Greg Berlin

Google's Web browser Chrome thrilled with an extremely fast site rendering, a sleek design and innovative features. But it also gets critic from data protection specialists , for reasons such as creating a unique user ID or the submission of entries to Google to generate suggestions. SRWare Iron is a real alternative. The browser is based on the Chromium-source and offers the same features as Chrome - but without the critical points that the privacy concern. We could therefore create a browser with which you can now use the innovative features without worrying about your privacy. We want our users to participate in our work and make the browser free to download under the name "SRWare Iron" into the net. - Greg Berlin

Over the last few months a number of respected photographers have released some quality e-books and e-resources for photographers. As many readers are currently shopping for gifts for loved ones or are looking for something to read over the holidays we thought it might be a great time to do a wrap up of some of the e-books that we recommend the most here at DPS. Here they are, listed in no particular order of quality or preference as each will meet different photographers needs in different ways. Read more: http://digital-photography-school.com/10-esse... - Greg Berlin

Whether you want to get inspired to take photos or learn about the history of the field, there are loads of lectures out there that can let you sit back, watch, and expand your photography knowledge. Here are 50 such lectures that will help you learn about photography basics, famous photographers, photojournalism and much more to get your creative juices flowing and help you hone your craft. - Greg Berlin

One of the most talked about features of the new iPhone 3.0 software update is internet tethering, or being able to use your iPhone as a mobile modem for your laptop. Both Optus and Vodafone have announced they’ll support the service, although Optus has stated that they’ll be charging you for the privilege. Telstra, Three and Virgin are all yet to publicly announce support for the feature, but thanks to some enterprising people, you can get your iPhone tethered to your laptop for free, today, regardless of carrier. Here’s how. - Greg Berlin

At some stage in your career, it’s likely you’ll be asked by a client to design a HTML email. Before you rush to explain that all the cool kids are using social media, keep in mind that when done correctly, email is still one of the best ways to promote you and your clients online. In fact, a recent survey showed that every dollar spent on email marketing this year generated more than $40 in return. That’s more than any other marketing channel, including the cool ones. There are a whole host of ingredients that contribute to a good email marketing campaign. Permission, relevance, timeliness and engaging content are all important. Even so, the biggest challenge for designers still remains building an email that renders well across all the popular email clients. - Greg Berlin

SecondBar is a Tool which allows you to have more than one menubar in Mac OS X. This is useful if you have multiple monitors connected to your mac. See this post for more information: http://blog.boastr.net/?p=3 SecondBar development is at the very beginning so try it at your on risk. - Greg Berlin

An extension for Umbraco developers. Switch between normal, debug and umbraco and search. By Kenneth Solberg, kenneth@xeed.no - Greg Berlin

Speed Tracer is a tool to help you identify and fix performance problems in your web applications. It visualizes metrics that are taken from low level instrumentation points inside of the browser and analyzes them as your application runs. Speed Tracer is available as a Chrome extension and works on all platforms where extensions are currently supported (Windows and Linux). Using Speed Tracer you are able to get a better picture of where time is being spent in your application. This includes problems caused by: * Javascript parsing and execution * Layout * CSS style recalculation and selector matching * DOM Event handling * Network resource loading * Timer fires * XMLHttpRequest callbacks * Painting * and more ... - Greg Berlin

Replacing the hard drive in an Apple MacBook is pretty easy. You just pop out the battery, remove three little screws, and pull on a special "hard drive removal" tab to pull the drive out. There are even instructions [PDF] on Apple's site. The MacBook Pro is a different story. Replacing your MacBook Pro hard drive requires some minor surgery, and it will void your warranty—but hey, that's never stopped an ExtremeTech reader, right? - Greg Berlin

Ajax is changing web applications, giving them a responsiveness that's unheard of beyond the desktop. But behind all the hype, there's not much to Ajax -- (X)HTML, JavaScript, and XML are nothing new, and in this tutorial, I'll show you how to simplify the process of adding Ajax to your application even further with the help of jQuery, a popular JavaScript library. - Greg Berlin

Long title, but this is a problem that has haunted me for a while now. I have an Asp.Net WebMethod that takes a List/IEnumerable/Array of stuff as a parameter, how do I send that stuff to that method using the JQuery Ajax method. Now, without having to reinvent the wheel, do check out David Ward’s articles on JQuery and Asp.Net WebMethods for a primer on how this is done. * Using jQuery to Consume ASP.NET JSON Web Service * A breaking change between versions of ASP.NET AJAX But one item not mentioned is how to update methods that take lists. - Greg Berlin