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Archive for August, 2009

Pidgin 2.6 Adds Google Talk Voice and Video, Yahoo Improvements

By • Aug 19th, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Pidgin 2.5.7 for Ubuntu came with many fixes to resolve Yahoo Login amongst other issues, newly released version 2.6 of the GTK+ frontend to libpurple adds more fixes and improvements to Yahoo like P2P file transfers but above all it finally brings audio/video to Pidgin making it almost par with IM clients like Yahoo.

Bookmark Syncing in Google Chrome

By • Aug 18th, 2009 • Filed under: Browsers, Open-Source, Windows

Google Chrome Dev Channel version 4.0.201.1 now has a new feature: bookmark syncing. Add the flag: --enable-sync whilst starting Chrome, then move to Wrench -> Sync my bookmarks.

WordPress 2.8.4 Security Release Available

By • Aug 12th, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, WordPress

WordPress 2.8.4 is an important update given that it fixes a security bug. The bug can be exploited by hackers this way: a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. As a result, the first account without a […]

ThunderBrowse Update Adds Postbox Support and Resolves Compatibility Conflicts with Thunderbird 3 Nightlies

By • Aug 11th, 2009 • Filed under: Browsers, Email, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Thunderbrowse the Thunderbird add-on that transforms Thunderbird into a Web Browser with tabbed browsing – in the recent update from version 3.2.6.1 to version 3.2.6.2 fixes compatibility conflicts with Thunderbird 3 beta 3 and also adds support for Postbox, said to be a Thunderbird derivative If you’ve got Thunderbrowse on Thunderbird 2 then go check […]

Google Services for Websites Adds New Tools

By • Aug 11th, 2009 • Filed under: Blog World, Extras

Google Services for Websites, a service that offers a bunch of powerful tools that help web hosters and access providers like you run more effective websites – just added three new tools to the suite;