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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 […]

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. […]

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