Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 8

On Wednesday, Microsoft announced the availability of Windows Internet Explorer 8. It can be downloaded in 25 languages at http://www.microsoft.com/ie8 starting yesterday.

“Customers have made clear what they want in a Web browser — safety, speed and greater ease of use,” said Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft. “With Internet Explorer 8, we are delivering a browser that gets people to the information they need, fast, and provides protection that no other browser can match.”

Internet Explorer 8 offers the best security protections among leading browsers: a study released today by NSS Labs indicates that Internet Explorer 8 blocks two to four times as many malicious sites as other browsers on the market today.

In addition to offering improved security and privacy protections, Internet Explorer 8 is one of the fastest browsers on the market today, beating other top browsers in page load time on almost 50 percent of the 25 top comScore Inc. Web sites. It also helps people save time while using the Web with easy-to-use new features, including the following:

• Accelerators. Accelerators make it faster and easier to perform common tasks online by making Web-based services such as ESPN.com, Live Search and Sina available for use directly from the page people are viewing. Users can simply right-click a word or phrase and instantly map, e-mail, or share it.
• Web Slices. Web Slices in Internet Explorer 8 makes favorite information from sites such as Digg, Yahoo! Mail, OneRiot, and eBay instantly available wherever someone goes on the Web.
• Visual search suggestions. The Instant Search Box in Internet Explorer 8 enables rich, real-time search from sites such as The New York Times, Amazon.com and Wikipedia, as well as sites from people’s own Favorites and History, complete with visuals and detailed information that saves time.
  

“We are excited about Internet Explorer 8 for several reasons, including its ability to provide our customers with updates to eBay products using Web Slices so they can keep track of their buying activity while surfing the web,” said Matt Ackley, vice president of Internet Marketing and Advertising at eBay.

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Microsoft Announces Availability of Internet Explorer 8 (Microsoft PressPass)

NitroCream: Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Machine

You love ice cream, don't you? Well, you now have the opportunity to have your own ice cream machine that can serve to you your favorite ice cream within seconds with no need for having a freezer or waiting for too long. It was 4 years ago when I first knew that you can actually make ice cream using nitrogen.

NitroCream LLC announced Tuesday they have debuted N2-G4, hand-crafted ice cream, gelato, frozen yogurt and sorbet machine. Two options are available - the standard N2-G4 or a fully customized model. Each N2-G4 ("G" stands for "green) is environmentally friendly and produces the finest premium frozen dessert product that is unrivaled by any other in the industry in terms of flavor, texture and density. Different frozen dessert flavor combinations can be made fresh in seconds and the N2-G4 completely eliminates the need for freezers of any kind.

The luxury ice cream machine operates using liquid nitrogen - an abundant, inert, odorless, tasteless and automatically recyclable resource that comprises 78 percent of the atmosphere. Under normal atmospheric pressure, nitrogen can exist as a liquid between the temperatures of 63 K and 77.2 K (-210°C and -195.8°C). Below 63 K, nitrogen freezes and becomes a solid. Above 77.2 K, nitrogen boils and becomes a gas.

The bad news is that the machine is not cheap for everyone to purchase. The standard model N2-G4 prices start at $34,900 and custom models start at $75,000.

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NitroCream (Official Site)
NitroCream Gives the Competition the Deep Freeze with New N2-G4 Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Machine - Creating an Entirely New Category of Cool (Press Release)

LaCie Introduces Three “Keys” for Handy Portable Storage

On Monday, LaCie announced three new ways to carry digital content – LaCie itsaKey, iamaKey and PassKey USB key drives, design by 5.5 Designers. LaCie had released CurrenKey last December also designed by 5.5 Desginers. 5.5 Designers had The inventive, compact key-shaped design conveniently fits in a pocket or on a key ring. The itsaKey and iamaKey store up to 8 gigabytes of flash memory. Alternatively, the PassKey has a built-in microSD card reader, which allows you to use your memory cards as stylish and handy USB keys.

The LaCie Keys are available now, starting at $9.90. LaCie products are available through the LaCie Online Store or LaCie resellers.

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LaCie Introduces Three “Keys” for Handy Portable Storage (LaCie Press Release)