Gmail can't be loaded in Firefox

A few hours ago, I couldn't access my Gmail in Firefox, the mail loading process looped endlessly. However I was able to access my mail using basic HTML view.












- Loading runs into infinite loop

It was not an error on Gmail server as I had no problem logging in with other browsers. I guessed there must be something wrong with Firefox, so I cleared the cache in Firefox and in the end problem solved! Standard view of Gmail loaded successfully and everything run fine.
This problem is listed under Gmail Known Issues actually.
Have you encountered issues listed at there?

Gmail Multiple Login

Recently I and my colleagues are sending invitation letter to businesses for our Google Online Marketing Challenge and we are sharing a Gmail account that created just for this challenge. As usual, I will check the Sent Mail after a mail is sent, when I was looking at the Sent Mail, suddenly a new sent item appeared, and a few seconds later, another mail was sent and appeared on top of all sent mail. Mailbox hijacked? Of course no, one of my colleagues was logged in and sending mail at the same time. Just realized that Gmail(& others popular webmail as well) allow simultaneous login to one account from different computer or browser(session). Now I wonder is there a way to check or track simultaneous login...

Most Popular Search Terms in 2007

Every year Google will studies the search queries people made over the year, and reveals the most popular search terms of the year.
Apple iPhone topped the search and proved it was the hottest topic in year 2007.

Here is the list of global fastest rising queries :
1. iphone
2. badoo
3. facebook
4. dailymotion
5. webkinz
6. youtube
7. ebuddy
8. second life
9. hi5
10. club penguin

And here is
Malaysia top gaining queries (November 2007) :
1. lee hom
2. jennifer love hewitt
3. c.ronaldo
4. mariah carey
5. um
6. nokia n95
7. nstp
8. 公主小妹 (a Taiwan drama series)
9. nurinjazlin
10. genting highland

UM was not in the top 200 of World University Rankings 2007 but it was one of the top searches in Malaysia.

Full details on Google Zeitgeist, there are more detailed statistics for U.S. region.
View Zeitgeist by country at Zeitgeist Around the World.
China Google(谷歌) has a very detailed search queries report of its own, covering from most popular search terms to searches conducted in daylight and searches conducted at night.
Read it here(in Chinese) :

Yahoo also came out with top trends in search in 2007 which categorized the top 10 search into 9 categories. Here is the top of each category :
Top news story - Saddam Hussein
Top environmental search - Recycling
Top troubled star - Britney Spears
Top in tech - YouTube
Top consumer call-back - Pet Food Recall
Top sports news - NASCAR
Top send-off - Harry Potter
Top on del.icio.us - Design
Top on Yahoo! Kids - Games

See full listing at Yahoo Top Trends 2007 .
Yahoo also shows other interesting statistics like list of top misspelled words, top searched auto manufacturers in 2007...
Check it out here.

Of course, for all the lists above, adult search terms were removed from the listing. We may see some interesting terms if the lists were not filtered.

Google Holiday Logos/Doodles

Google creates custom logos to bring out the theme for holidays, special days and events.
As usual, Google will comes out with a "holiday doodle"(a series of logos) at the end of every year.

Google's Christmas doodle for this year, one last logo to be released in the next few hours.
Click on the picture to see the complete doodle.


Check out all the custom logos Google has created in the past. It is interesting to recall all the logos at a glance here.
Let see how many custom logos you have seen/missed in year 2007, it indirectly reflects how "addict" you are to Google.

Merry Christmas!

GMail Flaw - Mailbox can be hijacked

Hackers can make use of the vulnerability in Gmail filtering feature to get the current and upcoming mails of a user by forwarding all the mails to their desired mailbox.
According to Petko Petkov, a web vulnerability researcher, when a user visiting a malicious website while still logged into Gmail, a "multipart/form-data POST" will be performed to one of the application programming interfaces, followed by injection of filter into user's filter list, then the filter will send all the mails that match the rule, including future mails also. That means even the vulnerability is fixed by Google, the mails will be forwarded also as long as the filter is still there. See Gnucitizen for screenshots and details.
So check your GMail filter list under settings now.

Google Lunar X PRIZE

Google together with X PRIZE Foundation offer $30 million to privately funded teams that can land a spacecraft on the moon. Grand prize $20 million will be awarded to the first team that successfully land a spacecraft on the moon & capable to rove the moon surface for minimum 500 meters and send video, images and data(1GB required) back to the Earth. Second prize $5 million will be given to the next team that completed the mission. Besides, bonus prize of $5 million will be awarded to the team that can complete the additional tasks. Google Lunar X PRIZE is open to all organizations around the world, anyone can participate in this competition. This is what Google and X Prize called Moon 2.0, the second era of lunar exploration.
Check out this video!

Interesting Sights in Google Earth

My Streamyx line is very unstable again, SNR margin fluctuating like hell since last 2 weeks. Few days ago, error 676 and 678 visited again, called TM, they said connection in Klang Valley area got problem and they were fixing it, but according to some of my friends near my area, they didn't face any connection issue. So how to explain? I faced error 676 and 678 for almost a day even when the line was stable...

Well, I am not plan to talk about Streamyx in this post, but I want to share some interesting sights that can be found in Google Earth.

No parking space?
(Google Earth coordinates 52.069207,4.3139865)

Ancient man listening to mp3
(Google Earth coordinates 50.010083,-110.113006)

Check out more at PC World - In Pictures: The Strangest Sights in Google Earth.
Of course, there are more than that can be found in Google Earth...