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Download SeaMonkey 2.2, Based on Firefox 5's Gecko Engine

SeaMonkey 2.2, the all-in-one internet suite from Mozilla, has been released and is now available for download. The latest version comes with a number of improvements and new features and is based on the latest Gecko 5, the same engine that powers Firefox 5. This explains all of the similarities and the fact that ...

8 July 2011
08:41 GMT

Mozilla Drops Support for Gecko Embeds

Mozilla has always been the champion of open source, of community over revenue. If there's anyone mistreating the open source world it's Google with Android. And, yet, Mozilla is the one making a move that will affect several projects not directly associated with the organization, it's dropping support...

1 April 2011
11:50 GMT

Explaining Geckos' Sticky Feet

A new research carried on by Kellar Autumn and his team, explained why gecko's feet are so sticky and also how humidity helped them have a good grip.Humans are trying to make ever more advanced glues, for different kinds of surfaces, but they will never surpass geckos and their sticky feet.Geckos can climb on to...

15 October 2010
04:05 GMT

New Gecko Species Discovered

Recently, as they were strolling in the foothills of the Cardomom Mountains, in Cambodia, experts working for Fauna & Flora International discovered a new species of gecko inhabiting the region. This is only the second species of the creature found in the country, but it already proved some wonderful insights into ho...

24 March 2010
10:39 GMT

Firefox 3.5 Death Mulled by Mozilla

Firefox 3.5 might be only three months old, but fact is that Mozilla is already contemplating the early death of the browser version. The reason? Nothing other than the upcoming minor update for the open-source browser, scheduled to drop by the end of this year, namely Firefox 3.6. Following the general availability ...

9 October 2009
14:51 GMT

Camino 2.0 Alpha 1 Released – Download Here

The folks handling the Camino Project have updated their simple, but useful, web browser for Mac OS X, Camino. The release includes critical security and stability fixes, an updated Google feed handler icon, improved ad blocking, and more. Although still hard at work on the web browser, the Camino Project hopes more...

19 November 2008
14:11 GMT

Superhero Trait of Gecko Feet Inspires Adhesive Material

Geckos have an odd ability that seems to allow them to defy gravity; it has been puzzling scientists (and superhero comics authors) for decades, as they hang upside-down on vertical surfaces with the least of efforts. By analyzing the Gecko feet, researchers were able to come up with a material that surpasses the res...

10 October 2008
10:23 GMT

Norhtec to Release Yet Another Sub-$300 Linux UMPC

Thai system builder Norhtec has announced its plans of releasing a sub-$300 ultra-mobile PC built around a previous design from Quanta. The new model will be called "the Gecko" and is especially designed for the developing-country markets. The Gecko is powered by a Via C7-M ultra-low voltage processor running at a d...

8 March 2008
06:37 GMT

A Step Toward "Gecko Glue"

Gecko lizards are amazing due to their capacity to walk on walls and upside down on the ceilings. Lizards' ability to defy gravity and attach to smooth surfaces like glass is due to their setae, hair-like structures of their feet. They do not secret glue, but use weak molecular forces, called Van der Waals, to g...

21 December 2007
02:52 GMT

Soon, Spider Man Suit for Climbing Vertical Walls

If you like the red-blue suit, wear it, as people could climb vertical walls in a not such a remote future just like the comics/movie superhero Spiderman. Nature already developed the technology, which is employed by spiders, many insects and gecko lizards. All these species have tiny "hairs" on the tip of their fee...

3 September 2007
07:00 GMT

Hybrid Super Glue Mimics Geckos and Mussels

What do you do when two substances just won't stick to each other, no matter how hard you try? You take a peak at Mother Nature and try to copy some of her surprising solutions. A new super glue does exactly that and learns from the masters in the field the gecko and the mussel.The Gecko is a small lizard, one ...

19 July 2007
02:46 GMT

How Can Gravity Be Eluded?

Nature prevails over human technology in many cases. Gecko lizards have amazed people for long with their ability to walk on walls and ceilings. The secret behind this amazing ability lies on an unique quick-release mechanism that permits geckos to strongly adhere to a surface, but then detach with ease, unlike conve...

15 June 2007
03:32 GMT


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