Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 1 available for download
Today Mozilla has released the much awaited Firefox 3 RC1. According to the Mozilla this version of Firefox would become the final version of Firefox 3 if no more bugs are found in it.
Overall this version of Firefox is very much improved,much faster but still they have to work more on it to compare with the new Opera 9.5
You can download the English version here to download other versions visit here
More info will be posted when official announcement would be made about it.
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IE-only marketing campaign skewed Firefox, Safari numbers
A Web measurement firm today blamed a massive online marketing campaign aimed only at Internet Explorer (IE) users for skewing its April data, which said Mozilla’s Firefox and Apple’s Safari had lost significant amounts of market share.
The company, Net Applications of Aliso Viejo, Calif., has posted revised data on its Web site that shows Firefox and Safari still dropping in share, but by much smaller increments.
An "extremely large" marketing campaign among a small number of sites that targeted only users of IE was responsible for the aberrant numbers, said Vince Vizzaccaro, the executive vice president of marketing at Net Applications.
View Full Article: Computerworld
Microsoft Online Services Demo Now Available
A new Microsoft Online Services demo featuring Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Office Live Meeting, Office Communications Online, and Exchange Hosted Services. This demo showcases our communication and collaboration services and can be viewed using both Internet Explorer and FireFox. The demo is available at www.microsoft.com/online on the learn pages.
Download Virtual Earth 3D (Beta)
Virtual Earth 3D brings you another step closer to knowing "what it is like out there". You can search, browse, and organize local information viewed in three dimensions, just the way it exists in the real world. This enables you to more effectively find the data that is relevant to you, making Live Maps more useful than ever. Even better — it’s just plain fun!
System Requirements
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista; Windows XP
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Windows Internet Explorer 7, or Firefox 2.0
250 MB or more hard disk space
A 1 GHz processor (2.8 GHz or faster recommended)
256 MB of system memory (1 GB recommended)
32 MB video card (256 MB recommended) that supports Microsoft DirectX 9
A high speed or broadband Internet connection
Mozilla Firefox 3 Beta 5 Released
Mozilla Firefox 3 Beta 5 Released Mozilla announced Firefox 3 Beta 5 today, intended for developer testing and community feedback. Beta 5 includes new features as well as dramatic improvements to performance, memory usage and speed.
- Improvements to the user interface based on user feedback, including changes to the look and feel on Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS X and Linux.
- Changes and fixes for new features such as the location bar autocomplete, bookmark backup and restore, full page zoom, and others, based on feedback from our community.
- Fixes and improvements to platform features to improve security, web compatabilty and stability.
- Continued performance improvements: changes to our JavaScript engine as well as profile guided optimization continues to improve performance over previous releases as measured by the popular SunSpider test from Apple, and in the speed of web applications like Google Mail and Zoho Office.
Download Firefox 3 Beta 5 for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux in 45 different languages. Also check the Release Notes.
Source: TechPowerUp!
Apple Releases Safari 3.1
Apple® today introduced Safari™ 3.1, the world’s fastest web browser for Mac® and Windows PCs. Safari loads web pages 1.9 times faster than IE 7 and 1.7 times faster than Firefox 2. Safari also runs JavaScript up to six times faster than other browsers, and is the first browser to support the latest innovative web standards needed to deliver the next generation of highly interactive Web 2.0 experiences*. Safari 3.1 is availabl e immediately as a free download at www.apple.com/safari for both Mac OS® X and Windows.
“Safari 3.1 for Mac and Windows is blazingly fast, easy to use and features an elegant user interface,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “And best of all, Safari supports the latest audio, video and animation standards for an industry-leading Web 2.0 experience.”
The incredible performance of Safari, combined with its elegant user interface, lets users spend more time surfing the web and less time waiting for pages to load. Safari features an intuitive browsing experience with drag-and-drop bookmarks, easy-to-organize tabs, an integrated Find that shows the number of matches in a page and a built-in RSS reader to quickly scan the latest news and information.
Safari 3.1 is the first browser to support the new video and audio tags in HTML 5 and the first to support CSS Animations. Safari also supports CSS Web Fonts, giving designers limitless choices of fonts to create stunning new web sites.
Safari 3.1 is available immediately as a free download at www.apple.com/safari for both Mac OS X and Windows users. Safari software updates are delivered seamlessly through Apple’s Software Update application, which automatically checks for updates.
Source- Apple Press Release
Firefox 4 alpha available for download!!
After Internet Explorer 8 it’s now time for Firefox 4 Alpha codenamed Minesfield. Many new changes has been made in this new version of Firefox.It’s pretty smooth and fast and also the user interface has been changed considerably.
Here are some of the notable changes in this version-
- Changes to the graphics layer
- New data storage layer for bookmarks and history (using SQLite)
- Extended search plugin format
- Updates to the extension system to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions
- Support for SVG text using svg:textPath
- To get a list of the most recent additions, check out the Burning Edge weblog.
Here is the screenshot of the Firefox 4 Alpha-
U can download it here- http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/
TuneUp Utilities 2008 7.0.7992 available for download
TuneUp Utilities 2008 optimizes the performance of your computer, solves problems and helps you to customize your system to suit your needs.
Features:
- TuneUp Utilities 2008 - Start Center: TuneUp Utilities is made up of many useful modules that can all be accessed from a common Start Center. This Start Center is divided into five categories to make finding individual modules easier.
- Reliable Protection for Your Data: TuneUp Disk Doctor performs a thorough analysis of your disk drives and their file systems. If errors are found during analysis, they can be automatically repaired to prevent data loss.
- Simple Hard Disk Organization: Get a quick overview of your entire hard disk with a single click. Identify and eliminate unnecessary files and gain valuable free space.
- Simple Windows Customization: Configure all of your important Windows settings to meet your needs, secure your system and expand the functionality of Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2.
- Perfect Error Correction: Installing and working with applications can often cause errors in the Windows registry. With a few clicks, you can easily find and correct these errors.
- Simple 1-Click Maintenance: Run regular maintenance functions with a single click - fully automatically, if desired! Configuring the system, making backups and performing maintenance can be easily carried out using the intuitive user interface.
- Optimum Start Acceleration: Decide for yourself which programs should be run on Windows startup. Find and remove unnecessary items that slow down your system so that your computer will work and start up faster.
- Internet and Windows Acceleration: Enjoy faster surfing and faster Windows operation. Items in your Windows configuration that slow your system down are detected and fixed. Your Windows registry will be defragmented to give you additional speed.
- Secure Data Rescue and Deletion: Easily restore deleted files. Permanently and securely delete sensitive files with the secure DoD 5220.22-M and Gutmann methods.
- Individual Windows styling: Give Windows an individual style! Change and expand the interface, replace symbols and even change your Windows XP logon and start screens. Our download area continually provides new additions to give you a much-needed change of style.
Download: TuneUp Utilities 2008 7.0.7992 (Shareware, $49.95)
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