The tweaks found below will increase the maximum simultaneous connections per page for faster browsing. I made this modification over a week ago in Firefox, and I have noticed increased performance.
Firefox Instructions
Open Firefox
Type about:config in the address bar
Filter for ‘network‘
Scroll to find network.http.pipelining - double click to set it to TRUE
Double click pipelining.maxrequests and set […]
Per usual, Google demonstrated their humor on the first of this monthy by launching the Google TiSP system.
Go check out the full details: http://www.google.com/tisp/install.html
I was recently asked why there were pictures of naked girls on this page, and I have to admit - I was a little confused. I knew that I had not yet posted the pictures of any naked girls, and though I display picture advertisements on my webpage driven by Google adsense, I hardly thought […]
If you keep any eye on the news, you would know that Viacom slapped a $1 billion lawsuit on Google, specifically targetting YouTube, for unauthorized use of copyrighted entertainment.
Here’s is a core piece of Viacom’s statement:
‘’YouTube is a significant, for-profit organization that has built a lucrative business out of exploiting the devotion of […]
In November 2006, along with many others, I presented to you AGLOCO. For those who never followed up or just didn’t catch this article, I wanted to remind you of the soon to launch AGLOCO community. If you want to see what all the fuss is about, or you just want to play around with […]
I hate when I miss an incredibly perfect bid by 10 seconds and one dollar. Tonight I jumped into my chair at 6:57 anxious to check on and update my bid for the best price I had found on this particular item, AND it was from a reputable seller. Hands down, this was […]
Welcome to the February 26, 2007 edition of ‘get to know your technology better’. (yes - it’s a day late) If you are a regular reader at Sickles Insight then you are already aware that I occassionaly kick out these articles to highlight some of the other bloggers in the community. I need […]
Posted in Web Browsing on November 30th, 2006 3 Comments »
So, have you ever wondered who registered their domain first? Take a look at this table listing the 100 oldest dot-com registrations that are still active today! See any names you would have registered? This information looks at the dot-com domains only courtesy of Whois.net.
Rank
Create date
Domain name
1.
15-Mar-1985
SYMBOLICS.COM
2.
24-Apr-1985
BBN.COM
3.
24-May-1985
THINK.COM
4.
11-Jul-1985
MCC.COM
5.
30-Sep-1985
DEC.COM
6.
07-Nov-1985
NORTHROP.COM
7.
09-Jan-1986
XEROX.COM
8.
17-Jan-1986
SRI.COM
9.
03-Mar-1986
HP.COM
10.
05-Mar-1986
BELLCORE.COM
11.
19-Mar-1986
IBM.COM
11.
19-Mar-1986
SUN.COM
13.
25-Mar-1986
INTEL.COM
13.
25-Mar-1986
TI.COM
15.
25-Apr-1986
ATT.COM
16.
08-May-1986
GMR.COM
16.
08-May-1986
TEK.COM
18.
10-Jul-1986
FMC.COM
18.
10-Jul-1986
UB.COM
20.
05-Aug-1986
BELL-ATL.COM
20.
05-Aug-1986
GE.COM
20.
05-Aug-1986
GREBYN.COM
20.
05-Aug-1986
ISC.COM
20.
05-Aug-1986
NSC.COM
20.
05-Aug-1986
STARGATE.COM
26.
02-Sep-1986
BOEING.COM
27.
18-Sep-1986
ITCORP.COM
28.
29-Sep-1986
SIEMENS.COM
29.
18-Oct-1986
PYRAMID.COM
30.
27-Oct-1986
ALPHACDC.COM
30.
27-Oct-1986
BDM.COM
30.
27-Oct-1986
FLUKE.COM
30.
27-Oct-1986
INMET.COM
30.
27-Oct-1986
KESMAI.COM
30.
27-Oct-1986
MENTOR.COM
30.
27-Oct-1986
NEC.COM
30.
27-Oct-1986
RAY.COM
30.
27-Oct-1986
ROSEMOUNT.COM
30.
27-Oct-1986
VORTEX.COM
40.
05-Nov-1986
ALCOA.COM
40.
05-Nov-1986
GTE.COM
42.
17-Nov-1986
ADOBE.COM
42.
17-Nov-1986
AMD.COM
42.
17-Nov-1986
DAS.COM
42.
17-Nov-1986
DATA-IO.COM
42.
17-Nov-1986
OCTOPUS.COM
42.
17-Nov-1986
PORTAL.COM
42.
17-Nov-1986
TELTONE.COM
42.
11-Dec-1986
3COM.COM
50.
11-Dec-1986
AMDAHL.COM
50.
11-Dec-1986
CCUR.COM
50.
11-Dec-1986
CI.COM
50.
11-Dec-1986
CONVERGENT.COM
50.
11-Dec-1986
DG.COM
50. […]