Seems like Microsoft is getting ready to shoot themselves in the foot again, this time with the forthcoming XBox 720. There has been rumors that it would need an always on Internet Connection so it can ‘phone home’ every 3-minutes. Seems this may have been confirmed earlier this week on Twitter: Microsoft Studios creative director Adam Orth: “Sorry, I don’t get the drama around having an ‘always on’ console,” he tweeted, presumably talking about rumors of an Internet requirement for Xbox Infinity. “Every device now is ‘always on’. That’s the world we live in. #dealwithit.” “ Well, I sure like…
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He reviews some new and updated features plus some how-tos to change them. Linux users: Unless you installed it manually it will be updated through your distro. “Mozilla will upgrade the stable channel of its desktop browser to Firefox 20.0 today. The front page at the time of writing is still linking to a download of version 19.0.2, but you can use this link to download the new version of the browser right away. Make sure you change its url if you need a different localized version, this one downloads the US version of Firefox.“You also find the download on…
MySearchResults Search is yet another adware program that some application developers are bundling with their applications. Much like Babylon, AVG, McAfee, etc. these will hi-jack your browsers. They will add a toolbar which will cause your browser to slow to a snail’s pace and may even go as afar as changing your home page, your default search engine and even the new tab page. MySearchResults doesn’t appear to add a toolbar to the browser it does take the liberty of changing your home page, new tab page and your default search engine. MalwareTips has a step-by-step guide on how to remove…
On March 31st, 2013, Mozilla celebrated 15 Years of a Better Web. On March 31st, 1998 the Mozilla Project launched at Netscape with what would become the Mozilla Application Suite (based on Netscape version 6). Read more about the 15 Years of a Better Web: 15 Facts about Mozilla The Mozilla Blog Mitchell’s Blog: Celebrating 15 Years of a Better Web
Mozilla has released the next update for Firefox with Firefox 20. New in this release include: Per-window Private Browsing. New download experience. Ability to close hanging plugins, without the browser hanging. See the Release Notes for more details and complete list of changes. Also released was an update for Firefox 17esr (Firefox for Organization) with 17.0.5esr. The Firefox esr update only contains bug fixes and security/stability updates. Depending on the operating system and update settings (Tools > Options… > Advanced > Update Tab), users will be prompted to update within in the next 48-hours. Windows users can also go to…
Mozilla has released the next updates for Mozilla Thunderbird with versions 17.0.5 and 17.0.5esr (Thunderbird for Organizations) on April 2nd, 2013. Fixes in this version include: Adjusting font size when composing emails should be easier (Bug 824926) Various security fixes. Depending on the operating system and update settings (Tools > Options… > Advanced > Update Tab), users will be prompted to update within in the next 48-hours. Windows users can also go to Help > About Thunderbird and click the Check for Updates button. Users can choose to manually download and install Thunderbird via getthunderbird.com. The next scheduled release will be Thunderbird 17.0.6…
Mozilla has release version 20.0 of Firefox For Android on April 2, 2013. New features in this version include: Per-Tab private browsing Gingerbread and Honeycomb support for H.264/AAC/MP3 hardware decoding Top Sites in about:home is now customizable The ‘Quit’ menu item has been removed from Firefox versions running on ICS and higher. When done browsing just tap swipe off recent application list. Use the QuitNow add-on if you want more control System requirements have been lowered to 384MB of RAM and QVGA displays For more information, see the release notes. Users should receive an update notification or can download the App directly…
Just Released None Coming Soon April 2nd Firefox 20 Firefox for Android 20 Firefox 17.0.5 ESR Firefox 21 Beta (21.0b1)* Firefox 22 Aurora (22.0a2)* Future Releases May 14th Firefox 21 Firefox for Android 21 Firefox 17.0.6 ESR Firefox 22 Beta (22.0b1)* Firefox 23 Aurora (23.0a2)* * 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.
Just Released None Coming Soon April 2nd Thunderbird 17.0.5 Thunderbird ESR 17.0.5 Thunderbird 21 Beta (20.1b1)* Thunderbird 22 Earlybird (22.0a2)* Future Releases May 14th Thunderbird ESR 17.0.6 Thunderbird 17.0.6 Thunderbird 22 Beta (22.0b1)* Thunderbird 23 Earlybird (23.0a2)* * 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.
Several stories on this today. “… Mozilla is building a way for people to run browsers with all the powers of current plug-ins, but without the plug-ins themselves.“Martin Best, the product manager of games at Mozilla, said he expects game developers to be interested in creating browser-based games because it will cut down on a problem that he called “code fracturing.” Developers “only have to support HTML5, instead of many different kinds of native code,” he explained. …” Reviews – Cnet “… An asm.js optimiser can currently be found in the form of OdinMonkey in the nightly builds of Firefox;…