Just Released None Coming Soon October 29th Thunderbird ESR 24.0.1 Thunderbird 24.0.1 Thunderbird 26 Beta (25.0b1)* Thunderbird 27 Earlybird (26.0a2)* Future Releases December 10th Thunderbird ESR 24.0.2 Thunderbird 24.0.2 Thunderbird 27 Beta (27.0b1)* Thunderbird 28 Earlybird (28.0a2)* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule,dates listed for Earlybird and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is set to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may vary by several days.
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Just Released None Coming Soon October 29th Firefox 25 Firefox for Android 25 Firefox 24.0.1 ESR Firefox 26 Beta (25.0b1)* Firefox 27 Aurora (26.0a2)* Future Releases December 10th Firefox 26 Firefox for Android 26 Firefox 24.0.2 ESR Firefox 27 Beta (27.0b1)* Firefox 28 Aurora (28.0a2)* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule,dates listed for Aurora and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is set to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may vary by several days.
Finally after years of being held hostage by Macromedia/Adobe’s Flash Plugin, Firefox will no longer be dependent on this annoying and often times mischievous plugin to display Flash type content come Firefox 27 in early 2014. Mozilla developed Shumway, an open-source HTML5 competent starting back in early 2012 to replace the proprietary Flash (player) Plugin. via Geek.com
Over the weekend Microsoft had posted to their Windows Phone YouTube channel a video entitled: A fly on the wall in Cupertino? The video was about the (colorful) upcoming iPhone 5C. Seems the video did not go over well with social media, so Microsoft yanked it of their YouTube channel, but not before someone else had a chance to mirror the video. Microsoft’s response to Cnet about the video “was intended to be a lighthearted poke at our friends from Cupertino. But it was off the mark, and we’ve decided to pull it down.” Not really sure what all the uproar is about. The…
Just Released None Coming Soon September 17th Thunderbird ESR 24.0.0 Thunderbird 24.0.0 Thunderbird 25 Beta (25.0b1)* Thunderbird 26 Earlybird (26.0a2)* Future Releases October 29th Thunderbird ESR 24.0.1 Thunderbird 24.0.1 Thunderbird 26 Beta (25.0b1)* Thunderbird 27 Earlybird (26.0a2)* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule,dates listed for Earlybird and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is set to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may vary by several days.
Just Released None Coming Soon September 17th Firefox 24 Firefox for Android 24 Firefox 24.0.0 ESR Firefox 25 Beta (25.0b1)* Firefox 26 Aurora (26.0a2)* Future Releases October 29 Firefox 25 Firefox for Android 25 Firefox 24.0.1 ESR Firefox 26 Beta (25.0b1)* Firefox 27 Aurora (26.0a2)* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule,dates listed for Aurora and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is set to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may vary by several days.
Searches in the Firefox in browser Add-ons Manager (Tools > Add-ons) will no longer return results for add-ons which are experimental or not “Fully Reviewed”. Fully reviewed add-ons meet all of our quality standards, while preliminarily [sic] reviewed add-ons only have to meet a lower standard, focused mostly on security and privacy. While Mozilla did make the reviews levels clear on the AMO site, the in browser add-ons manager did not show a distinction between Fully Reviewed and Experimental add-ons. As a result, users could unknowingly install an experimental add-ons when they believed they were installing a Fully Reviewed add-on….
In their first quarter (ending June 30th, 2013) Lenovo sold more tablets and smartphones then they have PCs. However, while revenue from PCs was surpassed by their mobile devices, Lenovo is now the largest PC maker with a 16.7% market share. Lenovo’s biggest source of revenue has been from China. While only 42% of Lenovo’s overall sales are to China, the booming Chinese smartphone market accounts for a staggering 98% of Lenovo’s smartphone sales. While on the subject of smartphones, Lenovo is the 4th largest maker of Smartphones (4.7% of market). Samsung is dominating 1st place with 31.7% of the market followed…
So it looks like Lenovo is taking matters into their own hands with Windows 8 and the lack of a Start Menu. Reports are they have signed a dealer with Pokki developer SweetLabs to preload a software suite which adds a Start Menu to some of their Windows 8 PCs. These include The IdeaPad and IdeaCenter models, and then the Think line of PCs. via Tom’s Hardware
Laptop Magazine takes a look back at Steve Balmer’s 33-year career at Microsoft and highlights some of his more crazier moments. These include some over-the-top Windows commercials to his thoughts on the competition, including the iPhone, MacBook Air and Android phones. 9 Craziest Steve Ballmer Moments