Now that Mozilla’s locked down Firefox 3’s final feature set with Friday’s push of release candidate 1, it’s official: while Firefox 3 boasts some great new features like a smart address bar and better bookmarks manager

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After the saddle slipped from underneath jockey Anna-Katharina Bromann, her mount Schattenlady crashed into the safety rails, unseating the jockey. She then went on to perform a dramatic somersault, to the amazement of race-goers. And amazingly, both horse and jockey emerged from the acrobatics unscathed.

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JavaScript VirtualKeyboard provides a virtual keyboard entirely written in JavaScript with more than 130 supported keyboard layouts allowing you to enter text in a variety of languages. Two uses for JavaScript VirtualKeyboard suggest themselves immediately: integrate it into your Web site to allow clients to enter internationalized text, and run it

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In the swarming Indian metropolis Mumbai, it can be a gymnastic exercise just to fish in your pocket on the packed city buses and stretch out your paying hand to the conductor. Many commuters have opted instead for a ’smart’ and cashless way to pay, provided, in part, by Linux. Named Go Mumbai, it is a prepaid smart card for BEST bus journeys.

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The riskiest part of your working day perhaps lies in the navigation of a hot cup of Cappuccino from the pantry to your desk. But some people
’s job are pants-wittingly terrifying. They are faced with guns, dynamite, bombs and death-threats everyday. Take a look at the 7 scariest jobs in the world.

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Bournemouth has become the first town in the UK to get super-fast internet connections - via the sewerage system. More than 88,000 homes and businesses in the Dorset town will benefit from internet speeds up to 100Mbps under the scheme, considerably faster than consumer broadband speeds on the market.

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Hiring managers don’t want to hear a lot of things during an interview — confessions of a violent past, a cell phone ring, a toilet flush. Yet job seekers have committed these interview gaffes and worse, according to CareerBuilder.com’s annual survey of the worst interview mistakes.

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Over 70 examples of sexy, bold and experimental typography. Some examples are typographic posters, some are typographic illustrations and some are just sketches with type. In any case, you will hopefully find some inspiration for your future works.

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Enjoy the pic …and pray to never be in a situation like that.

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Whoever thought being British could actually help SAVE your teeth?

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