How many of you use twitter? I love twitter as I can hook up with friends with similar interests and they normally help me out if I have a question. I also get to tweet my blog posts on twitter and usually people who like what I have posted visit my site. Since Twitter is getting so popular there have been quite a number of applications been written for twitter. Once such application I came across shows how hot you are on twitter – Twitemperature.

Here is an excerpt from their FAQ on how this application actually works:

“Twitemperature ignores meaningless points of measure like number of followers and number of people you are following, and instead focuses on what you’re actually saying, now. We poll your last several hundred tweets and score what you’re saying against what everyone else is saying in current hot conversations on Twitter and elsewhere.”

As a new user of Twitemperature, I found that mine is an ice cold -4C. I guess I need to start sending more tweets. Have you tried to check what your Twitemperature is? Why don’t we all share our results?

By the way, you could always follow me on twitter.

Google Friend Connect has now been integrated with Twitter. Google Connect is a service that allows webmasters add social features to their sites by simply copying and pasting a few snippets of code — no advanced coding or technical background required. With this integration of Google Connect and Twitter this means that when you join a friend connected site, you can choose to use your Twitter profile, discover people you follow on Twitter who are also members of the site, and quickly tweet that you have found a cool website.

According to the official Google Blog:

“To send a tweet about a site you have joined, click the invite link in the members gadget, then click the Twitter icon on the share tab. The next time your followers sign in to Twitter, they’ll see your tweet containing a link to the interesting site you’ve found.”

Definitely a nice tool to have considering that Twitter has even beat Myspace in terms of its usage and number of members. With Web 2.0 getting more popular, it is definitely interesting to see Google following the trend as well. I have found tremendous success with my blogs just by spending some time on these social forums. If you would like to join me on twitter, all you need to do is twit!

According to the Google Blog:

Google Chrome is a better browser today thanks to the many users who sent their feedback and the many more who enabled automatic crash reports, helping us rapidly diagnose and fix issues. Some of the areas where we’ve made great progress include:

Better stability and performance of plug-ins (particularly video). Video and audio glitches were among the most common bugs fixed during the beta period. If you had problems watching videos with Google Chrome in the past, you should be pleasantly surprised with the performance now.

Even more speed. Google Chrome starts up fast, loads pages quickly, and just keeps getting faster. Since the first beta, the V8 JavaScript engine runs 1.4 times faster on the SunSpider benchmark and 1.5 times faster on the V8 benchmark — and there is more speed to come.

Bookmark manager and privacy controls. We heard you! Better bookmark features were a top request from our users. It’s now easier to switch between another browser and Google Chrome with the bookmark import and export features, and we added a new simple way to manage large numbers of bookmarks, too. We also wanted to make it even easier for you to control your browsing data, so all of the features in Google Chrome which affect user privacy are now grouped in one place with detailed explanations for each one.
[Via Google Blog]

News has emerged that there could be work underway to tweak the behavior of Firefox 3 to suit Macbooks – especially for gesture support. For those unfamiliar with gesture support, Apple introduced the functionality to the MacBook line a couple of years ago. It allows you to interact with your computer by just moving your fingers across the touch pad. For example, in most programs you can scroll down by dragging two fingers down the touch pad without having to click any buttons.

There’s no word yet on whether this neat feature will make the final build, but MacBook users everywhere should hope it does. Anyone who uses the gesture support in any other application knows how intuitive it is and how it can really make any app more usable. This really will set Firefox apart from the other web browsers that we are used to.

Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 is finally available to the public for download. There are quite a few changes and certainly look interesting.

Some features of note are:

* 3D preview during tab switch
* Better Javascript Performance
* Location awareness: it requires the Geode extension

One of the features that is absent is private browsing. Looks like we might have to wait a little longer for that. But other than that this updated browser from Mozilla certainly looks promising. You can download Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 and let me know how you liked it.

[Via Ubergizmo]

Best of all, there are quite a lot of tools that are available for free on Comodo. I have listed some of the prevention software below.

Comodo Firewall Pro

This is able to prevent viruses, worms, spywares, keyloggers and other malwares from infecting your PC. This software has also been rated by PC magazine online as an editor’s choice.

Comodo Memory Firewall

This software helps to monitor your PC’s memory so that it doesn’t fall prey to buffer overflow attacks. Essentially it is able to prevent any suspicious code from executing and prevents data theft.

Comodo Verification Engine

How do you differentiate an authentic website from a phishing website? This software will definitely help you do that. All you need to do is to place your mouse over the website’s logo and if it displays a green border then it is an authentic website. Easy yet effective.

Comodo iVault

Another effective software to prevent data theft. This software encrypts your data and other confidential information and prevents them from falling prey to data theft and trojans. Also effective against keyloggers.

Comodo AntiSpam

Nobody hates Spam like this software does! It allows to create your own ‘approved’ list of senders and you will not have to worry about spam or junk email. This is especially useful for bloggers like me.
Comodo SecureEmail

Another encryption software but this one encrypts every email that you send out. Now you can be absolutely sure that no one else other than the intended recipient gets to read the content of your email. Excellent protection against identity theft.

Most of us spend many hours a day on the internet. But without the aid of such software like what Comodo offers, there is a high risk of identity theft and other malwares attacking your PC. So ensure that your PC and all your data is well protected. There are a whole lot of software tools available from Comodo and I would encourage you to check them out.

“So why are we launching Google Chrome? Because we believe we can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web.”

So far most of Google’s work has been within the web browser. This is the first time that Google will be launching a web browser by themselves. For a while it looked like they were teaming up with Firefox to take on Microsoft – I wonder what has happened to that alliance.

Google has created Google Chrome for very specific needs. First of all, they claim that the new web browser will be stable and not crash easily. It is also supposed to be faster for loading of web pages and elements in the web pages. After all, web pages have evolved so much since the introduction of the first web browser. Google also claims the new web browser will be secure – a necessity these days. You can bet that their interface is going to be simple and clean like their homepage as well. Last but not least, Google Chrome is going to be a fully open source web browser. I’m sure Google Chrome is going to give Internet Explorer 8 a run for its money.

Simplicity, Speed, Stability and Security – I guess these 4 S’s would sum up Google Chrome. I sure am waiting to try it out tomorrow… Game on! Would you try it out too? Let me know your experience with this spanking new web browser.