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PC World up for sale for £30

PC World - only £30 from PC World

Apparently, PC World is selling itself. What’s more – it’s a bargain at only £30 (roughly US$60, and PC World is one of the biggest computer resellers here in the UK).

It’s not real, of course. It’s just PC World listing ‘PC World’ as a purchasable product when doing a search for ‘recovery’ for only £30.

OK, fine, it’s not funny. I know.

Also, slap on the hand for the PC World site not working without JavaScript on. My quest for all sites not relying on JavaScript to operate goes on.

[via Channel Register]

Hacking Firefox 1.5 extensions for 2.0

One of the bad things about upgrading to a new Firefox major version is that inevitably, some of your favourite extensions won’t be modified to work with the new version. And with Firefox extensions being so awesome (and arguably crucial to Firefox’s success)…

But, thankfully, it’s not too difficult to hack the extension files to make your extensions work with the new version.

Before I begin – this process could make your extension (and maybe your Firefox profile too) not work – so do it at your own risk! Having said that, starting Firefox in Safe Mode and uninstalling the culprit extension usually fixes any extension issues that may arise.

I’ll be using BoxCheck for this tutorial.

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