Data shows that the usage of Internet Explorer as a browser is declining at a record rate, and for good reason. IE6 is now eight years old and can be incredibly unstable. I haven't found IE7 to be much better. In addition to being unstable and having a lot of security issues, it also doesn't have a lot of the additional add-ons that Firefox or Google Chrome has. It's also incredibly slow in comparision. This chart from Net Applications gives you a visual representation of the decline of IE and the rise of Firefox, Safari (now available for PC's and Mac users), and Google Chrome. In 2008, ...

I love time saving applications and plug-ins and I've just found a way to integrate two of my favorites: Facebook and Gmail. Xoopit (pronounced Swoop-It) allows users to both see and set Facebook status messages, and view profile photos all while reading their email. There are lots of time saving possibilites with this new application but I will have to agree with my friends at ReadWriteWeb that: "The best part of this plugin is that when you email with people who are also on Facebook, those messages will now also include their Facebook profile photos and status messages.These appear in ...