Monthly Archives: November 2007

Google introduces group chat and new emoticons in GMail chat

Posted on November 30, 2007 by Arun

Google has introduced group chat in it’s GMail chat tool (Google Talk via GMail). It lets you chat with more than one buddy at a time. There’s no limit to the number of people you can chat with, and any … Continue reading →

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Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD Player worked after firmware upgrade

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Arun

My brother gifted me a Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD Player. I didn’t have any HD movie at home to test and the movie rental stores near my house didn’t have any HD DVD movie for rent. I played the regular … Continue reading →

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Windows Vista one of the top 10 terrible products according to CNet

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Arun

CNet has included Windows Vista as one of the top 10 terrible tech products. According to CNet, “Any operating system that provokes a campaign for its predecessor’s reintroduction deserves to be classed as terrible technology. Any operating system that quietly … Continue reading →

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Firefox 2.0.0.10 released

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Arun

Mozilla released Firefox 2.0.0.10 with the following security fixes: MFSA 2007-39 Referer-spoofing via window.location race condition MFSA 2007-38 Memory corruption vulnerabilities (rv:1.8.1.10) MFSA 2007-37 jar: URI scheme XSS hazard Technorati Tags: Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.10, URI, XSS

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Overstock didnot publish my review

Posted on November 26, 2007 by Arun

I wrote 10 days back about buying DLink DWL-G120 USB wireless adapter for my Tivo. I  mentioned that the CDs and the box didn’t bear any D-Link or for that matter any label at all. I submitted a review for … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving note from my daughter

Posted on November 26, 2007 by Arun

I’m back to work after Thanksgiving break (4 days) and catching up with the backlog now. My daughter (6 years old) drew the Thanksgiving note (click on the picture below) on Thanksgiving day and gave it to us. It was … Continue reading →

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Installing KDE 4.0 RC1 in Kubuntu

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Arun

You might have read the news earlier that KDE team released the first release candidate for KDE 4.0. Here is the instruction to install KDE 4.0 RC1 in Kubuntu: Remove previous KDE 4 packages if you have installed, they are … Continue reading →

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KDE 4.0 Release Candidate 1 available

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Arun

KDE team has released KDE 4.0 RC1 today. Release Candidate 1 is the first preview of KDE 4.0 which is suitable for general use and discovering the improvements that have taken place all over the KDE codebase. For more information, … Continue reading →

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Firefox 3 beta 1 released

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Arun

Mozilla has released the first beta of their next generation web browser Firefox 3.0. There are lots of minor improvements and new features in Firefox 3.0 including the new Gecko 1.9 web rendering platform. Here are some of the new … Continue reading →

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Netscape Messenger (Email Client) 9.0 Alpha 1 released

Posted on November 16, 2007 by Arun

Netscape has released the first alpha version of Netscape Messenger 9. Netscape Messenger 9 is an email client based on Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 similar to Netscape browser which is based on Firefox source. Netscape Messenger 9 is available for all 3 … Continue reading →

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