Mozilla brings sign in button to the browser

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If you are on a Web site that uses accounts, sign in button could be anywhere. Of course there are some common examples of good practice, but I can think of dozens of sites that put them all over the place. Mozilla plans to fix it, by bringing the character to the browser.

A new experimental extension that Mozilla has released Firefox does exactly that. When it is installed, you will see a new "Sign in" button on the left of the URL field. Then it POPS open a window that prompts the user for a user name and password for the site you are. Then shows you when you sign in to the site and gives you the ability to one-click Exit. Easily. Simple. Nice.

Of course you are on the site is to support this functionality. But Mozilla made it easy to do this, as they outline their position on this issue. And the best part is that it can be used with any type of log in — it may be broad, as OpenID, or specific as the blog or even Facebook, Twitter, etc. — again, if those sites with something like this.

One important note:

It is worth noting that this feature does not communicate with any server-side components and capture, store or transfer any personal information. The button is semantically the same as clicking "login" on the page: it simply tells the page you want to log in (or out) right now.

In fact Mozilla is just a common place for the sign in button to reside in the chrome browser itself. Although they also point out that it will support cookies, if the site includes the functionality as well.

Although this is open to any site/service to use, it also enhanced other Mozilla project: the BrowserID. As announced here last month, their idea for this new Web identification system is similar to something like OpenID, which never caught on (Mozilla also said it is more secure and seamless). Mozilla tries to rethink the identification on the Internet with a high level.

In addition to the BrowserID (which is an open technology anyway) Mozilla does not have any real skin in this game. But some of their competitors. For example, Google is in the process of implementation of the signed in expertise for its chrome browser. It already works with sync, but Google is working on profiles for chrome and browser-level Office also allows you to log in to Google sites, which is the key to something like Chrome OS.

In the meantime, Facebook works with RockMelt on Facebook login experience for the browser (which incidentally is also based on chromium).

And at the broader level, Google and Facebook thought about this experience is always signed in quite a bit. This is particularly important in mobile, where it can be more annoying to enter user names and passwords again and again. This, along with a focus on the central identity for the web has led to projects like Facebook Single Sign On.

Therefore, although the Mozilla may have mainly noble intentions here, I still suspect we will see more along these lines from their competitors who are not very noble. This is not to say that they must be evil, just done for selfish reasons. Google already has its own browser. I would bet that Facebook will have one sooner or later. This could help Mozilla, as they may end up as a truly open alternative.

Born from the Netscape open sourcing base for 1998 your Netscape Communicator Internet suite, Mozilla Firefox now holds approximately 22.48% of the world market for Internet browsers.

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Seven of the most interesting startups at the second 500 startups demo day

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It's that time again! With Dave Mcclure 500 startups now 175 startups sometimes hanging at its headquarters in mountain view, leaves one a bit overwhelmed with promising startups. Moreover, motherhen Mcclure insists that he loves all his little monsters, the same thing.

While each of the 30 startups that presented yesterday at demo day is clearly unique little snowflake, I took the seven most interesting (read, this does not mean "actually be successful") and the respondents as last time.

Key points: Learn how Storytree dudes convinced retired to their luckom demo video, watch heated brogramming against proglamming debate between gender startups manpacks and Snapette and listen to the Gospel of Jesus ' "Jameson" Detweiler Run at scale.

The company, which I am still interested in despite the interview here: TinFoil (which does not need a service that highlights where your company is vulnerable to hacks?) Kibin (what Blogger does not require free and fast online editing?) and trades coffee (for example, Birchbox for coffee).

Here they are in no particular order. And you can watch the demo video here.

Cuisine culture

Most "real life" before the launch of the cohort, kitchen culture tries to mount the ethnic chefs from people who want to learn to ethnic cooking in their homes. Co-founder of the Stanford d. school students Abby Sturges and Jennifer Lopez, launch already has partnered with whole foods, and seven traditional cuisine.

WillCall

Today the hotel for the event tickets, WillCall allows people to pick up same day tickets for around 50% (Hotel night CEO Sam shank is the investor). Bro founder Donnie Dinch very particular used Billy Elliot as an example, he wanted to go to during his demo, and I will never forget this slide with the text "Billy Elliot, bitches." # Googlebait

Knapsack & Snapette

Snapette and manpacks double interview here because their products are so complementary. Backpack is designed to simplify the shopping experience for guys to buy purchase automation for Staples like underwear, socks and condoms. Snapette, Foodspotting for fashion "makes exactly the opposite, providing women with even more choices, enabling them to check on the shoes, high-end goods around them. I personally think the two should be merged, or at least offer discounts for couples.

Singboard

Founder Ray Chan touted as "YouTube meets karaoke" Singboard interesting not so much on the level of the product as for the fact that the team is also incredibly successful image Forum 9Gag and start the quote. From Hong Kong team received an introduction to 500 startups "by quoting one of 500 coaches startups.

Storytree

Storytree this online memoirs for families (and groups) with nearly the most heart wrenching demo video ever. And as it turns out that the entire "guy dies at the end of" part is fake! Co-founders Matt Sullivan and Zach Weiner persuaded a local orphanage to participate in the video, as part of a class of improvisation, which includes Storytree.

FM Console.

Console.write FM no fuss Web application that streams of electronic music. Imposed on the crazy buzz and some loyal fans (as three people sent it to me to demo Fei), the application captures image data for songs via the Internet, and determines what songs should be included for each genre. The trio is working on a developer tool called Hello World to this rotated to Console. fm because they found other music discovery services as Turntable. fm too distracting.

LaunchRock

LaunchRock is a startup that helps other startups um, run. Just signed up a million people to its network of startups, one is not quite sure if it is a sign of a bubble or a stroke of genius. In any case, the founder of Jesus "Detweiler" interesting Startup Jameson. Also: no wonder from La.

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Virgin America Chrome App helps you choose where to go, that the package

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Developed together with Google/Virgin America Chromebooks partnership, "Virgin America Traveler" app is now available in chrome app store, as promised back in June.

While other airlines branded Chrome applications and extensions (like American Airlines cents per mile increased SLUT I know), Virgin at least attempted to be interesting with the traveler. Provide the content for the application in conjunction with UrbanDaddy, offering their recommendations to the curator of the granular travel to Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Chicago and also packing tips on all fronts.

For using the application users can input their sex and where, when and to get suggestions on what and where to go, presented in the form of a Visual list.

Users can also select their specific travel preferences to build travel inspiration tips based on criteria like journey Vibe and must do. Users can choose from a selection of images or add your own images from Picasa to their advice.

The application then recommending that match "mood" on the Board of inspiration (as it is only recommend NY FFV and Los Angeles for me, maybe it has broken down or maybe I just hyper City). Because why waste lead gen, it directs you to buying Virgin tickets to these areas. Of course.

And if anything this slick piece of airline marketing. Which is what Virgin is all about I guess.

You can download the app here.

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Apple, it's time for a block of iOS 5 Beta users from the revision of the annexes

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Yes, each new ad iOS – very ... bittersweet. We love it, because it means new APIs for us to develop fixes for the things we were around, and, ideally, more people buy the platform we are building for. But then we months get spend slammed bad reviews, all written by people who just don't understand: before the release goes gold, beta specific errors are is not our fault. "— the developer, who asked not to be named.

Last night, our sister site TUAW (this is still a kind of strange to write that) posted by PSA. The message was simple: If you're not a developer, but you ignored warning signs and ' its way into provisional iOS 5 Beta, you need to stop. Why? Because people crushing developers with horribly unfair feedback, sinking their oh so important rankings of errors they couldn't possibly have prepared for.

The overall message was fair enough, but their proposed solution is to tell developers not Disabling download iOS 5 — can never work. But there is a solution (quite simple, actually), which would be: just don't let the people running things review of beta versions of iOS.

You see, not to tell people to download IOS 5 Beta, as the world's most delicious cookies in a jar labeled "AWESOME people only, and then tell your child they can have one if they promise that they indeed are an awesome person. Everyone wanted to put on their awesome shirts and their awesome hat, walking to the Bank handles with the hand extended. And why not? Nobody really checks just how awesome the self-proclaimed awesome people — plus, the definition of "awesome" (read: the definition of "Developer") it is somewhat loose.

It's just the way it works: we as a population, rather self-entitled. When something new becomes available for a small group and other outside this group are aware of it, they will try to find a way to get it (in this case, it usually means buying a developer from someone selling their extra space for profit that.) Apple could theoretically kill this gray market fully open access a beta version of iOS for those who are willing to jump through some hoops and cancel some rights — but this is a post for another day.

It seems there are at least two ways to fix this, one is a bit easier than others:

1) Block people running iOS 5 from consideration any applications they've downloaded on iOS 5 (difficult route): Apple knows what applications you have downloaded — if they didn't, they could not show you the history of all purchases (like they do in later builds of the App Store). Why not discover what users version working, when booting, the store is a bit of information in the database, and then block them to consider the application to the new OS has officially launched for all?

They account for applications that were installed with sync has backups — but while it is not trivial, it seems that this is possible. Apple already detects installed applications for other reasons (for example, replace the "Download" button is grayed out and read "installed")

2) Simply block any iOS 5 from the revision of the annex (easier): just as above, but after the discovery of an iTunes account be running iOS Beta 5 this account temporarily blocked all together, review the application whether the applications were loaded to iOS 5 or not.

This route is a bit clunkier, but it's also a bit simpler to implement and easier on the servers of apples, as it does not require additional call a database for each user for each application. It is also slightly less complicated in terms of privacy, because there are fewer message back to the mothership.

Sound harsh? This is possible. But it comes with the territory: the pre beta not intended for daily use (even for developers, Apple recommends that only the beta version on devices dedicated to testing.) If you are not a developer and would like to tinker, hell, I wouldn't try to stop you: you just have to hold your rants, until it would be wise to do otherwise.

Probably there will be some libel open outcry that Apple somehow blocking freedom of expression — which, of course, is not really here. These reviewers beta hungry jumping on their soap box without any understanding of why things don't work and maliciously affect survival of developers — many of which, like most of us are just some dudes looking to ditch the cubicle and do something cool for life.

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Japan invest $ 1.3 billion in new supercomputer

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There is a list of the 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world, and the last time it was updated back in June of this year, Fujitsu "K" (pictured) come out on top, taking place no. 1 from ANT 1A (supercomputer from China).

It was the first time since 2004 for Japan to claim those bragging rights and now the country's largest business newspaper Nikkei reports that the Government is already thinking about what would happen in 2020: by the time the plan is to develop, on a computer that handles the exascale computing or, in other words, one million trillion operations per second (this computer will be 100 times more powerfulthan K).

MEXT, Japan's Ministry of science is a score that can be up to $ 1.3 billion and has already roped in NEC, Fujitsu and Government Agency RIKEN to discuss details of the project. The goal is to make sure Japan remains on top in the race a supercomputer, as other countries invest, too. In February, the Government of the United States, for example, set aside $ 126 million for the development of exascale supercomputer in the budget for fiscal 2012.

Supercomputers are used for prediction of earthquakes and other natural disasters, climate change analysis, space exploration, etc.

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Razer Tiamat headset uses 10 drivers to 7.1 sound

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Very few there head true surround sound. Most of them traditional stereo headphones with virtual surround sound — a process that adds depth and focus, but am in two columns. Tritton Psyko headphones as actually being in the room, said several drivers to simulate, five channels of the speaker and subwoofer. They have had mixed success, but perhaps Razer will have more luck. Their forthcoming Tiamat headset is not less than 10 separate drivers (5 in each earpiece) to produce what they say is 7.1 audio experience of the first world.

I believe it when I hear it, though: megalodon sounded Great with the right materials, but not "high quality" normal stereo. Hope Tiamat handles this better.

New headset is front, rear, side, and the central channel in each speaker along with a subwoofer. You can configure each channel separately on a beautiful goal. There is a pull-out microphone, of course.

Tiamat 7.1 has a little sister, Tiamat 2.2, virtual surround sound headsets with similar design. Looks like an updated version of Chimaera.

They should be shipping later this year; 7.1 costs $ 180 and 2.2 will cost $ 100. More information can be found on the microsite Tiamat.

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Leaked FCC Doc shows the details of AT&T in the strategy for T-Mobile deal

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Partially edited letter dated AT&T lawyers FCC officials was accidentally posted on the FCC Web site today, and it shows quite a bit of AT&T in the strategy for its proposed acquisition of T-Mobile. Unfortunately for has come and gone on the Web site, but the folks over at wireless week removed some comments for us.

Here's the thing: AT&T person heavy competition, because it is the largest competitor, Verizon, carries out its LTE network much more quickly. Verizon has plans to build its network to the point where it will cover up to 97% of the population, and the expansion is already underway. AT&T in the original plan (without T-Mobile) available only for 80%, and the company to receive its first set of rolling. So Verizon is not only faster, but it also covers more land.

According to wireless week, a letter from the AT&T lawyers in FCC gives us our first look at how much it will cost AT&T to match Verizon planned LTE footprint, the company had not decided to buy T-Mobile. It will blow your mind, so be ready. The price of expanding its coverage of LTE in rural areas would have cost AT&T $ 3.8 billion. But the letter also said that the price of $ 3.8 billion and the speed with which you want to deploy the AT&T made that impossible.

"AT&T senior management that, if the AT&T can find a way to expand its LTE footprint on a much more cost-effective, detailed LTE up to 80 per cent of the population of the United States the most, can be justified," the lawyer Richard Rosen AT&T said.

Nevertheless, wanting to throw down a staggering 39 billion swallow up T-Mo and get that 97 per cent of the foot print up and run AT&T. confused? It is perfectly understandable. Let's parse through it together will?

Although it's not quite as bad as it looks, it's still not good. Rosen isn't just straight up lying when he said that AT&T requires cost route to implement their plans LTE. These media should carry out a $ 3.8 billion-ish, to bring the coverage of rural areas. The problem is that there are way more towers for an Assembly, each of which covers a much fewer people than in urban areas. This means that the return on investment is not nearly that AT&T would like to see it.

Wireless Week talked with ABI Research Analyst Phil Solis, who seems to understand where from Rosen and AT&T. "you really get diminishing returns," he said. "They make a case if they can buy T-Mobile, they will have so many benefits, that they will be able to afford the extra volume. This would help. "but that doesn't change the fact that end users will stay with the duopoly. What is best for AT&T not what is best for everyone, and that the FCC and the Justice Ministry work, make sure that the public interest to protect at any cost, even $ 3.8 billion from AT&T.

It is interesting that letter shows that AT&T has decided to spend that $ 3.8 billion at the beginning of January. But according to Bloomberg, Sprint potentially could negotiate with Deutsche Telekom for the same period, with their own plans to buy T-Mobile. 8 March, Bloomberg reported that numerous sources familiar with the matter confirmed that Sprint and Deutsche Telekom in the disable and enable "meetings on the question of the possible merger of T-Mo is quite possible that these conversations launched in January or even earlier, and Bloomberg only Wind at the end of the tail.

If so, may have tried to put AT&T $ 39 billion premium just keep T-Mo Sprint unachievable, citing costs to cover his tracks. I'm not an economist and will not be able to understand if AT&T would actually save money by paying $ 39 billion t-Mo instead of $ 3.8 billion to build its network. But it seems a bit shady, no?

AT&T strongly denies that any new or suspicious information has been released with leakage. "There is no real news here," said Margaret Bowles AT&T said in a statement. "Confidential information in the last letter is consistent with AT&T in previous applications. It demonstrates the importance of our determination to build out 4 G LTE Mobile Broadband up to 97% of the population after our merger with T-Mobile. Without the merger AT&T can't do this extended obligation. This merger will unleash billions of dollars in much-needed investment, creating many thousands of well-paying jobs, which are vital in view of our weakened economy ".

There is really no way to know for sure, we must believe. The only thing we can do is hope that this leak puts a little extra pressure on the FCC and DOJ really carefully consider the matter put before them.

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