Opera 11.50, codenamed "Swordfish,"  is now RTM and is going like hotcakes (they put a download counter on the page). The most visible change is an update to the default browser skin. Now the skin is brighter and less “cluttered”. “The "Featherweight" skin sports a newly styled toolbar with borderless buttons, a new icon set, four default navigation buttons (Back, Forward, Reload/Stop, Wand) in the default toolbar, and a more accessible zoom sli...

  This is a follow up on I.D.’s article about Corel’s “Summer Deals”. I got this in an email this morning, and thought there might be some folks who might be interested. The deals run until Thursday, 11 a.m. EDT.

  John Lister over at infopackets  reported that Microsoft has made several changes to its online storage service, SkyDrive. SkyDrive offers users 25 GB of free online storage, meaning files can be accessed from any machine: “Users can decide whether to make files publicly available, in which case the service can be used as a simpler alternative to running a website to host documents or media files, or to make them private and only accessible with a Windows Live log-i...

  Razer has added yet another gaming mouse to its catalog of devices for gamers with the Razer Orochi Black Chrome Edition. “The mouse's laser sensor can track up to 100 inches per second, and boasts several features including on-board memory, on-the-fly sensitivity adjustment, and a symmetrical design for both left- and right-handed gamers. The Orochi is also small for on-the-go mobile gaming, measuring approximately 1.4 by 2.7 by 3.9 inches (HWD).”   The mo...

  Carlos Orlando at infopackets reports that a Silicon Valley start-up company (Lytro) has released a new camera model that allows a user to snap first and focus later.   Dubbed 'Lytro', the camera is able to capture light data from many different angles using a specialized sensor. The sensor uses what is termed a "microlens array", which packs the equivalent of many camera lenses into a very small space:  Sort of like the sonar “tail” that SSN and SSB...

  So cool!  We can post pictures on line and have family and friends comment about us, our kids, our pets, vacations, activities… We’ve turned the web into a truly image rich environment: So much so that folks see ways of making money any which way. These are all seven of the image services that Twitter's native app recommends when you first begin using the app: Twitpic , yfrog , img.ly , Posterous , Mobypicture , Lockerz , and twitgoo .   ...

Sam Biddle at Gizmodo reports (and confirmed by the Arizona Police) that lulzSec has hacked Arizona Law Enforcement because of Arizona's "racial profiling anti-immigrant police state that is Arizona". The newest data reveal "hundreds of private intelligence bulletins, training manuals, personal email correspondence, names, phone numbers, addresses and passwords belonging to Arizona law enforcement." “The release, entitled "Chinga La Migra" (F**k the Border Patrol) is the first t...

  The FBI has been working with several other countries have seized servers and bank accounts which netted two scareware gang criminals $74 million. The scareware involved is the MacDefender and its Windows cousin which installed by visiting a phony site and requesting a free scan. This “scan” (better spelled “scam”) would then report phony viruses being on the computer which for a fee ($129 via your credit card numbers) would be “removed”. This scam involved approximately ...

  Howtogeek has put up a nice customization set for free. No actual “Theme” is available, but some nice walls, fonts and icons (for free). Over the years Capcom’s popular Street Fighter games have allowed you to battle for victory with your favorite characters and opponents. Now you can take the battle to a whole new level and turn your desktop into the perfect fighting arena with our Street Fighter Customization set.”  - How to geek   ...

  Mozilla has gotten this one out fast, and slightly ahead of schedule. Only 12 weeks since ff4 debuted. Also, just like ff4, ff5’s rendering of Forums sucks. The final version of Firefox 5 is now available for download on Mozilla's ftp server, just 12 weeks after the last re-up. The latest incarnation brings with it support for CSS animation and a more easily accessible do-not-track setting -- now available at the top of the privacy pane -- but won't see much in the ...

  facebook thrives on the use of features which while potentially “cool” to some, have aspects which are of some concern In my Post about Better Privacy tips , in the comments I alluded to today’s post. I think that this new feature of facebook – which is not “voluntary” is, frankly, creepy. It also opens the portal for real abuse. Engadget reported this feature in April and in the comments was: “Awesome! Now I can take pictures of cute girls at the grocery s...

  MiniBin is a free recycle bin for your Microsoft Windows system tray area. Minibin may come handy when you're hiding the recycle bin from your desktop or if you're using a replacement shell that provides a system tray but no useable recycle bin (like litestep or emerge desktop). But you also might be just like me... wanting to be able to empty the recycle bin without the need to minimize any windows. The app won’t let you drag what you wish to delete to it, but you ...

  If you’re anything like me, you’ve got a bunch of walls collected over time without the original link, and folks invariably ask, “Hey, great wall! Where’s it from?” Especially in threads like “The Desktop Screenshot of The Month”. This often prevents me from citing a source, or worse… disappointing a friend. Now, with Island Dog’s Monthly Screenshot Contest, some folks might be losing out on a year’s subscription to Win...

  Head over to GiveAway of the Day to pick up your copy! Free! You have about 12 hours from the time on this post! To register, open the Readme.txt file and copy the key. Install the software, and run it. You’'ll see the screen. Ignore the 15 day thing. Under Help at the top bar, click the “Register” option and paste the key in and submit it. Done! BoostSpeed 5. has an amazing number of tools and a “Rescue Center” to give you a backup made be...

  Note, I said privacy, not security even though there is some blurring at the border because breaching one can yield compromise of the other. Well, lifehacker put out ten very good steps and very simple ones to preserve privacy. 1. Security questions should be kept as private as passwords. If there’s only a choice between various questions, then give a ‘wrong’ answer only you know. 2. Create strong, easily remembered passwords. Here I differ with them a bit. I...