I have just received notification to upgrade my Firefox browser to the latest version of Mozilla Firefox 3.5 b99. The code “b99″ sounds a little interesting, as this is probably the first time I have seen Mozilla come up with this codename.

This version is a preview of Firefox 3.5, the upcoming version of the Firefox web browser. It has not yet gone through a full set of quality assurance tests, and should not be considered as a release candidate. Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate is expected to be issued shortly. At that time users will be automatically upgraded to that version.

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After several weeks of development, WordPress 2.8 Release Candidate (RC) 1 is now available for public to download. This will be the release version if no further bugs are found.

The official WordPress 2.8 release is expected to be out in the public on Wednesday. So, keep an eye on it.

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The next version of Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 has just been released. It wasn’t even that long since the previous 3.0.9 version was announced.

In this release, there are basically 2 fixes; firstly, a security issue and secondly, a major stability issue. These are documented in the release note. Available in Windows and Linux, users can access the link above to download the application for your operating system.

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Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10

Not yet gone, but soon, are going to be the days where expensive Word Processor, are required to type professional documents. Introducing Zoho Writer, the most comprehensive web-based application for small businesses. Because of its integration with Google Gears, it allows the application to be run offline, even without connection to the Internet.

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Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9 has just been released; well, I sort of notice it today when I ran the browser update, on a regular routine.

There should be couple of bug fixes in this release, which are documented on the release note. Available in Windows and Linux, users can access the link above to download the application for your operating system.

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Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9

Early this month, VLC Media Player Portable 0.9.9 was released for public to be downloaded. The portable version is packaged as part of a portable app, so that you can take your audio and video files along with everything you need to play on the go.

This latest version includes a multilingual installer and fixes a bug where directory was left locally. Furthermore, it is released under the open source, and it is completely free. The VLC Media Player is both a cross-platform multi-media player and a streaming server.

As a media player, it is highly portable, supporting various audio and video formats, such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, etc. Furthermore, the VLC player also playbacks DVDs and VCDs. In addition, it also works equally well as a streaming server to support unicast or multicast in IPv4 and IPv6 on high-bandwidth network. The application is also available in many operating systems, thus making it ultra-portable.

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The next version of Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8 has just been released; it was not long ago since version 3.0.7 was announced. Anyway, I will keep things short here and tell you what are the changes in this version.

Basically, the Mozilla Firefox developers have fixed 2 security issues in this release. These are the only changes so far, as announced on the release note. I believe these fixes are rather critical, so if you are using 3.0.7, perhaps you should consider upgrading right away.

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Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8

I thought Mozilla Firefox 3.1.x will never release the next beta version any more; but as I was unsuspecting this outcome, Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 has finally been released by Mozilla.

Below are some of the changes in this version:

• * Beta is now available in 64 languages.
• * Improved the new Private Browsing Mode.
• * Improvements to web worker thread support.
• * Improved performance and stability with the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine.
• * New native JSON support.
• * Improvements to the Gecko layout engine, including speculative parsing for faster content rendering.
• * Support for new web technologies such as the and elements, the W3C Geolocation API, JavaScript query selectors, CSS 2.1 and 3 properties, SVG transforms and offline applications.

As this is still currently under development stage, it is strongly advised not to deploy this version on your production machine. The official stable version of Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 should be used instead.

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Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 3

Since the last release of Firefox 3.0.6, the next 3.1.x version of Mozilla Firefox is still yet to be released. On the other hand, we already have the next stable (official) version of Firefox 3.0.7 in the market. The main reason why the 3.1.x version is still not available because several plugins are still currently not supported by that version.

Firefox is one of the most popular web browsers, commonly used by computer users in the world. I guess it needs no introduction. Generally, the following are the changes in this version:

• * Fixed several security issues.
• * Fixed several stability issues.
• * Official releases for the Estonian, Kannada and Telugu languages are now available.
• * Items in the “File” menu show as inactive after using the “Print” item from that menu – switching to a new tab restores them. This issue has been fixed.
• * For some users, cookies would appear to go “missing” after a few days.
• * Mac users of the Flashblock add-on, experienced an issue where sound from the Flash plug-in would continue to play for a short time after closing a tab or window.
• * Fixed several issues related to accessibility features.

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Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7

Pidgin 2.5.5, the widely-popular Internet Messaging client 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 2.5.5 Portable.

I believe there are a lot of Pidgin users out there right now and I do not have to go into details about this wonderful, brilliant software, that supports both Windows and Linux platforms. The only drawback, once again, is the lack of webcam ability. Apart from this, it is a piece of fantastic messaging application. I practically could connect to various networks at once.

The availability of the portable version also makes it ultra mobile. Saving the entire application into a thumb drive, users can plug onto a USB ports of any PC (with Internet connections), wherever you go.

Interested users can download the application from the link below.

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