| Fix Firefox's memory problems, says Mozilla director
Mozilla must address Firefox's memory problems if it's serious about entering the mobile browser market, a member of the company's board of directors said over the weekend. The on-again, off-again debate over whether Firefox has a memory leak was dragged back into the limelight by Christopher Blizzard, a Red Hat developer and longtime contributor to Firefox who also sits on Mozilla's board. "As Mozilla starts down the path to running in the mobile space we are spending time looking at memory pressure issues more closely," Blizzard said in a posting to his personal blog on Saturday, referring to the leak that many users believe plagues Firefox. The longer Firefox runs and more pages it opens, the theory goes, the larger its appetite for memory. At some point, the load is significant enough to hinder performance or in some cases, lock the browser.
NASA Ames Scientist Earns Award for Educating Youth About Nanotechnology
Meyya Meyyappan, Director of the Center for Nanotechnology at NASA Ames Research Center, was recently awarded the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Electron Devices Society education award for his work in educating university and high school students about nanotechnology. This award recognizes an IEEE Electron Devices Society member from an academic, industrial, or government organization with distinguished contributions to education within the fields of interest of the IEEE Electron Devices Society. .
Prolong the life of technology
You have a huge investment in your iPod, phone, television and other gadgets. You want your gear to last as long as possible. Fortunately, you can take steps to prolong the life of your gear. Let's start with batteries. So many things rely on them. They're used in laptops, iPods, cell phones and other gadgets. Lithium-ion batteries are used almost exclusively today. They last longest when given frequent partial charges. It's best to discharge them completely once a month to reset the fuel gauge. Heat is the enemy of batteries. Don't leave them sitting in the sun or use cases that trap heat next to the battery. If you're storing a battery for an extended period, keep it cool. And make sure its charge is only about 50 percent. If you're having battery problems, don't overlook the charger.
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