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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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
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. ……
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
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/
” …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/
” …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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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
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….