Gabbly is a new application that embeds a chat window in any web page. It is based on iframes.

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Mozilla released Firefox 1.5.0.2 providing support for Intel Macs and several security fixes.

Firefox 1.5.0.2 provides native support for Macintosh with Intel Core processors, and stability and security enhancements that are part of our ongoing program to provide a safer Internet experience for our users. We recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to this latest version.

Take a look at Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 Release Notes

Google Calendar has finally gone live at calendar.google.com. The bad news is that it does not support my favorite browser- Opera

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Chris Morrell has written a good article that shows you how to get the most out of your Firefox browser. He covers several about: config tweaks like the minimize, network, cache and download manager hacks. Chris also mentions some of his favorite extensions.

A must-read article for all FireFox users.

FeedoStyle is a new free service that allows users to convert any RSS feed into properly designed content suitable to be included in any website or blog. The idea is to allow website publishers to include new content directly onto their site in a very easy way.

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Ryan on CyberNet news has a good post on reducing your memory usage in Firefox that explains which extensions have memory leaks and which will slow down Firefox’s performance.

Let me list a few of the extensions that cause these problems.

• IE Tab (memory leak)
• Session Saver (memory leak)
• ForecastFox (memory leak)
• Filterset.G Updater AND FlashGot used in conjunction will produce a memory leak
• FasterFox doesn’t have a memory leak specifically, but it will not help your Firefox performance.
• Tabbrowser (slows Firefox)
• FoxyTunes (memory leak)

Are you using any of these extensions?

Check out this large list of various Digg tools collected from around the web. I never knew that there would be such a lot of tools just for Digg fans.

The tools are available for WordPress, Opera, Firefox ,etc

Update: There are even tools that allow us to run our own Digg-type website!

Everybody who enjoys customizing Firefox has probably used several extensions and might have even experienced slower performance and memory hogging. Though Firefox has long been accused of leaking memory, there are simple ways to reduce RAM usage and increase speed. Here are a few extensions and tips designed to lighten your load.

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Google announced Google Toolbar v2 (beta) for Firefox. The new features included are personalized homepage feed sync, spell check + grammar, Gmail links, fights phishing, and includes their safe browsing extension.

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