Archive for June, 2009

Firefox 3.5 to be Released Tomorrow?

The word on the street, and by street I mean various online news sources, is that Firefox 3.5 is set to be released tomorrow, June 30th. Version 3.5, codename “Shiretoko”, does bring a lot of new neat features to the browsing platform.

My personal favorite feature I have seen thus far, that shows the most innovation is the support for embeddable video, without the use of any plugins or third party scripts. This multimedia embedding functionality of HTML 5 may not be widely used yet, however this does give it a proverbial first kick in the pants to take off and become successful.

Of course, I wouldn’t be doing the Firefox 3.5 project justice if I didn’t mention the speed boost too. However, I’m not really sure that is something real users will notice. Maybe it is just me but Firefox 3 for me right now is still pretty darn fast. You can check out a full list of features via Mozilla’s web site:

* Features List for Firefox 3.5

Seems like this time around Firefox’s newest release has either sneaked up on me, or perhaps isn’t getting as much coverage as the last. What do you think? Are you excited yet?

mozillaca, a micro-blog for the Mozilla community

After about a month in closed preview, Mozillaca, a micro-blogging site for the Mozilla community is finally open to the public.

Powered by Laconica, the open source microblogging engine, and setup and operated by a team of volunteers, it is pretty simple to follow and use thanks to its simple interface and functionality.

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Review: Mandriva 2010 Alpha Brings Plymouth, New Features

The first alpha release of Mandriva Linux 2010 was released on Sunday. This development update brings a number of core improvements to Mandriva such as a faster boot time, Plymouth integration for enhancing the boot process, Tomoyo for providing the security framework, Moblin packaging, and various other improvements. In this article we are taking a brief look at Mandriva Linux 2010 Alpha 1.

More details come to Phoronix.com/…

Wine 1.1.24 Released With New Improvements

A new development release of Wine is now available with a few prominent additions. Wine 1.1.24 introduces support for FreeDesktop.org file associations, support for 64-bit exception handling, improved ARB shaders, fixes for the FBO mode, and many ListView improvements. Of course, there is also the usual variety of bug-fixes. The ARB shader improvements and fixes to the Frame Buffer Object mode are exciting, from the graphics perspective.

The Wine 1.1.24 release announcement can be read at WineHQ.org.

iPhone OS 3.0 Released

Today, Apple officially released version 3.0 of its iPhone operating system, a Mac OS X derivative for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It comes packed with a whole boatload of improvements and changes, so it’s sure worth it to upgrade your iPhone or Touch.
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info-fsf Digest, Vol 38, Issue 2

The New Zealand government has proposed allowing unlimited software
patenting. They are accepting comments until July 2nd, but
participation from the people who will be harmed seems very low.

The details of how to participate can be found on swpat.org:
http://en.swpat.org/wiki/New_Zealand
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BlankOn 5.0 Resmi Dirilis

JAKARTA – Pengembang Linux BlankOn resmi meluncurkan BlankOn versi 5.0 dengan kode rilis Nanggar. Linux hasil kreasi anak bangsa kali ini mengangkat budaya dari Batak dengan mencantumkan nama “Nanggar”, dalam bahasa batak nanggar mempunyai arti “palu”.
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Pake Opera Unite, Komputer Bisa Jadi Web Server

STOCKHOLM – Layanan file sharing baik itu video, foto, atau data di Internet umumnya meminta pengguna untuk melakukan upload yang membutuhkan waktu relatif lama. Namun, hal tersebut tak perlu dilakukan dengan Opera Unite, layanan baru yang diluncurkan Opera Software, Norwegia yang selama ini dikenal sebagai salah satu penyedia browser web cuma-cuma.
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CodeWeavers Releases CrossOver 8.0

CodeWeavers has announced the release this morning of CrossOver 8.0. This software, which is based upon Wine and allows users to run their favorite Windows applications on Mac OS X or Linux, features several prominent improvements in this major update. CrossOver 8.0 has been in beta for a few months now and among the newly supported programs are Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 and Intuit’s Quicken 2009. Adobe Photoshop CS2 is now also officially supported by CodeWeavers.
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3 Hari, Safari 4 Didownload 11 Juta Kali

SAN FRANSISCO – Tiga hari sejak diluncurkan pertama kali, Safari 4 diklaim telah didownload sebanyak 11 juta kali oleh pengguna internet.

Di lansir melalui Telegraph, Minggu (14/6/2009), sekira enam juta dari angka tersebut, Safari 4 telah didownload untuk versi Windows.
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