Archive for May, 2010
Add p7zip (7-Zip) File Archive Support to Ubuntu
p7zip is the Unix port of 7-zip, the open source file archiver that archives with a very high compression ratio. p7zip provides 7z with LZMA high-compression format and 7za.
Opera 10.60 Alpha 1, No 10.5x version for Linux Users
Opera software has just released the first alpha of Opera 10.60 web browser for all platforms. Opera 10.6x brings speed, performance improvements for JavaScript, DOM and CSS, an improved user interface (UI), and lots of bug fixes.
Firefox 64-bit builds for Windows x64
Mozilla has finally decided to deliver a 64-bit version of Firefox to users with 64-bit operating systems. Formerly these users were restricted to Firefox 64-bit builds for Linux distributions, or untested and unoffical Windows builds at the Mozilla x86-64 web site.
Desktop Notifications in Chrome via Extensions
Desktop notifications are deployed to notify users that something important has happened in the “background”. Desktop notifications are now available to extensions in Chrome 5, which means developers can start using the notifications API in their extensions to deliver non-modal messages from web sites. Notifications from an extension have no permission prompts or infobar warnings.
Thunderbird 3.1 Release Candidate 1 with Performance Improvements released
Mozilla has just released the first release candidate of Thunderbird 3.1 based on the Gecko 1.9.2 platform. If you’re currently testing Thunderbird 3.1 then check for updates at Help -> Check for updates or download Thunderbird 3.1 RC 1 directly from the Mozilla web site. Thunderbird 3.1 RC 1 comes with improved performance to stability, [...]
Firefox Home Will Sync Your Bookmarks and Browsing to the iPhone
Rather than trying to create a carbon copy of the Firefox browser on the iPhone and really hope it gets accepted in the App Store, (being third-party browser that isn’t based on Apple’s Webkit browser platform), Mozilla is building an application for the iPhone, based on Firefox Sync (formerly Weave Sync) technology. Firefox Home, the [...]
Firefox 3.6.4 Build 5 Released
Mozilla has released a security and stability update to Firefox 3.6.x. Firefox 3.6.4 build 5 fixes 46 bugs (5 are considered critical) in Firefox 3.6.4 build 4 and previous versions of the 3.6.x brand. The update package is available via Firefox’s update manager – you can also download FF 3.6.4 build 5 directly from Mozilla’s [...]
Sumatra PDF Reader 1.1
The developers of lightweight open source PDF reader Sumatra have released version 1.1.0. Sumatra PDF a tiny, quick loading PDF viewer, that can be downloaded as a single executable file for Windows 7, Vista, XP and Windows 2000 operating systems – its portable out of the box, a great alternative to the rather heavy resource [...]
New Ubuntu and Canonical sites
“The new Ubuntu and Canonical sites went live today! We hope you like them. As well as the visual refresh to include the new brand, the objective was to bring the sites up-to-date and provide a framework for them to evolve. This is the first step in the life of the new sites… we have [...]
