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Wine 1.1.29 fixes Adobe Reader 9.10 Upgrade Fails

By • Sep 2nd, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu

Wine gets a development release today. Version 1.1.29 is a developemnt release that fixes bugs found in the previous version. Amongst the many bug fixes, the worth noting are;

A Switch that Adds a Bookmarks Button to Google Chrome Toolbar

By • Sep 2nd, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, Windows

--bookmark-menu is another Google Chrome command-line startup switch to add to the several others out there. This windows-only switch can better replace the cumbersome Chrome bookmarks toolbar (toolbars are useful but at-the-same time they are always cumbersome) as it places a small bookmark menu button to the Google Chrome Toolbar bar, thus creating an equally […]

Beware of Fake Firefox Add-On: Adobe Flash Player 0.2

By • Sep 1st, 2009 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source, Security, Windows

Security researchers at Trend Micro have discovered the existence of a new spyware that initially pretends to be an Adobe Flash Player update but upon execution creates a Firefox add-on called “Adobe Flash Player 0.2″. If installed this fake Firefox add-on has the capability to monitor the user’s browsing activities, with much regard to the […]

Sony Vaio to come with Google Chrome as default browser

By • Sep 1st, 2009 • Filed under: Browsers, Windows

That Sony Vaio will be shipped with a default browser that is not Internet Explorer is good news. That Vaio-branded Windows machines will be shipped with an Open Source browser, or a open-source backed browser called Google Chrome, then the news gets even better. Right now, Sony Vaio computers are already shipping with Chrome loaded […]

Zindus Thunderbird Add-on Syncs Google and Zimbra Contacts with Thunderbird

By • Sep 1st, 2009 • Filed under: Email, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

For all platforms that run Thunderbird: Zindus is an awesome Thunderbird extension syncs your Google contacts with Thunderbird’s address book. Zindus also syncs your contacts between Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop (a free and open-source email client) and Thunderbird’s address book -- it syncs from Address Books to your GAL (Global Address List). Given that Zimbra puts […]