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Mozilla strongly recommends all Firefox 3.5 users to upgrade Firefox 3.5.1 to fix the critical JavaScript vulnerability that was nagging Firefox 3.5.
Other security fixes include;
-> Vulnerability can be used to gather sensitive data from sites in other windows or inject data or code into those sites, requiring no more than normal browsing actions.
-> Vulnerabilities that would otherwise be High or Critical except they only work in uncommon non-default configurations or require the user to perform complicated and/or unlikely steps.
-> Minor security vulnerabilities such as Denial of Service attacks, minor data leaks, or spoofs. (Undetectable spoofs of SSL indicia would have “High” impact because those are generally used to steal sensitive data intended for other sites.)
Firefox 3.5.1 also fixes stability issues, and an issue that made Firefox 3.5 take a long time to load on some Windows systems.
To get Firefox 3.5.1, first download and install Firefox 3.5, then you can manually update by selecting “Check for Updates…” from the Help menu.
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The GNOME-Colors project aims at bringing bright and shiny colors to your Gnome Desktop with well polished and elegant themes. If there is a Gnome desktop that really needs this, that is certainly Ubuntu. More»
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Ubiquity Firefox extension version 0.5 is a major upgrade of the Mozilla Lab’s experimental add-on that requires the recently released Firefox 3.5. Ubiquity 0.5 comes with many more languages and tries to make Ubiquity instructions more natural and human.
New features in Ubiquity 0.5
* The first internationalized Ubiquity, where even non-coders can help bring Ubiquity to their language
* A more natural, human, and robust way to give Ubiquity instructions.
* A new, game-inspired interactive tutorial.
* Experimental smart suggestions: type “pasta” and Ubiquity recommends Yelp. (This feature needs to be enabled on the Ubiquity settings settings page).
Announcing Ubiquity 0.5
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The Miro team has released the first Release Candidate of Miro version 2.5. There is not much information on what Miro 2.5 is supposed to be, but it seem much emphasis has been made to make Miro faster to launch and easier to hack on.
This open source, free HD video player has packages of version 2.5 rc1 for Mac OSX, Windows and Source code for those interested in compiling. For now there are no RPM or DEb packages for Linux
I tried compiling it on my Ubuntu 9.04 and it went pretty well.
How to get Miro 2.5 rc1 Up and Running on Ubuntu 9.04
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Being a major release, to install VLC 1.0 in Ubuntu 9.04, it’s advisable to completely scrap-out any previous version to prevent a conflict during the upgrade. More»
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