Here are my 5 top Firefox extensions. If you haven’t used these you should give them a try:

1. Copy and Go – Copy marked text, paste it and Go to the URL on a new tab immediately.
2. Image Zoom- Adds zoom and rotation functionality for images.
3. Bulk Image Downloader- Download full sized images from almost any thumbnailed web gallery.
4. Read It Later- Read It Later allows you to save pages of interest to read later.
5. FEBE – allows you to quickly and easily backup your Firefox extensions and bookmarks.

The good folks at Mashable have written a great article breaking down the positives and negatives of Seesmic Desktop and TweetDeck.

If you’re trying to decide which one to use, this article should help clear that up.

I started using Seesmic Desktop yesterday and I could not be happier. Seesmic may well become the dominant Twitter client in the months to come if the early version of Desktop is any indication.

Today Microsoft kicked off its launch of Internet Explorer 8 at the Mix 09 show:

"We are releasing it here at Mix because we are excited about what you, the developers, can build with it," IE general manager Dean Hachamovitch said. Hachamovitch then launched into a demo of the new browser, touting its anti-malware features, such as protection from click-jacking attacks.

Some of the biggest features touted is the so-called “private browsing” that leaves no tracks behind of your surfing, and the “accelerators” that allow users to take action without leaving a website.

Personally, I think this browser rollout makes for good entertainment but not much else. Under no circumstances would I ever use IE to surf the web ever again. Firefox and even Google’s Chrome are vastly superior browsers.

Take a look at this: