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Firefox 3.5.5 Stability Update

By • Nov 6th, 2009 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Not much can be said on Firefox 3.5.5 stability update. The release notes says Firefox 3.5.5 is a tiny update to “Fix several stability issues”. – nothing else, the changelog presents 5 bugs, 3 of which are considered critical. Ubuntu users still have to wait for updates via the Update Manager or grab Firefox 3.5.5 […]

Firefox: An unofficial “Dislike” button for Facebook

By • Nov 5th, 2009 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

For Windows, Linux and Mac: “Facebook Dislike” is a pretty but useless Firefox add-on that adds a “Dislike” button to Facebook that does what it says; it lets you finally dislike those links you formerly had to dislike only with a comment. Facebook right now offers only the “Like” button so without this extension you […]

XBMC Media Center 9.11 Codenamed Camelot – Alpha1 out

By • Nov 5th, 2009 • Filed under: Multimedia, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Video, Windows

For Windows, Mac and Linux: An early version of the popular open source media center XBMC 9.11 has been released. XBMC 9.11 codenamed “Camelot” Alpha 1 is the first official testing release of this overhauled (code-wise) version.

Chromium Linux Dev Channel: ‘Sync my Bookmarks’ shows up in Wrench Menu

By • Nov 4th, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu

Last week the Chromium Linux Dev Channel updated adding the extensions manager in “Wrench” Menu. Chromium 4.0.233.0 (Ubuntu build 30813) update adds a dis-activated ‘Sync my Bookmarks’ in the ‘Wrench’ menu – that means bookmark syncing in Chromium Linux without a plug-in is around the corner, it might be activated in the next update. Qui […]

Download Portable Firefox 3.6 Beta 1

By • Nov 3rd, 2009 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source, Windows

Windows only: Firefox 3.6 Beta that packs visual tab switching, support for lightweight skinning Personas, native video can be displayed full screen – just to name some of the new features it comes with, has been made portable by the PortableApps team. You can try out Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 on your Windows PCs safely […]