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Debunking Another Myth: Firefox’s Memory Leak Bug


Back when Firefox was a 1.0 “baby” application, many tech. enthusiasts started adopting it and proclaimed it as the future of web browsing. However, ever since it reached a certain version (namely, version 1.5) there has been a continuous rumor of it having memory leak problems.
Thousands of users and bloggers reported that after a certain […]

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Real Life Firefox

if you think that the IceWeasel’s logo is cute, wait ’til you see the real FireFox!
Move over, IceWeasel! The Real FireFox is here!
Aww, isn’t that cute?
Too bad the pup’s owner didn’t have a globe on hand when he/she took the pics.

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5 Reasons to Kill and to Support Ice Weasel

One of today’s main topics on Digg is the argument on whether Debian and GNU should release their own Firefox fork or not. Two different bloggers seized the opportunity and created their own lists of reasons for why IceWeasel should and shouldn’t be created.
Here are the five reasons for killing IceWeasel (and my personal […]

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IceWeasel Fork of FireFox?

All over a stupid logo problem, it seems like there are various groups looking to split off from Firefox to create a new browser based on Firefox where you can modify the logo?
At least that is what I am reading over at DesktopLinux.com:

Gnuzilla, part of the Free Software Foundation’s GNU Project, is creating “the ‘GNU/Linux’ […]

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Gaim Team Starts a Development Blog: Planet Gaim

If you, like many others, have been eagerly waiting for the release of the next version of the popular Open-Source Messenger client, Gaim, you should be happy to know that the team isn’t sleeping on the job, but instead, are still adding features and improving the program as much as they can.
As for the release […]

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Wiki Textbooks for the Developing World

It’s quite easy to take for granted the fact that one is able to study with a full slew of educational materials and equipment. However, even textbooks take quite some effort and money to develop and publish. And the moment they’re in the hands of students, they’re likely to be obsolete in some way, or […]

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Firefox 2 Beta 2 Released

The latest milestone in everyone’s favorite open-source browser has been reached. Beta 2 of Firefox 2 is among us, and with it I’ve decided to abandon Firefox 1.5 and start using it.
There are many features which I still haven’t uncovered, but overall, it’s safe to say that Firefox has been given a small face lift, […]

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Browser-based Computing With YouOS

The ‘net is full of Web apps that can do almost anything from being a simple task list to managing projects. Having your applications and data on the Web sure is handy, especially if you work across different computers. I’m not sure we’re ready for Web-based operating systems, though, but it seems with the […]

Backup your Firefox Extensions with FEBE

If you, like me, use Firefox on more than one machine and hate having to install extensions back and forth between them, then this is the right extension for you.
FEBE backs up your extensions, themes, and (optionally) your bookmarks, preferences and cookies.
I’m not sure why it doesn’t backup Firefox’s passwords, but I guess it’s for […]

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PSP Games for the non-homebrew-able

Some, or many of you complain that homebrew developers never create that “holy grail” downgrader that will enable users to downgrade and upgrade their PSP as many times as they want. While a flashable modchip will soon arrive on various online stores, not everyone wants to open up their PSP and lose it’s warranty.
So, what […]

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Mozilla Releases Thunderbird 1.5.0.2

Mozilla has released a security and stability update to its Thunderbird E-mail client.
Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 provides stability and security enhancements that are part of our ongoing program to provide a safer email experience for our users. We recommend that all Thunderbird users upgrade to this latest version.
There looks to be a pretty big list of bugs […]

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Firefox 1.502 Released: Mac Intel users rejoice!

Mozilla have just updated their very popular browser, mostly for Mac Intel users which will now enjoy native support by the fiery fox. Here is the change list:

Universal Binary support for Mac OS X which provides native support for Macintosh with Intel Core processors. Firefox supports the enhancements to performance introduced by the new […]

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Microsoft biased against emerging markets?

We recently wrote on Microsoft and Nokia applying for patents for various hardware-based digital rights and copyright management. Want more? Well, Microsoft has apparently applied for another patent, the Hardware-based software authenticator, and they seem to have a bias against emerging markets!
Upon authentication via a required multi-function hardware component, coupled to a computer system with […]

Open Source Windows Software

There is a new site I saw listed on Digg a few days ago, but if you missed it there, or forgot to Digg it so you can find it later, I have the link for you here, and for those that did not see it there, you need to check it out.
Free and […]

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Convert QuickTime Videos to AVI for Free

I don’t know about all of you, but I have had a few videos that I have wanted to change from a Quicktime .MOV to a normal .AVI I can compress and whatnot.
I have thought about paying Apple for this conversion right, but decided not to, and just left my videos alone, bu now I […]

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Flock Browser Gets an Update (0.5.11)

By now, you’ve probably heard about the web broser, Flock. Flock is based off of Firefox and integrates various web services directly into the browser. Of course, the software is still in beta so there are still quite a few bugs that are left to be fixed. The latest updates are ones that were needed […]

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