Those of you who are still using Firefox 2 should be getting the update notification in the next week saying that Firefox 3 is available for download. Mozilla would obviously like all of their users to upgrade to the latest version of the browser, but the real question is whether they will.

First generation iPod Nano owners may have a little more to worry about than the simple fact their devices are going on three years old. Japan's trade ministry recently blamed the battery in the 1st gen iPod nano's for causing three fires. In addition to the fires, there were two cases of people getting burned from them, just in Japan.

A few months ago we wrote about a free application that was able to track stolen computers, and today we've got an open source alternative for you. It's called Adeona, and it's interesting how it works. After setting it up you'll be given a file that is used to identify your computer in the event it gets stolen or lost.

Have you ever tried to copy a file from a CD or DVD that has been scratched? If so you might have received an error message stating that the file could not be copied because it is corrupt, but there might still be hope if you really need to access the contents.

Have you ever wondered how the Internet all got started? Knowing the crowd that is reading this, some of you probably already know. For those that don't, you'll want to take a look at a site that the National Science Foundation put together.

Ever since Apple's App Store launched, we have been waiting for a free app to view Wikipedia articles. Up until today, the only Wikipedia application for the iPhone that we knew of was called iWik, but you had to pay for it. Today Wikipanion launches, it's nearly perfect, and it's free.

Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Each weekday we bring you software updates for widely used programs, and it's safe to assume that all the software we list is freeware (we'll try to note the paid-only programs).

Before a Firefox extension has a chance to become unbelievably popular it has to go through an experimental phase to make sure it's worthy of being added to Mozilla's extension site. This process can sometimes take months, and so today we wanted to show you some of the best experimental Firefox extensions that you probably don't know about.