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Firefox 2.0.0.12 Released Today

February 7th, 2008

Fixed in Firefox 2.0.0.12
MFSA 2008-11 Web forgery overwrite with div overlay
MFSA 2008-10 URL token stealing via stylesheet redirect
MFSA 2008-09 Mishandling of locally-saved plain text files
MFSA 2008-08 File action dialog tampering
MFSA 2008-06 Web browsing history and [...]

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iPhone Email Client Enhancements

January 20th, 2008

Ryan Block seems to have stumbled over some new enhancements to the iPhone’s email client which includes a two-pane view mode as well as the removal of the x of y message indicator, pictured below…

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Google’s Android Open Mobile OS Platform Demo

November 12th, 2007

Google’s Sergei Brin and Steve Horowitz show off multiple prototypes of the Android platform, one of which has a Palm smartphone form factor and one that has a higher-end, HTC Windows Mobile form factor.
Sergei talks about how Google has set aside $10,000,000 to reward innovative mobile Android application developers. The resources needed to begin developing [...]

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Text-Based YouTube Video Player for Linux

July 1st, 2007

A fellow by the name of Warren Harding has designed a program that reads in a YouTube video and plays it using ASCII text!
This is a really long video and the first few minutes is just him trying to find a video on YouTube using Lynx and then sifting through the source code to download [...]

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Compiz Fusion :: CompComm

June 21st, 2007

This is a demonstration of the alpha version of CompComm (a temporary name) which is a result of the re-merge of Beryl and Compiz. These plug-ins and effects are bleeding edge and are not expected to work perfectly. However you CAN try them out. There are instructions for Ubuntu Feisty on forums.opencompositing.com Take [...]

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How Digg Works :: Slideshow

June 21st, 2007

Ever wondered how Digg works? What technologies have they put to use and how do they handle so many request each and everyday. Well, they have put together a short and concise slideshow to help answer those questions and more. The slideshow is appropriately called, “Technology at Digg”, and here it is:

Sweet!

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Opera 9 Released & It’s Good!

June 21st, 2007

Opera has always been an innovator and their newest version is now exception. Take a look at the major new features that has been introduced in this version:

Torrent Support: Opera has tried to simplify the downloading of torrents through it’s torrent dowloader. It makes downloading torrents as simple as downloading a .exe [...]

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Countdown to iPhone: Web Apps, 6pm!

June 17th, 2007

Straight off, iPhone salivators, here’s The Time to go with The Date in your calendar (. . . I’m guessing iCal):
6:00pm
At WWDC last week, Steve Jobs announced in his keynote that the iPhone will go on sale on 29-June at 6:00pm, “local time.” Time will tell if the line around your local Apple Store (or [...]

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Ubuntu Unlimited Edition 1.3 Released

March 19th, 2007

Anybody who has used a Linux distro knows that downloading and installing from an ISO is only the first part of a very long journey. After you have successfully installed the OS (which is sometimes difficult in its self) you need to add your apps, wifi / bluetooth support (WPA is always a b!tC7H), your [...]

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Mac OS X Stickies Hack

March 10th, 2007

Sometimes an otherwise useful application is missing a feature or two. Take the Stickies app, for example. For whatever reason, the authors decided not to include a scrollbar. Perhaps this was because it’s not a necessary feature for most users. Perhaps it was just overlooked.
Thankfully, you can customize most OS X apps with the tools [...]

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