There's a very cool web site called The Burning Edge that I just ran across. It blogs developments in nightly builds of Mozilla Firefox. Even if you don't use nightly builds, it has a "bigger picture" page that describes new features that will be in the next release. I just got 0.8 and I'm already excited for 0.9! I'm especially excited about new feature 189888 which shows a warning dialog when closing a multi-tabbed browser window. Major improvement 231995 isn't too shabby either.

Microsoft is considering an update dubbed XP Reloaded. Let's hope it doesn't suck as bad as the Matrix Reloaded! If it does, we're all in for a world of hurt...

Zed, bring out the Gimp 2.0! A freeware image manipulation program that is nearly as powerful as Photoshop, zee Gimp should be ready for 2.0 release sometime in March. Looks like it will run with Windows and Mac OS X. You can obtain a preview release version, if you're bold and dashing.

Good news for fans of Kate Beckinsale: Underworld 2 is going to happen!

Bill Gates predicts the demise of passwords. Fine by me. One user, one password sure sounds like a simple solution, unless you have mulitple systems with multiple OSes and security measures. I'm sure Bill will provide us with a end-all be-all solution, so long as we install Windows on everything. :)

Help, I've been iJacked! The iPod proves a massive hit with thieves. Maybe it should be called the cult of the stolen white earbuds...

At least our first-level helpdesk doesn't work like the technical support call center described in this Salon.com article. I actually starting working with an outsourced call center before coming to my current position, and the training was a little more technical than the article allows. The article is entertaining in a "I knew this is happening!" kind of way. Remember the Mantra: "We don't support that."