Applications

Firefox Download Day Certificate

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

I have just received an email from Mozilla that they have set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloads within a 24 hours period duration. A total of approximately 8,002,530 downloads was achieved. Hence, what you see above is a screen shot of my certificate. Firefox users who have ...

Upgraded Portable Firefox to Version 3

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Portable Mozilla Firefox 3.0 was already released as soon as Mozilla officially launched Firefox 3 last Tuesday. My Linux system (Ubuntu) has automatic upgrade function using the Package Manager and that works fine. On another operating system, running Windows Vista, the Firefox browser has also been upgraded to version 3. Now, ...

Firefox 3 Near To Official Release Soon

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

In just about a few hours' time, Mozilla will officially release Mozilla Firefox 3. This also works in conjunction towards their aim to break the Guinness World's Book of Record of the Highest Number of Downloads achieved in a Single Day. Good luck, Mozilla!

Mozilla Firefox Wants To Set Guinness World Record

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Mozilla Firefox is setting its eyes to set a new Guinness World Record by having the highest number of downloads within a 24-hour period when the latest version of Mozilla Firefox 3 is publicly launched. In addition, you can check out the Download Day Headquarter to make your pledge to download ...

Internet Explorer (IE) 8 Beta 1 - Do Not Try It

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Just a piece of simple advice for all Internet Explorer users. Don't ever attempt to upgrade Internet Explorer (IE) 8 Beta 1, it is still currently in the utmost unstable and unfriendly mode. It does not take long for me to find out that several things are broken within Windows XP, ...

Multimedia

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

Multimedia - Open Source Software Video Player VLC Media Player An extremely portable multimedia player for anyone's liking, VLC Media Player supports several audio and video formats, such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and MP3. Furthermore, it plays DVDs and VCDs as well. Released under the GNU General Public License, the software is cross-platform ...

Graphics

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Graphics - Open Source Software Image Editing Tools GIMP The GNU Image Manipulation Program, rather GIMP in short, is an excellent piece of image editing tool. If you know Adobe Photoshop, this application is an almost exact duplicate of all the functionalities and capabilities of the former. GIMP supports several operating systems platform, ...

Operating Systems

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Operating Systems - Open Source Software Linux Operating Systems Ubuntu Ubuntu is now the most popular Linux operating system among end users, and it is still growing strong with the installation of Ubuntu into computer systems, shipped by some PC companies, such as DELL. The name, Ubuntu, is derived from the name, Zulu, ...