Brown Thoughts

Coming on the heels of Firefox 3’s record-setting download day, is an alert from Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), which states that the newest version of the popular open source browser contains a critical vulnerability that affects Firefox 3 and Firefox 2.
Here’s a section of the ZDI report:
We verified the vulnerability in our lab, acquired […]

Most site owners are always looking to increase brand recognition. If you’re one of them, this should be interesting for you.
AddOurSearch is a free service that will let your visitors search your site wherever they are, from within their browser. Simply put, your site visitors will be able to add your site to their […]

When you’re in a hurry to waste time and don’t feel like browsing through different arcade sites, what should you do? How about installing your time wasters right into Firefox?
FireNes is an add-on for Firefox that will let you play over 2,500 NES games from within the browser. Now that’s a lot of time wasters. […]

There are a number of ways to embed audio on your site. You can use the more common scripts that will play a song as soon as a visitor hits your site (usually annoys people), or you can use services that let you have your own web radio station.
If you’ve been looking for a service […]

Here’s something for those of you looking for new Yahoo smileys or free animated emoticons to add to your instant messenger.
Bandoo will add smileys and animated emoticons to your Yahoo or MSN messenger. The software adds a bar above the text area in your instant messenger and you can choose between different animated emoticons in […]

If you’re like me, you have friends in different areas around the globe. You probably even know a few timezones. Whether you’re a blogger keeping track of different timezones, or just want to easily be able to tell what time it is in other countries, this Firefox add-on is for you.
FoxClocks is an extension for […]

Ask any site owner and they’ll tell you they’re always looking for ways to make their content more appealing. If you have a site of your own, it’s a safe bet to say you would love to turn your content into a multimedia experience for your visitors.
Apture will let you turn any text in your […]

Reinstalling software is usually painless, that is until you discover that you can’t find the CD key. This happens quite often and you’re faced with two options, buy another license or hope that you find/remember where it is.
A good way of making sure that doesn’t happen to you, is to make a list of all […]