"Mozilla plans to release the first beta version of 3.6 this weekend or early next week. But what exactly is coming in the new version and its successors? Mike Shaver, Mozilla's vice president of product development, and John Lilly, Mozilla's chief executive, detailed some of the browser's future in an interview at the corporation's headquarters here. And the company has an aggressive schedule, with three releases due within about a year."

"You took the leap and installed WordPress to host your own blog because you want complete control over how it looks and works. Now, it's time to power it up, lock it down, and make your blog completely yours."

"It's not every day that a high school student gets some advice on social networking from a president. So it was interesting to hear where President Obama's focus lay Tuesday when talking to 40 students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va., before his nationally broadcast speech to America's schoolkids."

"An appeals court has granted Microsoft's request to put off an injunction that could have forced it to stop selling its Microsoft Word software next month."

"One of the biggest challenges in SEO is the ongoing lack of recognition it plays in getting traffic to your Web site. This can be especially true in larger organizations where key members of management aren't familiar with it, and how it works. Uninformed senior managers can easily make decisions that are catastrophic from an SEO perspective."

"Yahoo Inc said on Monday it has revamped its search to compete against Microsoft Corp's Bing, even as it relies on the Redmond giant to power its queries."

"Before the iPhone 3GS was announced, it was rumored to be capable of playing HD videos. However, it only festered disappointments once the specifications for the iPhone 3GS hardware were released without any sign of HD video playback capabilities."

"If you're a hardcore beta tester, the "Office 2010 Real Life Stories program" is likely for you. The benefits are bigger, but so are the responsibilities."

«Google India found itself in legal hot water over blog posts that included accusations against a prominent Indian doctor. Although the posts have since been pulled down, the company is trying to appeal a court decision that went against it by claiming it has no control over content on Blogger.»

"Looks like the E71 is about to be upstaged as Nokia's premier business-class smartphone -- someone in Espoo's just hit the corporate YouTube account with this promo video for an E72. Upgrades include a five megapixel camera, a relocated headphone jack, and what looks to be an optical mouse instead of a D-pad -- a welcome upgrade for click-happy S60. That's all we know for now, but we're digging for more -- check the video after the break."

Apple on Friday announced that Safari 4, the new version of its Web browser for Mac OS X and Windows, has been downloaded more than 11 million times in the first three days of its release.

Spending more time on social networks and blogs? You're not alone, with the latest figures showing the number of minutes spent on social networking sites in the United States has almost doubled over the past year.

How could a service that makes it easier to move looted material cut down on the looting? By making forgeries even easier to move.

"According to a page on the Microsoft Partner Program website, Microsoft is planning to give its partners the Windows 7 Release Candidate via both TechNet and MSDN. The page says the build is available "now," though as of publishing time, a quick check on TechNet and MSDN shows that it's not yet available there (only the beta is), nor is it available on Microsoft Connect."

Topic of this day. As written in Media Kit: "Sun and Oracle today announced a definitive agreement for Oracle to acquire Sun for $9.50 per share in cash. The Sun Board of Directors has unanimously approved the transaction. It is anticipated to close this summer."

Selecting the right custom wedding dresses is one of the most important decisions you will make in planning your wedding. It can be more than a little daunting, as you know all eyes are going to be on you — and your dress — on the big day and you want to make sure that you are looking your best. It's enough to drive some brides to despair. But with a little pre-planning it's easy to get organized and on the right track to finding «the one». Here are 6 top tips to help you find the perfect wedding dress for you:
1. Look for what you like — Some of girls even have pictures of dresses saved from before we got our proposal! Looking in wedding magazines is always the useful first step to getting an idea of what you want — it's fun too. Also use the internet as a resource. Keep these clippings and bookmark sites in your web browser. Top Tip: Use Google's Image Search function to quickly browse through pictures of dresses (go to the Google homepage and click on the text that says 'Images' in the top left hand corner. Then search as normal for ' custom prom dresses ' — the results will be images instead of text).
2. Look early — This means looking at around 9 months ahead if possible. Say you have a proposal, set a date — ideally you can start looking then. If you are ordering a custom prom dress then this can take months to make and if you need alterations — as the majority of women do — this will also take time. A good seamstress is often booked up far in advance, so getting in early is essential.
3. Set a budget — Why does there have to be a budget?! Well, it's way too easy to go overboard with the dress — but it is unfair to spend a huge proportion of the budget on a dress if it means your guests have to eat bread rolls all night! It's important to strike a balance and setting a budget in advance can help you focus. And remember you can find stunning gowns for a few hundred pounds if you know where to look (check out our site below for more on this). Also remember alterations could cost a few hundred pounds, although some boutiques will do the alterations in store for you, if you negotiate with them.
4. How to pay — Instead of using a cash deposit, use a credit card. Why? To protect your purchase in case something goes wrong. This happened to my sister-in-Law… the dress shop went out of business a few weeks before her wedding day. Thankfully it was covered by the credit card company.
5. Set deadlines — From the point you buy your custom wedding dress you need to give the seamstress specific deadlines for delivering the required alterations. It's probably a good idea to allow for a bit of leeway and set deadlines that have a 1 — 2 week contingency built in.