Archive for the ‘open source’ Category
Saturday, January 9th, 2010
All Firefox fans, the Release Candidate for version 3.6 is available for download. The updated browser features the updated Mozilla Gecko 1.9.2 rendering platform which is optimized to run on small footprint operating systems like Windows CE and Maemo.
Firefox 3.6 has gone through numerous updates from the Alpha release to ...
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
To all WordPress users it's time to do the update dance once again. WordPress Version 2.9 was released about a week ago with around 500 bugfixes and enhancements to make online publishing an even more seamless and customizable experience.
From the user's standpoint, here are the newest enhancements based on the ...
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Everyone's favorite open-source browser, Firefox, turned five years old on November 9. When version 1.0 was launched, a good number of netizens migrated to it as the best alternative to Microsoft's problematic Internet Explorer 6.
Probably one of the reasons for the rapid rise in Firefox's popularity was the lack of ...
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Friday, May 1st, 2009
Within less than two weeks Mozilla comes out with another update for Firefox which fixes a major stability issue and a security issue. It may seem like the Mozilla folks were caught by surprise considering the updates came so close to one another. But on the plus side it shows ...
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Friday, April 24th, 2009
Ubuntu's latest version 9.04 christened Jaunty Jackalope is now ready for download. This version of the popular, forever free, linux-based operating system is supposed to boot up faster, be better at managing power, and better at supporting a wider range of devices.
Ubuntu 9.04 comes in Desktop, Server and Netbook builds. ...
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
Many people, especially those in love with Apple's iPhone may think it's hideous, but I think it looks pretty good. Revealed at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with the codename Idou, Sony Ericsson has another one of those iPhone-killers warming up to take on the Jesus-phone.
All we know about the ...
Posted in Advances, Audio, mobile phones, open source | 1 Comment »
Friday, February 6th, 2009
February 3, 2009 saw the release of a patched up Firefox now up to version 3.06. I suggest you upgrade to this version as soon as possible as it fixes several security and stability issues. I won't bore you with the details but I always think the latest patch to ...
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
I finally got Google Chrome installed on my Vista SP1 laptop today. I figured out that the offending bit of software preventing me from installing it properly was ZoneLab's Forcefield. I got it off my system and viola Chrome is working without a hitch. I realized I didn't really need ...
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Google known for its search engine's dominant market share has just released it's own take on the browser. Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer meet your new playmate, Google Chrome.
Chrome is a browser designed from the ground up as a platform that is optimized to handle not just regular web pages ...
Posted in Internet Technologies, Personal Computing, open source, security | 6 Comments »
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
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The latest beta of the free open source alternative to Microsoft's Office Suite has just been made available for download here.
Here are some features available in the 3.0 beta:
It can now run on Mac OS X aside from Linux and Windows
It has support for OpenDocument Format 1.2 and MS Office ...
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