IE8 beta 2 has been a great release so far from our Redmond friends. We should not forget that its still Beta and we will have issues with it.
I was playing around with IE8 Tab Grouping and also looking into Task Manager on how IE8 was performing.
Tab Grouping is a cool feature which gives a color for similar tabs opened from same web site. For example, you may be reading an article from a web site and suddenly you see something interesting, and click that link to open in a new tab. IE8 groups those two tabs and treats them to be different web page links from the same web site and thus gives a color to it so that we can easily identify where the tabs came from.
Most interesting is even the Quick Tabs will show that color 
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Suddenly I thought why not open Task Manager and see what's going on
I was surprised to see that there are 10 instances of iexplore.exe running and also to see it marked as a 32 bit application even though I have installed the 64bit version in my 64bit Vista Ultimate!
I also found that I had opened 10 Tab Groups opened (based on the color) which directly relates to 10 instances running in Task Manager!
What is happening here!
Let us do some test:
1) I opened IE8 and fired up the Task Manager
You can see that shows 2 instances running!
2) Let us open 3 tabs now
We now have 4 instances running!
3) Lets close two tabs in the previous screen-shot
I still have 4 instances running!
I really do not know what is happening here, but each instance does use memory!
What with IE7?
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I have opened 4 tabs and yet I get only one instance running (This IE7 is a 32 bit version though)
Any suggestions or comments are welcome
UPDATE: This is a new feature called LCIE. To know more about LCIE, please visit here
UPDATE: Regarding the 32bit thingy, IE8 defaults to 32bit becoz so many Addons are still 32bit and dont have native 64bit versions. Thanks to Nathan Mercer for pointing it out. The 64bit executable is available from the start menu though :)
John Key and David Cunliffe to keynote Microsoft Tech Ed New Zealand 2008
It is going to be hard to beat last year's Lou Carbone Tech Ed Keynote, the best keynote delivery I've ever seen. Earlier on during the Tech Ed 2008 planning I've heard rumours of two politicians doing the keynote this time.IT Brief is conf... (more in the full post)
Anti-Smacking Referendum: What's the Real Issue?
I commented on a thread on Poneke's blog. Since a later comment than mine is already showing up, it is starting to make me wonder whether my contribution (my second on that thread) is going to show at all. So, it appears here...
The problem is that there are two issues here that are being mischieviously confused by Sue Bradford, purely to achieve a political objective.
The first issue is the gross child abuse, including murder, that happens all too often in NZ. That is child bashing, and we all condemn it.
The second issue is loving parental correction of children. This occurs in the context of families where parents want to bring up their children to know right and wrong, what's safe and what's not...
The big lie that NZ has been sold is that the Anti-Smacking Bill is aimed at addressing the first issue. That this is patently false is clear to the vast majority of voters. (It is evident from the unchanged infant murder statistics since the Bill was passed.)
The real objective of Sue Bradford's Bill is to undermine parental authority, and increase State power in the raising of children.
The problem therefore is not smacking of children. The problem is unwarranted State interference in the lives of law-abiding citizens.
Incidentally, if Parliament was serious about addressing the real issues, it would have voted for Chester Borrows amendment.
Apple faces monopoly charge from clone maker
Case asks for 'illegal' tie between the Mac operating system and Apple hardware to be broken
Linkification v2
Tech tips:
Bulk Convert Old Documents to Office 2007 Format - handy
SSL Shopper - compare pricing & features of SSL providers
9 things you should not buy new - I'm not sure about how second hand jewelery would go down with the other half mind
Outlook troubleshooting tip: The magic of the CTRL key
Five best FTP clients
The Best Free Apps for Your Windows Mobile Device
Convert your Windows Server 2008 to a Workstation
Remotely Log Off Remote Desktop Users
Free replacements for paid tools
Web news / happenings:
Firefox SSL debate rages on - debate on how FF3 handles self-signed certificates
Microsoft enlists Seinfeld, Gates to battle "Get a Mac" ads
Using Fedora Red Hat Enterprise? Check the security announcements
So maybe there is a point to spam...
Web Fraud 2.0 — Point-and-Click Cracking Tools
Telecom free mobile e-mail offer extended
Xero announces Acclipse partnership
Hands-on with the Palm Treo Pro 850 (review)
iPhone:
Orange paying actors to line up for iPhone in Poland
iPhone 3G Tests: Antenna passes, networks fail
iPhone Game Pads Are Coming To Enhance Gameplay Tenfold - the concept is great, but I can't see these becoming widespread enough to turn the iPhone into a serious gaming platform.
Coding / Programming:
Enterprise .Net vs PHP - web comic
Latency is Everywhere and it Costs You Sales - How to Crush it
Top 10 things that annoy programmers
LOL / cool:
Crime fighting GPS turtle!
RC Cars Are the Javelin Errand Boys of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics
QinetiQ's Zephyr sets another unmanned solar plane flight record - very cool tech in action
Draganfly X6 UAV: UFO Thingy Packed With Carbon Fiber, HD/Night Cameras and GPS - I want one!
A Map of Olympic Medals
Want to Know Everything About a Website? Try Quarkbase - pretty cool, try it with geekzone.co.nz
Gaming:
Gold Farming: It Prints Money
Good Tech Ed 2008 keynote writeup at Computerworld
At Computerworld NZ you can read a good write up of today's Microsoft Tech Ed New Zealand keynote, delivered by Amit Mital, General Manager Live Mesh:[quote]Microsoft general manager Amit Mital emphasised the advantages of agility and ... (more in the full post)
Internet access a human right, minister says
History of the internet in NZ published
KiwiSaver demystified
Free service allows users to choose a KiwiSaver provider and a fund type of their choice
Council Approves Plan Change
No surprise: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/2044170
With the plan change a sizable chunk of the airfield, including the area with all the hangars and control tower, the grass strip adjacent to the sealed strip, and I believe the eastern end of the field including what roughly appears to be the displaced threshold area are rezoned into various non aviation zonings.
I believe (although the document is hard reading) that almost all the sealed strip and immediate surrounds, right across to wigram road infact remains zone "A" for Aviation and the approach fans are in place still so technically it could still operate as an airfield, but naturally the developers can now use the fact that housing development will occur to basically the boundary as a convenient excuse to proceed with the shut down of aviation operations --- from there on it's a rubber stamp affair to get then remaining A zone changed into other zones (Living 1-3, Business, and Conservation) due to no aviation activity occuring.
Once again, the Christchurch City Council has failed the people who voted it in. For shame those councillors who voted for a plan change to which the people you are tasked with representing are quite clearly against.
Whilst I'm certainly not one to give up without a fight, I'm not sure at this point there are any ways in which we could have an effect, with the plan change approved the council has I expect let the cat out of the proverbial and wouldn't be able to put it back even if it could be convinced to do so.
I'm open to ideas though.
The TelecomONE unconference
After attending this year's Kiwi FOO (1, 2) a few of the Telecom folks there decided to work and put together an internal unconference event.TelecomONE Innovation '08 is running for three days of October in Warkworth, in the same venue used for the Kiwi FOO events before. About 80 Telecom people, both technical and business types, will get together plus a number of invited external participants - including myself. Like the FOO camp attendance is by invitation only.
Invitees are all doing interesting work and are invited to network, share their works in progress, show off the latest tech toys, and tackle challenging problems together.
I am told Telecom CEO Dr Paul Reynolds is directly supporting this initiative.
Also like the FOO camp discussions you will find there's a rule - what happens there stays there. You might find some reports about the topics, but won't see many direct quotes or references. This is the norm, to encourage an open debate, even when it involves proprietary or confidential information brought in by participants - some sessions have very interesting topics and the openess brings a lot of proprietary and private information to the room.
I think this is a great initiative and I am really looking forward to be present and contributing to the discussion.
Who is at the Microsoft Tech Ed New Zealand 2008 marketplace?
I've just received a list of the companies (in alphabetical order) exhibiting in the marketplace:[quote]ACE TrainingAgileAnyware Computer AccessoriesArgent SoftwareAuldhouseCitrixCommVault SystemsData... (more in the full post)
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