Microsoft has released an update for Internet Explorer 7 Phishing filter. If your computer responds slowly as the phishing filter evaluates contents in IE7, then go here and install the update. The update will be available soon through Windows Automatic updates for Windows XP. It's already available through automatic update for Windows Vista.
BasKet Note Pads is a multi purpose note taking application. Some of the features of BasKet Note Pads are:
SIP phone launched a new service called Gizmocall. Using this service, you can call any number in the world from anywhere in the world. Calls are limited to 10 minutes per day to most landlines and some mobile numbers. You can call by entering the phone number in gizmocall.com or you can type in the URL with the phone number (for eg: http://gizmocall.com/1xxxxxxxxxx where x represent the phone number). You don't have to install any software, but you have to install a plugin. It's flash based, so you can use it directly from the browser. It currently supports Windows and Mac OS, but Linux support is on the way. Linux support is delayed due to delay in releasing the Flash Player 9 plugin by Adobe.
If you are an Ubuntu user and you love Ubuntu's human theme, then you might love this theme also. Human theme for Thunderbird works only with Linux. It won't work with Windows. It integrates well with Ubuntu's Human theme.
Linux kernel community is offering all companies free Linux driver development. All they need is is some kind of specification that describes how a specific device works or the email address of an engineer that is willing to answer questions every once in a while. What the companies get in return is a complete and working Linux driver that is added to the main Linux kernel source tree.
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) has released GIMP 2.3.14 developmental release. Changes in this version includes the following:
If you own a legal copy of Windows XP, you wasted hundreds of dollars to buy Windows Vista upgrade version and if you wanted to perform a clean install of Vista, then you are out of luck. According to Microsoft, you can use the upgrade version only to upgrade over Windows XP. You cannot use it to perform a clean install (which you are allowed to in XP). You can either install it over a clean install of XP and install it over your full of crap XP or waste hundreds of dollars and buy a regular version. This is to stop the piracy (?).
Computer Business Review blog reports that Marten Mickos, MySQL's chief executive officer, said that Oracle has suggested it will offer support for the MySQL code, undercutting the company, and Oracle is already distributing the open source database management system.
There are good people in every religion, every country, every company etc. Dan Fernandez proved that. You might have read my earlier post titled True face of Microsoft where I wrote how Microsoft stabbed Bluej product team on their back. Dan Fernandez, Lead Product Manager of Visual Studio Express, apologized for the mistake (in his blog) and wrote that Microsoft would remove the patent application. He also wrote that the product unit manager was going to investigate how this happened. I really appreciate him for leaving his comment with link to his post. He might have spent quite a good amount of time replying or leaving comments on other blogs as well. I really appreciate his prompt response and taking his time to leave his comments.
CNet news reports that Satellite navigation company TomTom shipped two viruses on a number of its devices. According to the company, a «small number» of TomTom GO 910 satellite navigation devices were shipped last year with malicious software preinstalled.
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