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Sumatra PDF Portable 1.0 Released

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

Slim and fast Sumatra 1.0 PDF reader has got a portable version, it’s up to you to find space for it on your USB flash drive so you can view PDF files on any Windows PC – with its 2MB size only finding space should be no problem. Sumatra PDF Portable 1.0 by PortableApps is […]

Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 3

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

Windows, Mac, Linux: Firefox 3.6 beta 3 bundles up over 80 bug fixes from the last beta but at the same time it drops some of its marvels like tab preview. It maintains others like alerting users about out-of-date plugins, and built in support for Personas. This is certainly the fastest of the 3 betas […]

Updating to Adobe AIR 2.0 Beta

By • Nov 18th, 2009 • Filed under: Ubuntu, Windows

Adobe AIR gets a major upgrade as it moves to version 2.0. This is still a beta release, but a beta worth trying given the many improvements this beta has with respect to Adobe AIR 1.0. Despite the many flaws in version 1.0 it still succeeded in pushing to our desktops great applications like the […]

Google Chrome Frame Bug Fixing Update

By • Nov 18th, 2009 • Filed under: Browsers, Windows

Google Chrome Frame plug-in that plugs Chrome into Internet Explorer browser has been update to version 4.0.245.1. This update tries to stop Chrome Frame from crashing, to fix a security issue present in earlier versions that made them vulnerable to a cross-origin bypass and fixes several bugs like;

Open-Source Sumatra PDF Reader Goes 1.0

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

Windows: Sumatra, the lightweight, open source PDF reader has reached version 1.0. This free PDF reader for Windows only made its way into the PDF-world back in 2008 and (was mentioned on this blog) immediately became an alternative to the rather bulky Adobe Reader (with its boring updates). Sumatra focuses mainly on PDF viewing, it […]