July 2010

Thunderbird 3.0.6 Released

Mozilla Messaging has release the sixth update for Thunderbird 3.0 on July 20th. The new Thunderbird 3.0.6 update includes several security and stability updates [Thunderbird release notes]. Thunderbird 2.0 and older users should upgrade by downloading Thunderbird 3.0.6 directly here. Thunderbird 3.0.5 users should be prompted to update within the next 48-hours or can do so manually via Help >> Check For Updates… Source: Mozilla Developers News

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Thunderbird 3.1.1 Released

Mozilla Messaging has release the first update for Thunderbird 3.1 based on the Gecko 1.9.2 platform. For more information and to download please see the Thunderbird 3.1.1 Release Notes. Source: Mozilla Developer’s News

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Dell KACE Offers Free Secure Browser

This is FYI as I am on Linux. “To help companies increase the safety of their Windows users’ web browsing from malicious code, including restricting direct and cross-site access to dangerous or inappropriate websites, Dell KACE has introduced the Dell KACE Secure Browser, available immediately as a free download.The Dell KACE Secure Browser consists of a browser — currently, FireFox 3.6 — plus plug-ins — currently, Adobe Flash and Adobe Reader — plus proprietary Dell KACE “Virtual Kontainer” application virtualization technology developed as part of the company’s K1000, all packaged into one download that uses a standard Windows installer. ……

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Firefox Release Recap: July 2010 Week 2

Just Released None Schedule this Coming Week Firefox 3.5.11 – July 20, 2010 Firefox 3.6.7 – July 20, 2010 Firefox 4.0b2 – July 22, 2010 Tentative Future Release Firefox 4.0rc1 – October 2010 Tentative

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Review: 10 extensions & collections.

The choice of Firefox extensions is no longer confined to stand-alone tools, but now also takes in a number of handy collections, says Jack Wallen. Firefox has added collections to the choice of useful extensions since the last time I looked at this topic. Collections bring together related extensions. So here is my latest list of worthwhile collections and stand-alone tools. Jack Wallen, TechRepublic, 16 July, 2010 12:48 Source: Workspace IT | ZDNet UK   http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/workspace-it/2010/07/16/ten-extensions-that-give-firefox-new-reach-40089547/

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Fix Last Pass Freezing Firefox

” …Some users were reporting problems with Last Pass, most of them were running a 64-bit edition of Windows 7… “ Fix Last Pass Freezing Firefox Source: http://www.ghacks.net/2010/07/15/fix-last-pass-freezing-firefox/

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Mozilla yanks password stealing Firefox add-on.

” …Mozilla on Tuesday warned users that a password-stealing add-on slipped into Firefox’s extension gallery more than a month ago had been downloaded nearly 2,000 times before it was detected. The malicious “Mozilla Sniffer” add-on was yanked from Mozilla’s servers Monday, and added to the Firefox “blocklist,” a last-resort defense that uninstalls potentially-dangerous browser extensions from users’ machines. Mozilla also notified users of a critical security vulnerability in another add-on, the popular “CoolPreviews,” which currently sits at No. 21 on the Firefox most-downloaded list, saying it had temporarily yanked that plug-in, too. The Mozilla Sniffer add-on was submitted to the…

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Maintenance Alert.

The blog may be inaccessible due to server maintenance starting at 12:00 AM MST on Friday, July 16th. The maintenance should only take a couple hours at the most.

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Firefox Release Recap: July 2010 Week 1

Just Released Firefox 4.0b1 – July 7, 2010 Schedule this Coming Week None Future Release Firefox 3.5.11 – July 20, 2010 Firefox 3.6.7 – July 20, 2010 Firefox 4.0b2 – TBD Firefox 4.0rc1 – October 2010 Tentative

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This Blog has Moved

It wasn’t all that long ago I moved the blog off the Quick Blogcast on to WordPress.com. It was just a little over 3-months ago I made that move. Today I moved the blog on to WordPress.org. I decided I would give WordPress.org a try to see how easy it is to work with and what options are available here that are not with the WordPress.com. I do not have any plans on moving the other two blogs (Email Mafia and FF Extension Guru) any time soon. So far the only issue I ran into was with the YouTube videos….

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