Mozilla developer centre released its Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2 today. Codenamed as Shiretoko Alpha 2, developers or testers who would like to give it a try can download it. This Alpha 2 release it built on the pre-release version of the Gecko 1.9.1 platform and it introduces a few interesting new features such as:
McAfee Avert Stinger is another stand-alone scanning and removal tool from McAfee. Unlike other antivirus programs, this application does not feature the functions for full and comprehensive anti-virus protection. It works more as a tool to assist administrators and users to deal with an infected system. With the latest scan engine technology, Stinger can perform process scanning, scan digitally signed DAT files, and scan performance […]
Microsoft is rolling out the newest version of Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool and Notifications (see explanation for WGA Validation Tool and Notifications, but both is hardly differentiate now as both executable is distributed together) version 1.8.31.0 (or version 1.8.0031.0), which generates lots of buzz on news network lately due to new notification methods implemented in WGA v1.8.31.0 for Windows XP.
Despite the fuss and ballyhoo over Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3 and the newly released Google Chrome, some people might choose to buck the trend by opting for less distinguished brands in the choice of browsers. If you don’t like to jump on the branded bandwagon, the Avant Browser is a viable alternative.
Google Chrome, with open source name of Chromium, is the latest foray by Google into the ‘not-so-crowded’ (considering billions of Internet surfers with just couple of popular browsers), but competitive web browser market. The most popular web browsers currently available include Internet Explorer from Microsoft, Firefox from Mozilla and Safari from Apple.
While Internet Explorer and Firefox battle it out, Google has come from behind to launch its open source browser, Google Chrome. Google Chrome beta version will be released to the public in 100 countries today. In conjunction with this release of Google’s browser, details about Chrome can also be found in a 38-page online comic book in blogosphere. Users who intend to read the comic […]
BurnAware Technologies, the provider of consumer digital media creation application has released its latest version of BurnAware Free 2.1. BurnAware is the ultimate disc burning software. BurnAware Free is idea for users with basic disc burning needs to backup, creating data, audio, video discs and burning disc images. It is 100% free for home users, easy to setup and maintain. Additionally, it also has flexible user […]
After the release of Windows Internet Explorer Beta 1 (IE 8 Beta 1) which targeted web designers and developers on March 25, 2008, Microsoft now moves a step further to the release of its IE8 final version by releasing its IE 8 Beta 2. Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is available for download for various Windows OS such as Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Vista […]
Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced Photoshop Elements 7 and Premiere Elements 7 with new Photoshop.com membership. Photoshop Elements 7 is the upgrade version of adobe desktop photo products while Premiere Elements 7 is for video editing products.
Microsoft has released a new version of WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) Notifications for Windows XP that includes several important changes, and marks Microsoft departure from low-key anti-piracy effort in WGA after receiving too much complaint. WGA Notifications version 1.8.0031.0, released since August 26th, 2008, makes the notification of bogus non-genuine or pirated Windows operating system is now more prominent, and able to skip future notification […]
Have you updated your Firefox 2 browser to Firefox 3? If you haven’t, prepare yourself to be nagged by Firefox from time to time reminding you to update your Firefox 2 to the latest version Firefox 3.0.1. Firefox 2 users will be alerted with a nag screen to remind them that a newer version for Firefox is available and ready to be downloaded. Of course […]
After applying to patent the term InPrivate with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office end of last month, one of the long speculated privacy tools, In Private, was finally affirmed by Microsoft and shown in its official blog (another tool is Cleartracks). As highlighted in the application form, InPrivate refers to “computer programs for disabling the history of file caching features of a Web browser, […]
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