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Firefox Races Past Aging IE6, Is the Universe Beige?

by Warren Riddle on November 5, 2009 at 11:51 AM



Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
  • Whippersnapper Firefox recently eclipsed the 1 billion download mark, and that monumental success seems to have helped the browser surpass the crotchety old Internet Explorer 6. (Seriously, people. It's time to upgrade.) Firefox is expected to celebrate tonight by T.P.'ing IE6's house and then leaving a flaming bag of poo on its doorstep. [From: Download Squad]
  • Despite the spectacular cosmic arrays of color displayed in Hubble photographs, a group of scientists has determined that the average color of the universe is actually just a boring shade of beige. Proving that scientists do indeed have a sense of humor, some proposed names for the new space brown are "cosmic latte," "skyvory," and "univeige." [From: The Daily Mail]
  • Forty years ago yesterday, Big Bird, Oscar, and Cookie Monster began entertaining (and creeping out) kids everywhere, so Google honored the 'Sesame Street' birthday on its home page. The site also celebrated the 20th anniversary of the claymation series 'Wallace and Gromit' with homepage caricatures. Man, Google. You're just trying to make us feel old. [From: The Independent and The Independent]
  • Despite the rough economy, Google increased its lobbying expenditures last quarter, as it shelled out over $1 million for lobbyists to influence law and policy makers. Sounds like a pretty sweet gig to us, but how exactly does one become a lobbyist, anyway? Other than selling your soul to the highest bidder, of course. [From: The Independent]
  • The Web site Bluebeat has been selling Beatles downloads online for $0.25 per song, leading many people to question the legality of the practice. Record giant EMI now wants a judge to decide, so it's filing suit against Bluebeat (owned by Media Rights Technologies) for copyright infringement. [From: The Independent]
  • The fledgling, yet burgeoning, Pirate Party recently gained its second seat in the European Parliament. The party focuses on copyright and patent reform, the rights to personal and Web privacy, and government transparency. With the constant childish bickering going on between the two dominant U.S. political parties, that sounds like change we can believe in. [From: Torrent Freak]

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