will be just fine. Also, Photosynth may run on some DirectX 6 cards with as little as 32MB of memory, but that depends on how lucky you are...

"With nothing more than a digital camera and some inspiration, you can use Photosynth to transform regular digital photos into a three-dimensional, 360-degree experience. Anybody who sees your synth is put right in your shoes, sharing in your experience, with detail, clarity and scope impossible to achieve in conventional photos or videos.



Synths constitute an entirely new visual medium. Photosynth analyzes each photo for similarities to the others, and uses that data to build a model of where the photos were taken. It then re-creates the environment and uses that as a canvas on which to display the photos."

I don't know about you, but I think I'm going to give this a try right away!

Still remembering Microsoft's Mojave Experiment? To be honest, I am still stunned by seeing so many positive opinions about it, but I don't have anything against them, just because mine is different. This entire deal is like beer with lemon flavor - most people hate the idea, but they end up with a passion for that drink in a lot of cases. Unfortunately, Vista is much more expensive than a beer, and the time and resources required to switch to it, or stick with it once you get it preinstalled with a new computer can't be compared with the "time and resources" required...to drink a beer! Anyway, here's the latest news about the $300 million campaign Microsoft is doing in what I can call a "desperate try" to push Vista inside our computers...


Now, Jerry Seinfeld is joining in, and he's not the big man inside the whole campaign, he's only a small piece of a much bigger picture. I won't ask why, because most of us probably figured that out already - there's no point in asking why, Microsoft is going berserk in the advertising battlefield, instead of admitting the error, keeping Vista around for a while as they did with Windows Millenium, and work as hard as possible on the next version. After all, we should all look forward and learn from our past mistakes, and not try to cover them in a camouflage net, shouldn't we, Mr. Ballmer?<-250x250 Square - right->

According to the Wall Street Journal's sources, Seinfeld could be joined by Will Ferrell and Chris Rock, among of multitude of other personalities, in one of the largest campaigns Microsoft has ever initiated, expected to begin on September 4. The news ads will revolve around the "Windows, Not Walls" slogan, but let me tell you something - walls can keep you in, but people can fall through windows!

There are a lot of suppositions for now, but nothing certain. Oh, wait - there is something certain! Here's what I know for sure - Windows Millenium worked fine for me, and Vista also works great, as I have never seen a blue screen or any strange system freezes, BUT I still use Windows XP for over 95% of the time. Why? Ask those millions doing the same, you'll surely find your answer!