Filezilla is one of the most popular and widely-used FTP applications. Despite it being an open-source program, it has surpassed its expectation by many users such that even some enterprises are using them as part of their work.

There are two kinds of Filezilla programs – one as a Client, and secondly as a Server. The client application is mainly by end users to connect up to the server to upload and download files to and from the destination. The server is the centralised location that stores the file.

The latest version of Filezilla Client 3.2.0 has just been released with several enhancements and improvements towards the earlier version.

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Today, we have several version of Linux distributions, ranging from Ubuntu and openSUSE to Debian and Red Hat. However, how can we possibly miss out one of the biggest release by Google, the giant Internet search engine, most impressive release to-date that incorporates the popular Google gadgets into the picture, that is the gOS 3.1 Gadgets.

This application launches the Google Gadgets for Linux on startup, incorporating several Google gadgets to the desktop. There are over 100,000 possible iGoogle and gadgets that can be chosen and selected to be part of your desktop interface.

The application, gOS 3.1 Gadgets, is based on the solid Linux distribution base of Ubuntu 8.04.1, thereby bringing users one of the most stable system, with up-to-date Linux packages. Furthermore, this operating system is designed to be used with NetBooks and have been known to be shipped inside these systems in the United States and several other countries.

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gOS 3.1 Gadgets

SUN Microsystems has announced the release of MySQL 5.1, the latest release of the popular open-source database application. According to the release note, it is mentioned that this version incorporates features that speed up processes.

The new service allows developers to automatically schedule common SQL-based tasks to execute on the database server, thereby reduces time-spent.

In addition, the new MySQL Query Analyzer tool, which was originally available to premium MySQL Enterprise subscribers, is also incorporated in MySQL 5.1. This tool can dramatically improve the speed and uptime of MySQL database applications, thereby reduces downtime.

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MySQL 5.1

The widely-popular universal Internet Messaging (IM) client, Pidgin 2.5.3, is now released. This application supports several protocols, such as MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, QQ and ICQ. There is also a portable version available for users to download and install on removable drives, i.e. Pidgin 2.5.3 Portable.

Having used this software myself for quite a long period of time, I have to admit that it has rarely failed me. If this were to be used solely for basic messaging, it’s a fantastic piece of application. For more advanced features, such as webcam, perhaps it’s better to stick to the original software, such as Windows Live Messenger, or Yahoo! Messenger.

It also runs on Linux platform, thus makes it highly portable. Interested users can download the application from the link below.

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Pidgin 2.5.3
Pidgin Portable 2.5.3

The last release of Drupal 6.6 was dated 2 months back. Just only a few days ago, Drupal released version 6.7 and 5.13. I have a few Drupal-based websites, but due to my busy schedule, I have hold on to the upgrading process. Just only yesterday, Drupal 6.8 and 5.14 were released! Luckily for me that I have not done the immediate upgrade, or otherwise I would have wasted my effort.

In Drupal 6.8 and Drupal 5.14, these are only slight updates to Drupal 6.7 and 5.13, removing an incompatibility with sites running before PHP version 5.2. The major and critical vulnerabilities and security issues have been fixed in the earlier version, so this release is only a minor patch.

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No, it is not officially announced yet, but guess what, I am already using WordPress 2.7! See the screen-shot on the right, you’ll notice that the version mentioned WordPress 2.7 and not WordPress Release Candidate 2.

So, this rather surprising to me. Anyway, do enjoy the latest WordPress version. Note that, it may not yet be available from the WordPress Download directory, but it should be available from the Development repository.

Since the last release of WordPress 2.7 RC 1, WordPress has revealed the Release Candidate 2 version of WordPress.

Upgrading to this version is pretty easy, if you are already using previous version of WordPress 2.7. Simply go to the Upgrade function and click on “Upgrade Automatically”, that will set your system going.

New users are highly encouraged to try out this version, as of my personal opinion. WordPress 2.7 is definitely a huge improvement over any previous versions of WordPress.

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WordPress 2.7 RC2

The next version of Google Chrome 0.4.154.33 has just been released. With my last few written posts related to web browsers, it seems that there is a strong competition going on in the browser marketing. With the exception of Microsoft Internet Explorer, which seems to be losing grip on its stronghold, other developers, such as Mozilla, Google and Opera, have been hitting it really hard.

Upgrading Google Chrome is just a breeze; however, there is still some issues with this web browser that I am still not comfortable with. For example, there is a problem opening Hotmail. Apart from that, other sites seem to load pretty well.

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Google Chrome 0.4.154.33

Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 is now released to the public for download. The upgrade process is a simple click of a button from the “Help” menu, whereas new users can download the file from the link at the bottom of this page.

There are several new features in Mozilla Firefox 3.1:

• * Use the new Private Browsing Mode and the updated Clear Recent History function to keep your holiday shopping a secret.
• * Tear tabs off the tab bar to create new windows, and drag and drop them from one Firefox window to another.
• * Control the Smart Location Bar results with special characters.
• * Watch a video in your browser without needing any plugins or external media players.
• * and more…

Note that, this version is still for testing purposes and deployment onto production machines should be avoided. Interested users can download from the link here.

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Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 2

Coming towards the end of 2008, Opera has released to the public the new kid on the block – Opera 10 Alpha, as an early Christmas present to Opera users and fans. Packed several features, especially with the much anticipated Presto 2.2 rendering engine, everyone must be dying to test out this new browser on their system.

The new rendering engine provides improvement to the browser in terms of speed, stability, support for new generation Web standards as well as several other key features. With Presto 2.2, it was mentioned that it gave a 30% speed improvement on resource intensive pages, such as GMail and Facebook.

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