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Optimize Firefox Databases With a Single Line of Code and Vacuum Places Add-on

By • Aug 22nd, 2009 • Filed under: Browsers, Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

In Firefox 3 Bookmarks and browsing History are stored in SQLite databases. Like any other database, the SQLite databases get fragmented with time, added to that, your default history time span in Firefox 3.5 was increased from 9 to 90 days. These increase the possibility of having a bloated and cumbersome database which subsequently leads […]

Ubuntu Installer, Ubiquity Gets A Slideshow Presentation in Karmic Koala

By • Aug 22nd, 2009 • Filed under: Firefox, Ubuntu

As preparations for the release of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala due October 2009 steam-up, more information pours out and it is now clear that Ubuntu 9.10 now at Alpha 4 will have a newly redesigned Ubuntu Installer also known as Ubiquity.

Mozilla Creative Collective WebSite for Creative People

By • Aug 22nd, 2009 • Filed under: Extras, Firefox

Mozilla Creative Collective is a website by the Mozilla Foundation that puts together in one box past, present and future design efforts by the Mozilla community .

Firefox Mobile: Download Fennec Maemo 1.0 Beta 3

By • Aug 21st, 2009 • Filed under: Browsers, Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Mozilla has updated its mobile edition of the Firefox browser for smaller non-PC devices like mobile phone devices and PDAs. Fennec 1.0 Beta 3 is available for the Linux based Maemo operating system that powers Nokia N800 and N810 Internet Tablets. The is also an alpha version for Windows Mobile. This beta 3.0 release focuses […]

xTweet: Tweeting from within XBMC Media Center

By • Aug 20th, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

The title of the post should be “trying to tweet from within XBMC with xTweet”. xTweet is an extension script for XBMC Media Center that transforms XBMC into full-featured Twitter desktop client with specific features like; Tweeting about the a song or video you’re playing. As shown in the screenshot xTweet also packs those features […]