Technology Talk - 09/03/2007

It has been a busy weekend around the blogosphere. Here are a few links I enjoyed:

• Mashable continues their toolbox series, this time with 180+ Del.icio.us tools and resources. Many of their toolbox posts are not necessary to read, but I recommend people bookmark them if they use the service covered in the toolbox.
• Mashable has also provided a nice post of 20 WordPress 4-Column Themes that is worth checking out. I do think there are situations where 4-column themes can work for certain sites, and it certainly allows people to have a lot of content above the fold.
• Keith at Techie Buzz covers 5 free tools to upload content to your website. I’m a FireFTP user, but I’ve heard good things about Firezilla from many people I trust, so I may be making the switch here shortly.
• Tech has a post up about a 75 year old pensioner that has the fastest broadband connection in the world. Sigbritt Löthberg enjoys a 40Gbps connection, which is several thousand times faster than the average connection.
• CyberNet has the latest features and videos regarding the alpha version of Opera 9.5, which is due to be available this Tuesday. Among other things, for those of you that don’t like Opera because it doesn’t work with a lot of sites (including many Google sites), there is now a right-click open to open with IE or Firefox.
• Vnunet has posted that the next generation iPods (due out shortly) will include digital radio. It is also believed that while listening to music on the digital radio, you will be able to click a button to purchase the song you are listening to if it is available on iTunes. Also, iPod Nanos should now include video.
• Thilak of TechBuzz talks a bit about Pownce’s new features. On a side note, I have 7 Pownce invites available if anyone is interested. Just comment below with an e-mail address.
• Wikipedia now has a timeline of web browsers available. Its not very readable, but is good for a quick reminder of what order things came in.