.mobi

ICANN has approved another TLD (Top Level Domain), the extension is ".mobi" and it is intended for mobile websites. My question is did we really need a TLD for mobile devices? Does anyone really want to remember a different domain name for their favorite website, just so they can access it through a mobile device. Wouldn't it be better to put technology into place to detect a mobile device and redirect the user to mobile content at the main domain name?

Microsummaries

One of the features I really like in Firefox 2.0 is the new Microsummaries feature, which is described by the Mozilla Foundation as:

Microsummaries are regularly-updated short summaries of web pages. They are compact enough to fit in the space available to a bookmark label, they provide more useful information about pages than static page titles, and they get regularly updated as new information becomes available.

Mozilla Firefox 2.0

Firefox 2.0 has been released:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

C# / ASP.NET

I have been working with C# / ASP.NET for quite some time; however, I recently switched from VB6 / Classic ASP to C# / ASP.NET as my primary development environment and let me tell you, there is no turning back. Things that used to require an arcane mix of Windows API and low level hacks in VB6 are completely unnecessary in C#. In fact most of the "workarounds" I used to implement in VB6 are natively supported in C#.

Internet Explorer 7

Microsoft has finally released Internet Explorer 7 (IE7). This is a highly-recommended upgrade that adds features such as tabbed browsing and improved security. According to News.com Internet Explorer has captured over two percent (2%) of Firefox's market share over the past few months and is continuing to make inroads into the open source browser's turf.

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