Cody Taylor

Google has released an early developer preview of Chrome 2.0, the next major version of the company’s open source web browser. The new version has improved rendering, several impressive user interface enhancements, and preliminary support for Greasemonkey scripts.

A campaign to rename fish as “sea kittens” in order to improve their image has been ridiculed by the Federal Opposition. Outspoken animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is using the “sea kitten” name as part of its push to restrict fishing. “Nobody would hurt a sea kitten!” the group says on its website.

A new e-mail that is circulating looks like it comes from CNN and links to a fake CNN Web page offering “graphic” video related to the Israel-Hamas conflict but instead hosts a Trojan that steals sensitive data….

arcticstoat writes “AMD is planning to use over 1,000 Radeon HD 4870 GPUs to create a supercomputer capable of processing one petaflop, which the company says will make ‘cloud’ computing a reality. When it’s built later this year, the Fusion Render Cloud will be available as an online powerhorse for a variety of people, from gamers to 3D animators. The company claims that it could ‘deliver video games, PC applications and other graphically-intensive applications through the Internet “cloud” to virtually any type of mobile device with a web browser.’ The idea is that the Fusion Render Cloud will do all the hard work, so all you need is a machine capable of playing back the results, saving battery life and the need for ever greater processing power. AMD also says that the supercomputer will ‘enable remote real-time rendering of film and visual effects graphics on an unprecedented scale.’ Meanwhile, game developers would be able to use the supercomputer to quickly develop games, and also ‘serve up virtual world games with unlimited photo-realistic detail.’ The supercomputer will be powered by OTOY software, which allows you to render 3D visuals in your browser via streaming, compressed online data.”

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Web 2.0 is pretty cool – so cool in fact that it’s got its own buzzwords and lingo that not everybody knows.

An effective palette of fonts not only makes a design attractive, but also contributes to the readability and usability of the content. In this collection, you’ll find a variety of sites that showcase creative and functional uses of typography.