Software
Sun makes LWUIT Mobile SDK open source
Sun’s ‘Light-weight UI Toolkit’ (LWUIT) has been made available for download under a version of the GPL2 open-source license, which will make it easier for developers to create applications for the Jave ME mobile/smart phone platform.
According to Sun’s Craig Gering: “We are enabling mobile developers to quickly and easily create rich, portable interfaces for their [...]
Gizmo’s tech support site
Quick post to tell you about a very useful site (recently ‘wiki-fied’ covering free software for business, development and home use. There seems to be a lot of useful stuff in there and it’s pretty active as well…well worth a look:
It can be found here - Gizmo’s Tech Support Site
Blackberry security flaw
Research in Motion, makers of the Blackberry, has warned businesses to disable the function which allows a BlackBerry to read PDF files, after a security flaw was found in the software.
A “high” severity flaw affecting how BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) opens PDF files may be used to compromise a network. RIM disclosed the flaw last [...]
Microsoft officially ends sales of XP
Microsoft is proceeding with plans to stop selling the Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer as from June 30th.
Once major manufacturers such as Dell and HP have cleared their stocks of machines loaded with XP, then new machines will only be issued with Vista, and anyone wishing to revert to XP will [...]
Firefox 3 Final Officially Released
The long awaited Firefox 3 has now been officially released in its final stage.
You can download Firefox 3 from here.
Release Notes can be found here.
By downloading Firefox 3 within the next 24 hours, you will also be helping the Mozilla team set a new world record for the most downloaded piece of software in one [...]
Firefox 3 Available on 17th of June - Tomorrow!
Mozilla has announced that Firefox 3 will be available for download on 17th of June.
Following two release candidates on the PC and three on the Mac, the latest iteration of the open source browser has been declared ready for general consumption.
“After more than 34 months of active development, and with the contributions of thousands, we [...]
Open-AudIT - Complete Network Auditing Application
Open-AudIT is an application to tell you exactly what is on your network, how it is configured and when it changes. Open-AudIT will run on Windows and Linux systems. Essentially, Open-AudIT is a database of information, that can be queried via a web interface. Data about the network is inserted via a Bash Script (Linux) [...]
Firefox 3 (Release Candidate 2) Available For Download
This second Firefox 3 Release Candidate (RC2) is a preview release of Mozilla’s next generation Firefox browser and is now available for download.
Preview releases are published to collect feedback from Web developers and the testing community before advancing to the next stage in the release process. The final version of Firefox 3 will be released [...]
Fully Featured Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Coming In August
Microsoft said on Tuesday it plans to test-release a feature-complete version of its Internet Explorer 8 Web browser in August.
Microsoft released a first test version of IE 8 in March, providing developers and Web designers a preview of the latest update to the world’s most widely-used browser.
The next test release, IE 8 Beta 2, will [...]
Adobe Puts Flash Into Reader
Adobe Systems is launching a new version of its document sharing software Acrobat on Monday, and this time it can package videos.
Acrobat allows users to package documents so they can be read across different hardware and operating systems.
Acrobat 9 comes with Adobe’s video-enabling software Flash. Users can include Flash-based videos when they create and share [...]
Mozilla Going For World Record Of Firefox 3 Downloads
Mozilla is hoping to set a Guinness World Record for the most number of downloads of an application in a day, on the release of its Firefox 3 Web browser.
There is currently no official Guinness World Record for the total number of downloads of an application in a day. During the first 24 hours of [...]
Adobe: New Version of Creative Suite Software
Adobe Systems, the maker of Photoshop and Acrobat software, started public trials of its next-generation design software on Tuesday.
The company released beta versions of its Dreamworks Web site creation software, Fireworks graphics program and Soundbooth audio editing program on its Adobe Labs site.
The beta software is available for free download.
Adobe has yet to start public [...]
Replace Ads With Art Using Firefox
If you’re a Firefox user and fed up with adverts on websites, you can now replace them with tasteful art.
A new add-in for Firefox removes the advertising found on a page and replaces it with curated art.
Addart will work with the Adblockplus. While Adblockplus replaces each advert with a less annoying blank space, Addart will [...]
Mozilla Firefox 3 RC1 Released
Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1, a preview release of Mozilla’s next generation Firefox browser, is out for download. Although this is a public preview of the new Firefox code, it is aimed at developers and early adopters.
You can download it in 45 languages from here. See What’s New in Firefox 3 for more details.
Firefox Language Pack Infected by Ad Virus
Mozilla has stopped distributing a language pack for Firefox after discovering it had been infected by malicious code for over two months.
Although Mozilla’s Vietnamese language pack for Firefox has been compromised by the malware, labelled HTML.Xorer, since February, the problem was only discovered earlier this week, according to Mozilla.
The malware left those downloading the language [...]
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