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Mix-n-match Firefox 3 Themes

Posted in mozilla, open source, software on June 20, 2008 | No Comments »

You can now have any Firefox 3 native theme on any OS (except Linux). Here are your options:
Vista Theme on XP
XP Theme on Vista
Mac OSX Theme (experimental)
Linux Gnome Theme (experimental)
The Mac & Linux themes are experimental and the other two themes are still in development, but I have tested them out and they rock. It’s [...]

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Firefox 3.0 Released to the Masses

Posted in mozilla, open source, software on June 17, 2008 | No Comments »

You can now officially download Mozilla Firefox v3.0. Enjoy!
http://getfirefox.com/

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Note to Mozilla…

Posted in mozilla, open source, software on June 17, 2008 | No Comments »

If you are going to ask everyone interested in your browser to download it on the same day for a world record, you’d better fix your servers and fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Dear Gmail

Posted in software on June 5, 2008 | No Comments »

I AGREE!!!!!!!!
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Dear GMail,
I would like you to know that it really really sucks how you add everybody to my address book who I only sent one mail to, ever. That clogs the address book and depending on what kind of message it was, after just about 30 seconds I neither care nor remember what I [...]

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Google Gmail and Talk Still In Beta…

Posted in software on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »

What’s the deal with this? I noticed that my Gmail and Google Talk are STILL in beta?! Or at least by the nature of their icons. Get it together man, for pete’s sake!

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Taking Over The Web…

Posted in mozilla, software on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »

it’s not about the benjamins (yet)

One of my colleagues just pointed me to this blog post where Simeon Bateman calls Mozilla an ungrateful child.
I started to post a reply there but it got a bit longer than what I think fits in “comments” format so I’m posting it here instead (though, this is still more [...]

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Windows XP Should Die

Posted in microsoft, software on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »

Alright I’m going to do a little tech editorial for you. I wanted to talk about Windows XP and its imminent demise. Look, the bottom line is that Windows XP has been in operation far too long already and it is an outdated operating system that needs to be shelved by Microsoft and users alike. [...]

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New Free AntiVirus Programs Out

Posted in security, software on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »

The new versions of the most popular free anti-virus solutions out there have been released. Avast upgraded their free version to version 4.8 and it includes Anti-Spyware and Anti-Rootkit technology. AVG has redesigned their entire interface and engine and the free version of their product is actually a lot better than their paid version. Check [...]

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Open-Source Email Encryption with Enigmail

Posted in open source, software on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »

I’ve been using email encryption for many years dating back to the old (and free) PGP software. I think they’ve gone corporate now, but who cares. The wave of the future is Enigmail + GnuPG + Thunderbird.
Here’s what to do if you would like to setup email encryption:

Download, install, and configure Mozilla Thunderbird for access [...]

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