Mozilla 1.0 has been released. That's the download task for tomorrow. A Guide to Mozilla 1.0 seems a better place to start learning about the fearues of this release rather than use that first link which is to the Release Notes page.

dive into mark | Important change to the LINK tag

All you early adopters, pay attention. The LINK tag for pointing to a page's RSS feed is changing (just once, and then solidifying forever). Both the type and title attributes are changing to be more specific. The new syntax is this:

<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="url/to/rss/file">

Cool! When Dave linked to BBC News | SCOTLAND | Online plan for Scots dictionary he mentioned me. I'd just like to point out that I'm not at all like the other person Dave linked to. Although my students might disagree - especially the ones that ae studying for, or have just sat, one of my exams ;-)

IBM Scientists Rely on the Principle of Uncertainty To Develop Web-Privacy Answers

Called Privacy-Preserving Data Mining, the research relies on the notion that one's personal data can be protected by being scrambled or randomized prior to being communicated. By applying this technique, a retailer could generate highly accurate data models without ever seeing personal information. "The beauty of this research is that retailers and other Web businesses are able to extract the valuable demographic information they need without necessarily knowing the underlying personal consumer data", said Harriet P. Pearson, IBM's Chief Privacy Officer. "I believe we'll see technological approaches such as this playing a larger role in managing the privacy issues of today and the future."

BBC News | UK | Palace pop spectacle wows Jubilee crowds

More than a million people gathered in London to listen to some of the world's greatest rock and pop legends perform at Buckingham Palace in honour of the Queen's 50 years on the throne.

I missed the first hour of the concert on TV but caught the last two hours. It certainly catered for people of my generation ;-). It was great to see so many rock legends in one place at one time. The fireworks were pretty spectacular too ;-) Thoroughly enjoyable. It made me feel proud to be British.