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For those not in the know, Google recently released a Beta of their brand new web browser (Google Chrome)  which is aimed at knocking Firefox and Internet Explorer from their almighty pedestals.
The release day was one that saw the Internet awash with bloggers and forum-addicts glued to their threads and websites eager to see what [...]

I’m typing this post from an unreleased Dell system, the Dell Latitude e4300. This system is (part of) a launch line, the “e” series. If you follow the Dell naming cconventions, the previous (and still supported) Latitude line is the D series. The E series is supposed to have more enhanced functionality and less fluff, more efficient [...]

One of the main reasons for using an operating system such as Linux, is the ability to customise almost everything.
With this in mind, I’m glad that users have the ability to alter the theme on Ubuntu Linux as the default is not exactly revolutionary or exceptionally pretty.
However, the community can play a huge role in [...]

Brain boxes at Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School (Where else?) have recently developed a nifty little web tool called HealthMap. HealthMap gathers and utilises information from the world wide web to accumulate information on outbreaks of diseases, and pinpoints their exact location on a big worldwide map.
Or as they say over at Harvard, it is a ”multi-stream real-time surveillance platform that [...]

I have been experimenting with software known as ‘Shimmie’. For those not in the know, Shimmie is based on the Danbooru concept. Although Danbooru focuses on primarily anime and manga uploads, Ebola Cola’s very own ‘Colaboru’ (maybe we need to fiddle with the name) will allow the uploading of anything.
You can upload images, leave comments [...]

Bill Gates quits full-time job today. A short history of his achievements will hurt no-one - unless you have Vista, maybe.

Microsoft’s second-latest OS will survive for some years more, covering the hole created by Vista.

Firefox 3 has been launched in a grand event a few days ago… but is it that great? It seems like there are problems

At Ebola Cola, we’re fans of open source. If we were not then our server would be running Windows, think of the difficulties we’d experience in that system!
So here’s some great news for developers, Reddit is becoming open source!
For those not in the know, Reddit is a Digg-like website where users can choose their content [...]

It’s one o’clock, you can finally download the latest version of Firefox. For those not in the know, it has a tonne of new features!
That’s not all though, Mozilla are aiming to make history. The twenty four hour time period has begun and download day is underway. The Firefox team are aiming for the most [...]