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Synchronize your Chrome Bookmarks with Xmarks Alpha

By • Sep 9th, 2009 • Filed under: Browsers, Firefox, Open-Source, Windows

Google was the first to bring synchronization to Chrome development channel without any add-ons, with the switch --enable-sync, but Xmarks was the first to announce it syncs bookmarks with Chrome development channel though in closed alpha test. Now I got an invitation to try Xmarks alpha for Chrome development channel 3.0.196.0 or greater. It all […]

Get RSS and Twitter Updates on Your Monitor with FeedRoller

By • Sep 4th, 2009 • Filed under: Freeware, Windows

Windows only: FeedRoller does what it says, it places at the top of your monitor your RSS feeds and Twitter Updates. On my 24″ LCD Monitor it’s almost perfect, but my 17-inch laptop monitor is just too small, I can’t let FeedRoller’s black background banner eat up more space.

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;

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 […]

Free Software Foundation: Trash Windows 7

By • Aug 27th, 2009 • Filed under: Freeware, Open Source Advocacy, Open-Source, Windows

“The new version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, Windows 7, has the same problem that Vista, XP, and all previous versions have had -- it’s proprietary software. Users are not permitted to share or modify the Windows software, or examine how it works inside.” says Windows 7 Sins, the web site set-up by the Free […]