Software

Latest version of Firefox, 3.6, is faster, has new theme feature, Personas

Mozilla has released the latest version of Firefox, 3.6, and it claims a 20% speed improvement over v3.5. I just installed and startup certainly seems a lot faster. I’ve also noticed an improvement in memory usage. New features include improved security features like anti-phishing and anti-malware detection and warning, improved JavaScript performance, support for new [...]

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PDFmyURL.com Converts Any Web Page into a PDF File

Ok, this is just plain cool, practical and easy to use: PDFmyURL.com is a web utility that takes any Web page and converts it into a PDF file. Great for those really long articles that you want to read offline or in your eReader. I tested this out with GfG and it came out perfectly! [...]

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Using your iPhone to Remotely Control Your Garage Door

We just posted that Smart Start iPhone app from Viper that lets you start your car remotely, but what about opening your garage door remotely? Why you ask? Here’s the scenario – you wake up on a cold winter morning, maybe in your upstairs bedroom, and you’re already late for work but just can’t imagine [...]

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Mozilla releases version 3 of Thunderbird e-mail client

If you’re an e-mail client user, then you should consider Mozilla’s latest version of Thunderbird (version 3) released this week. New features include tabs a la Firefox (and other web browsers), better integration with Gmail, a new archiving feature, and more. Open-source Thunderbird 3 is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

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Google Releases Beta Versions of Chrome Browser for Mac and Linux

The Google Chrome team has released beta versions of its browser for the Mac OS X and Linux platforms. You can download the latest versions from the Chrome website. In addition, there are now over 300 extensions that are available for the Windows and Linux platforms for extending the browser’s functionality.

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LAlarm – Laptop alarm security software – sounds loud alarm on theft of laptop

Worried about your laptop getting stolen when nature calls and you’re at a Starbucks chugging coffee and working? LAlarm (laptop alarm) semi-solves that problem by equipping your laptop with a auto-style alarm – loud and annoying! If you have the LAlarm software installed, you simply plug your computer into a power outlet or plug in [...]

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Uh-oh – Even Microsoft’s Windows 7 launch has bugs in it

Oh Microsoft. It’s really not a good sign that your launch celebration of Windows 7 with cascading dominoes had ‘bugs’ in it! (If you don’t feel like watching the whole way through, I’ll give away the ‘bugs’ – there were sections where the dominoes didn’t fall and in one case, someone had to manually push [...]

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Mozilla Labs’ Raindrop project aims to cut through e-mail clutter

Do you get too much e-mail, whose volume has grown significantly in recent times due to social networking notifications from the likes of Facebook & Twitter? How do you sort it out and quickly? Filters? Folders? Those methods may be doing the trick right now, but Mozilla Labs is working on a different approach – [...]

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Trillian Astra – Instant Messenger aggregator

If you’re an Instant Messenger fiend, then you’ve probably already heard of Trillian, Cerulean’s Studios IM client aggregator. You’ve probably also heard of Trillian Astra which is Cerulean’s latest version that integrates a slew of new and very popular IM platforms such as Facebook, Google (Jabber), Twitter, Skype and much more. Cerulean touts over 400 [...]

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Microsoft Security Essentials, free anti-virus security software released

As promised, Microsoft just released its free security program for Windows XP/Vista/7 this week. This is anti-virus/anti-malware/anti-spyware/anti-trojan/anti-rookit software. It replaces Microsoft Defender. The big question here is whether or not Microsoft will run products made by Symantec, McAfee, et al out of business. You can download Security Essentials from Microsoft.

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