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Minister gets jail for stealing flock's identities

A Baptist minister in central Pennsylvania has been sentenced to one year in jail for stealing the identities of his church members.

Social Web browser Flock out with new test version

Developers of a "social" Web browser called Flock have released a new test version.

Pastor Admits Stealing IDs From Flock

The former pastor of a Northumberland County church acknowledges using parishioners' personal information to obtain credit cards.

The Vine
Tempers Flare As Drivers Flock To Cheap Gas Prices
Source: wlwt.com

Tempers flared Friday as motorists waited in line for some of the area's lowest gas prices.

Pet Food & the End of the World
Source: The New York Times

[In 2000] it took three pounds of wild fish to provide enough food to grow one pound of farmed salmon, environmentalists have been apoplectic.

Human Selection Causes Harmful Speed-up of Species Evolution
Source: The New York Times

Based on an analysis of earlier studies of 29 species — mostly fish, but also a few animals and plants like bighorn sheep and ginseng — researchers from several Canadian and American universities found that rates of evolutionary change were three times higher in species subje …

Flock OpenID support a small step for slow-moving standard
Source: Ars Technica

The potential of a ubiquitous online login is slowly being realized with emerging identity systems like OpenID.

Browser Head to Head: Chrome vs Firefox vs Flock
Source: Mashable!

It's a long road to a victory in the browser wars. Just ask Firefox.

Open Letter to the Pope about the need for condoms

Pope Benedict XVI The Vatican Rome Italy Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Dear Papa,

The Future of Web Fonts Looking Brighter
Source: webmonkey.com

It's no secret that fonts on the web suck. The problem is that, in order to use a font on the web, the actual font file must exist on the user's computer.

Flock 2 steps up the social browser game
Source: Ars Technica

Flock is an intriguing new "social web browser" that is designed not just as a portal to the web, but to your friends' lives and the online communities where we share many of today's experiences.

Firefox 3 Beta Review: A Disappointment
Source: osweekly.com

I've been testing the latest release of Firefox since my last article, which discussed the areas Mozilla needed to work on. Overall, it looks and feels like the last release.

What's New in Music 2/20/08

Another week, another Tuesday Wednesday, another flurry of new music. As new albums drop, this column will do its best to track the notable releases so you don't have to.

Your MySpace Web Browser Is Coming
Source: Read/WriteWeb

Flock, the Mozilla-based social web browser has made the announcement that everyone has been waiting for: they will now integrate with MySpace. Building on the MySpace Developer Platform, Flock will allow users to surf the web with their MySpace friends in their sidebar.

Flock Browser. Has anyone else installed it?

I took a look at Newsvine Tools, last evening, and decieded to download and install the recommended "Flock" Browser, and I was just wondering how many other 'Viners had done the same? How do you find it? I suppose, it's like most new Software, it takes a little time to become  …

Amazing spectacle of starlings flocking
Source: Guardian Unlimited

At this time of year, starlings form vast flocks for the winter [not just in this country, but in places such as Algeria and the United States]. Each night before they go down to roost, they swoop around the skies in spectacular formations.

Flock 1.0 Released!
Source: flock.com

Flock 1.0 delivers a more personal experience of the web, where its users are in control and more connected to what's important to them.

Mac OS X Web browser rundown 2007
Source: 456 Berea Street

Several years ago, when Mac OS X was still a very young operating system, it was hard to find a really good and stable web browser for the Mac. Pretty much the only viable option for the first release of Mac OS X in 2001 was Internet Explorer 5.

Spread Buttons | Flock
Source: flock.com

Mozilla To Build Social Networking Into Firefox: Bad News For Flock
Source: TechCrunch

Mozilla has released details on The Coop, a new product that will incorporate social networking features directly into the Firefox browser.

Second Founder Leaves Flock
Source: TechCrunch

Geoffrey Arone, the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of silicon valley based Flock, is leaving the company to become an Entrepreneur in Residence at Bessemer Venture Partners (one of the original Flock investors).

Piczo Announces Partnerships - Growth Still Strong
Source: TechCrunch

San Francisco based Piczo, a social network for young teenagers, continues to add 35,000 new registered users per day, and claims 2 billion monthly page views. We first covered them back in September, where we compared them with the other major social networks.

Flock Ditches Shadows Bookmarking Service
Source: TechCrunch

In a blog post yesterday, Flock's Mike Dosik announced that they will no longer support the Shadows bookmarking service (Shadows is a product of Pluck) in the upcoming Flock 2.0 release. A number of angry Flock users commented on the post, wanting to know why.

Make Opera Look/Act Like IE, Firefox, Flock, and Netscape

Internet Explorer Doing a search for Internet Explorer in the skin section will bring up a bunch of IE skins for Opera. You can add ActiveX and VBScript support with the Neptune plugin. Go to here to find out more.

Web Browser Faceoff
Source: Read/WriteWeb

The last few weeks have been packed with browser action and the two market leaders, Internet Explorer and Firefox, have launched major new versions.

America's Next Top Web Browser
Source: Download Squad

Seeing a bunch of lean code jockeys building the next generation of web browsers is a reality TV show I'd watch. Since that's probably not happening any time soon, I'll take the next best thing: Read/WriteWeb's Web Browser Faceoff, by Alex Iskold.

Comparative Analysis: Firefox Vs Flock
Source: supriyadisw.net

This is well-written review on the strong and weak features of Flock and Firefox; two of the most well-known open source browsers. After you have read the author's comparative analysis, you can go ahead and take your pick.

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