Can’t believe I didn’t see this gem sooner : this will be very handy for a number of projects in deploying legal content, in a shared / load balanced manner.
Bitlet also appears to be used by several search engines, as well as famous legitimate torrent sites such as http://www.clearbits.net/ as one means of distribution.
Very impressive work, that also has streaming video as well as streaming music implications. Another win for legal torrent distribution, as it sure helps share the bandwidth costs for small non-profit organizations trying to put documentaries out there !
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Now playing: Rush – Caress Of Steel – Lakeside Park via FoxyTunes
The 20 Best Firefox Extensions : The Firefox Universe
By Devin Connors , published on April 12, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Accounting for roughly 30% of the total Web browser market, Firefox has gone from being a niche player a few years ago to a present-day browsing powerhouse. Firefox has seen three major releases and a bevy of smaller but still important updates along the way. Firefox 3.6 was released back in January, and like after all major Firefox updates, the Firefox-tweaking ecosystem has been revamped to accommodate the new code.
There are thousands of add-ons available for Firefox, so a truly comprehensive list is nearly impossible. However, we sifted through some of the best to come up with a list of 20 killer Firefox extensions that we’re willing to call “the best.” From improving the tab system to changing the interface to providing entertainment, these must-have Firefox add-ons are all free, compatible with Firefox 3.6.3 (the latest version) and generally compatible with each other.
This is some awesome sauce. Since I really don’t have any links that I don’t care to share with the world, not too worried about storing them “out there” on the cloud, so to speak.
I’ve been using this since early in the days of “Foxmarks” and found the sync to work well; it’ll be even better now that they’ve added yet another browser.
We’ve been swamped with requests to create a version of Xmarks for the Google Chrome browser. We’re hard at work on that and, thanks to some new APIs from Google, are pleased to report that we have Xmarks synchronization working in the Windows developer channel for Chrome. The Chrome extension platform is still far from complete and our initial alpha release has many rough edges, but for you brave (and very vocal) early adopters, we wanted to get this into your hands sooner rather than later.
We’re happy to invite you to test our early alpha release of Xmarks for Chrome. The extension will synchronize your Chrome bookmarks across computers running Firefox, IE, Safari and/or Chrome. Just like our other versions, Xmarks for Chrome works quietly in the background to keep all your bookmarks the same on all of your browsers.
If you’re interested in participating in the alpha test please sign up. This is a closed alpha, which means that you won’t be able to install the extension immediately. After signing up we’ll email you when you’ve been accepted into the program – we do this for scaling and stability reasons.
Please remember that this is an alpha release only: it does not include support for your own server, sync profiles, or our discovery features. A full list of recent changes and known issues can be found on the Xmarks for Chrome news page.
After giving it a try, please visit our GetSatisfaction forum for feedback and feature requests. We’d love to know what you think!
You can also keep tabs on our Chrome progress by following Xmarks on Twitter: twitter.com/xmarks.
