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Build Your Own Internet Archive With Iterasi; Now on Firefox 3
The Wayback Machine on the Internet Archive preserves snapshots of web pages as they change over time. So if you want to see the CNN homepage of 9/11, go to archive.org, type cnn.com and click the corresponding date. It's that easy.
Think of Iterasi as your personal Wayback Machine - it will save exact replicas of your favourite web pages in its archive forever with just a single click.
Iterasi saves everything including all the images, text formatting and the links on the web page. It's like taking a screen grab of a web page but keeping all the links / text intact.
And the good news - they have released an add-on that makes this wonderful service compatible with Firefox 3 in addition to Firefox 2 and IE 7. [via Digital Inspiration]
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Gab your life away on Facebook and Google Chat with Gabtastik
Facebook has put out their chat service, Google has Google chat. There's no desktop app for Facebook, but there is one for Google chat.
Confusing, and annoying. It's also confusing and annoying to have to use those services in separate programs or multiple tabs in a web browser.
AIM is probably the most popular IM service known to man and woman, iChat for Mac...these are both desktop experiences.
Enter Gabtastik.
For Windows XP and Mac OS X, Gabtastik wants to take your browser chatting to the desktop where a lot us feels that it should stay. The program takes you to a page just like a web browser would to log in. It did seem a little slow to pull in Facebook data. That could be an issue.
You can switch back and forth between Facebook chat and Google, as well as change the opacity of the application itself so that it doesn't become an annoyance by overpowering your desktop. Make it invisible if that floats your boat.
This is a great way to not be tethered to either site via browser 24/7 and still be in contact with your friends who either are tethered or are cool enough to use something like Gabtastik. The downside is that you still have to have AIM or iChat up along with this if you use them too.
Gabtastik calls itself a "Site Specific Browser" for web chat services, so will other services be included as they pop up as well? Let's hope so!
Gabtastik is not the first to do pull these services away from their respective sites, Digsby handles it, and so does a sweet Firefox trick. [via Download Squad]
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- Cancer and Technology: Top 10 Highest-Radiation Cell Phones
We usually linked fear of wifi and cellphone radiation with the tinfoil hat brigade, but more evidence is coming out that indicates we should be concerned. A 13-country study looked at the issue, and Tyler Hamilton says it is " the most comprehensive look at the potential link between cellphone use and cancer, involves the pooled analysis of thousands of cases of tumours in the head and neck area: gliomas, meningiomas, acoustic neuromas and parotid gland tumours. It was originally supposed to be completed in 2004 and published in 2006. Years later the final report has still not been released, a source of frustration among some scientists who say such a delay would never be tolerated in the context of a drug study."
the highest-radiation cellphones in the US from CNET- a lot of blackberries!
One researcher explains that over 50 scientists have to sign off on the final, but that it will come out "soon." Some of the reports that are part of the study have been released, and they point to increases in tumours and cancer. Their biggest worry is the use by young people, who have a lot of years of cumulative cellphone use ahead of them. As one researcher said:
"Nobody will stop using this technology. There are car accidents and still we keep driving cars. The question is what precautions do we take?" ::Tyler Hamilton in the Star
Tara Parker-Pope in the New York Times weighed in on the issue:
Some doctors say the real concern is not older cellphone users, who began using phones as adults, but children who are beginning to use phones today and face a lifetime of exposure.
"More and more kids are using cellphones," said Dr. Paul J. Rosch, clinical professor of medicine and psychiatry at New York Medical College. "They may be much more affected. Their brains are growing rapidly, and their skulls are thinner." ::New York Times
Tyler Hamilton's recommendations to minimize cellphone radiation exposure:
- Use an earpiece instead of holding the device to your head, particularly for longer conversations.
- Keep conversations to a minimum. [via HuffPo]
- USB Solar Mobile Charger
Go green with the USB Solar Mobile Charger from Brando - this device features a 1,500mAh lithium battery, storing up juice harvested from the sun's rays for a time when you need it most. It will feature connecting tips with cell phones, digital cameras, MP3 players as well as portable media players - heck, anything goes as long as there is a right adapter to fit your gizmo. Should the days be particularly overcast, there is always the AC charge ability that helps you juice up the USB Solar Mobile Charger via a power outlet or through a USB port. Perfect gadget for the traveling dad, and the price ain't too shabby at $37 either. [via Coolest Gadgets]
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