Comment Re:Firefox connections (Score 1) 450
That is a very useful link
Submission + - Browsing frugally without wasting bandwidth?
forrestm writes: At home, my internet connection is limited to 1GB / month before I have to pay extra. At university, I am charged around 2.5c per megabyte. I rarely download anything big, but I often go through a large amount of bandwidth by just simply browsing around. For example, when I play a YouTube video, click a link, and then return to the video, the whole video reloads. When I read some websites, for example BoingBoing.net or Cnet.com, in my status bar I see a whole lot of data being transfered through other domains. Some pages seem to send/recieve data at certain intervals for the duration of my visit. When I begin to enter a search in Firefox's search bar, a list of suggestions is automatically downloaded. In addition to this, Firefox often requests internet access of its own accord, even though I have automatic updating turned off. All this is costing me! How do I stop unsolicited use of my internet connection? How do I go about not wasting bandwidth like this?
The 360 Is Too Cheap? 291
The always interesting GamerDad site is running a 'LongShot' column wondering if perhaps the 360 wasn't expensive enough? From the article: "The beginning of a console generation has typically been for those with deep pockets or an unhealthy hardcore jones for videogames. These people are willing to smack down big bucks for the latest technology. The price of 360 was too low to keep the launch confined to that group and it was a big mistake in my opinion. With a higher price tag, Microsoft would have made more money, made sure sellouts wouldn't have lasted for months after Christmas and still sold through all the units they had to sell before the holiday. The demand for a new system was far higher than most people anticipated, especially given the early demise of the original Xbox, a system that will probably be gone from store shelves by February 2007."
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