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Startpage in your firefox url bar

I got over using the url bar because its googleyeballed all the time. So i asked startpage … the worlds only secure internet search engine if their is a way to make them the default for the browser up there.

They said YES :

Type in the browser: about:config
Filter on: keyword.URL
Replace the Google string into: http://startpage.com/do/metasearch.pl?language=english&cat=web&query=

alternately you can also use the https: to create a direct secure search query in the first instance.

This way you don’t have to be concerned with spooky statists snooping your most basic of information.

Its not the single searches that you do that is telling… your public profile is built from all you do online.

Keeping it real.

C

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INCEPTION

I just saw INCEPTION at the cinema and was duly impressed. A deep psychological thriller with twists and turns that led me back to an idea I had had years ago, “we are th dreamers of the dreams whilst being the dreamers dreaming.”

See this film. Excellent on all acounts and will appeal to most people on some fundamental level as we have all hjad dreams that seem so real. 5/5

more on this one here : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/

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The future of interfaces … Minority Report Style Joy.

The movie minority report featured interfacing with technology that had every geek salivating… this is the man that made that tech and it is real!

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iPad Usability: First Findings From User Testing

Chinks already appearing in the armor of the new apple icon.Check this post iPad Usability: First Findings From User Testing from CyberJournalist.net:



Usability guru Jakob Nielsen says, “iPad apps are inconsistent and have low feature discoverability, with frequent user errors due to accidental gestures. An overly strong print metaphor and weird interaction styles cause further usability problems.”

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Giant ipad queue at Pittsburgh Apple store

Like lambs to the slaughter people line up for the latest and greatest niche product from the might Apple. Get ready for more fan boy jizzum all over blogs about how wonderful this limiting good looking product is. Of course that won’t stop people from getting too excited about nothing. Check the link below.Check this post Giant ipad queue at Pittsburgh Apple store from Boing Boing Gadgets:

Unexpected, at least in Steel city! Many have no reservation.

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