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Google Sidebar launches non-default Web browser in Vista

I finally tried out Google Desktop, including Google Sidebar, on my laptop running Vista. I really love it, especially the fact that I can tell it to Big Brother me and tailor content based on my Web surfing (and program use, possibly). The one pain I found is that, even though FireFox is my default browser, it always launches links in IE. Apparently, it's a known issue and Google's planning to fix it in the next release. http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Desktop_How-do-I/browse_thread/thread/96ff7be4fa9f38e6/b4ff327f534b047e

ColdFusion Tutorial - Looping over a list

This is a basic ColdFusion tutorial on how to loop over a list. It's pretty simple once you get the gist of it, but getting started can be tricky. Another reference can be found at Adobe LiveDocs . Basically, there are five steps: Define the list Create a CFOUTPUT block Create a CFLOOP block inside the CFOUTPUT block Do something in the loop block Show the results This tutorial will show you step-by-step what to do. 1. Define the list To loop over a list, you must first have a list to loop over. A list is a combination of different or same-typed values. Usually, lists are separated with commas, but you can use anything to separate lists. I usually use a bell character, but the default is a comma. NOTE: Make sure that you do not have any spaces between your list elements. <cfset radioList = "one,two,three" /> 2. Create a CFOUTPUT block A CFOUTPUT block consists of an open and a close CFOUTPUT tag. This tells the server to interpret anything between those two