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The non-profit Mozilla has just released the first beta of the next generation of Firefox earlier today. Firefox 4.0 Beta 1 features a brand new user interface, support for multiple new future web technologies including enhanced HTML support, WebSockets, and a more aggressive update schedule. This marks Mozilla’s first release of their plan for the future of the world’s second most popular... 

Are you new to Ubuntu? Can’t find all the features and settings you need? Having trouble with the command line Terminal? While Ubuntu can be considered one of the most newbie friendly Linux distributions out there, there are still some settings and features that many may have difficulty finding. A free application known as Ubuntu Tweak is here to help. The quickest way to get Ubuntu Tweak is... 

The next major release of Ubuntu is now available. Ubuntu 10.04 “Lucid Lynx” packs in a ton of new features in this new long term support (LTS) release. So what does Lucid Lynx have in store for us? The best new features include noticeably faster boot up (thanks to the removal of HAL), a nifty social media manager, a great new music store, as well as new default applications. Of course,... 

Last Thursday, Opera released a public beta of the next major release of the Opera browser, and declared it as the fastest browser on earth. Opera 10.50 introduces many new features including a simpler interface getting rid of the menu bar, like other browsers are doing, private browsing mode, Windows 7 integration features such as Jump Lists and Tab Taskbar Thumbnails (with Aero Peek), and of course,... 

Most of us probably own at least one instant messaging account and a good majority of users own two or more. Combine that with social networking and email,  the number of services can be overwhelming. Luckily thanks to multi-protocol instant messenger clients, users can say good bye to clients that can only connect to one service. These clients can often connect to email services and social networking... 

Do you want to browse the web without a trace? Easy! Just use your browser’s Private Browsing Mode! Wrong! So “private” mode isn’t really “private”? Well, in a way, no, it’s not. Even in Private Mode, you’re still leaving traces behind. Isn’t Clearing the Browser ‘Private Data’ Enough? Modern browsers contain a feature known as ‘Clear... 

Are you getting a handful of server not found or DNS Errors when you know the server is not down and your network connection is working fine? When you browse the internet, your internet browser looks up the DNS Records of each website you visit in order to connect to the website’s server. To save time when you revisit the website, the DNS Entry is cached on your computer. However, your browser... 

Today, I handily grabbed myself the Ubuntu 9.10 stable release, which was released today, exactly a week after Microsoft’s Windows 7 launch.  The Ubuntu servers were downloading at a very slow rate, but the bittorrent version was much faster.  Most of us probably don’t have a hold on Ubuntu 9.10 yet, but here’s a beginning preview of the 9.10 install process and some pretty pictures.  Read More →