Since I moved to Firefox 3 I’ve been having issues with how it caches websites that i’m developing. Many times in order to see changes I had made to code I would have to close firefox and re-open it – Very painful when I have many tabs open. My other option was to use Safari to test my sites in and I have no interest in doing that so I thought it’s time to have a look at the Firefox config settings.

To get to the config settings type about:config in the Firefox address bar. Set both browser.cache.memory.capacity and browser.cache.disk.capacity to 0. Alternatively, you can also set browser.cache.disk.enable and browser.cache.memory.enable to False.

Restart Firefox and your pages will load fresh each time. If you have any other tips like this I would love to hear them! Please comment away

A NEW undersea internet cable would break open Australia’s broadband market, bringing faster download times and lower prices, Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said today.

The $200 million Pipe Networks PPC-1 cable will rival Telstra and Optus pipelines, linking Sydney to the Pacific island of Guam to provide a third international broadband link to Australia’s east coast.

It is due to open in June next year and Pipe Network executive director Lloyd Ernst today said PPC-1 was undercutting its competitors’ prices by 50 per cent.

“One of our potential customers has already made the comment that PPC-1 prices are 50 per cent lower,” Mr Ernst said..

At today’s launch in Melbourne, Senator Conroy said the new cable “fit very neatly” with government plans for a super fast fibre optic broadband network, by increasing the broadband carrying capacity from overseas.

He hoped to make announcements setting out the pathway for the fibre to the node competitive bid process in the “next couple of weeks”.

“This $200 million project has the potential to improve Australia’s international communications transmission capacity and increase competition in the Australian telecommunications marketplace,” Senator Conroy said.

“It’s a little bit like the discount airline model, the idea behind it is that by bringing competition in and really starting to get people to compete with other, we hope that our competitors will come through and start to be aggressive with their pricing,” Mr Ernst tosaid.

Internet service providers Primus, Internode, iiNet, Telikom PNG and VSNL are among those already signed up on PPC-1 contracts, making the project viable, despite any price wars which may ensue.

The 6900 kilometre pipe will run through government protected zones, sometimes up to nine kilometres under the sea surface and will connect to existing infrastructure in Guam, a US territory in the western Pacific Ocean which connects to the US and Asia.

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This is amazing! Try fitting this in your iPod!

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One of the best videos on the Internet and indeed Youtube – well worth it! Dam funny stuff

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By Mark Schliebs

September 12, 2007 04:03pm

Article from:

Founder of Whirpool forum being sued by 2Clix
Stoush over “malicious” comments on products
Software company wants $150,000 in damages

THE founder of one of the nation’s most popular online discussion forums says a lawsuit brought by a software company threatens freedom of speech on the net.

Whirlpool forums founder Simon Wright, who is being sued by accounting software maker 2Clix Australia for publishing comments the company alleges are “false and malicious”, says the legal action affects all online discussion and even film reviews.

“A lot hangs in the balance here,” Mr Wright told NEWS.com.au.

“This goes beyond Whirlpool, or indeed communities in general.

“It affects the viability of all internet discussion, from blogs to product reviews on Amazon/.

“What’s to stop movie distributors from threatening anyone who publishes a negative review of the latest film?”

Mr Wright said that the support from users has been “incredibly heartwarming” and demonstrates how much they appreciate participating in forums that facilitate “fair and reasonable” criticism.

He said that Whirlpool uses a range of measures to identify potentially problematic comments and there is a set of rules in place to regulate posts.

“Whirlpool’s forum operates on the basis that users post their comments without prior approval.

“We treat all complaints about posts seriously.”

Members of the Whirlpool forum have also been donating money to help pay the legal costs for Mr Wright, who set up the website to help internet users discuss problems with broadband services.

Legal case

2Clix Australia is suing Mr Wright for damages after two forum discussions about its products on the Whirlpool site.

According to a statement on the site, purportedly from 2Clix, the action was based on comments criticising its software and postings encouraging other Whirlpool members to avoid purchasing their products.

2Clix spokesman David Morgan said that he would not confirm that the “Statement of Claim” on the website was an exact copy of the court documents.

“There is a legal process underway (and) on our legal advice, we will be making no comment,” Mr Morgan said.

According to the document, 2Clix “quantifies its loss in income between January 2007 to July 2007 at approximately $150,000 per month”.

The document also said 2Clix would be seeking $150,000 in damages for the alleged “injurious falsehood”, the permanent removal of two forum threads discussing its software and legal costs to be paid by Mr Wright.

Whirlpool said it would be fighting the allegations in court.

“Whirlpool believes the action has no merit and will defend the matter vigorously, despite being a community website with little resources,” the company said.

The forum threads in question still appear online.

Users show their support

Since news of the court action was posted on the website last night, more than 1200 comments have been posted in support of Mr Wright – and many users have actually donated money to help with legal costs.

“(I’ve) donated $1254 via PayPal… $1 for each post I’ve made on (Whirlpool),” one user said.

“WP is the best forum of its type in the world and it would be a very sad day if that were put in jeopardy… I urge you to donate as much as you can.”

Another user who looked at every cash pledge made on the site calculated that at 10.30am (AEST) today, supporters had donated at least $3097.94 for legal costs.

“Amazing when you consider that these were only the amounts posted, not including those who didn’t post the amount, those who had posts deleted, and those yet to read and donate,” the user said.