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- SmartWhois 5.0 build 243 (Windows)
- SmartWhois is a useful network information utility that allows you to find out all available information about an IP address, host name, or domain, including country, state, city, name of the network provider, and administrator and technical support contact information. Unlike standard Whois utilities, SmartWhois can find the information about...
- Software downloads 2009-11-14
- SeaMonkey 2.0 (Windows)
- SeaMonkey is the all-in-one internet application suite formerly known as the "Mozilla Application Suite", containing a Web browser, a mail and newsgroups client, an HTML editor, Web development tools, and an IRC chat client in a single software package.
- Software downloads 2009-10-28
- SeaMonkey 2.0 (Mac)
- The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to develop the SeaMonkey all-in-one internet application suite see below. Such a software suite was previously made popular by Netscape and Mozilla, and the SeaMonkey project continues to develop and deliver high-quality updates to this concept. Containing an Internet browser, email & newsgroup...
- Software downloads 2009-10-27
- Will Microsoft always be seen as open source Astroturf?
- Long ago......people gave up any semblance of being able to separate the message from the messenger. We saw it with the anti-Bush tirades, we see it now with the anti-Obama (and the anti-anti-Obama) tirades, as we see it in the anti-Microsoft tirades. Microsoft could announce that the sun was going...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- Microsoft to ship emergency IE, Visual Studio patches
- Microsoft to ship emergency IE, Visual Studio patchesWhy not patch it nowIf it is such an emergency why wait? I think patch Tuesdays is stupid.They should release patches on going. We can't patch a hole cause it not the one Tuesday of the month is dumb. This time we will...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-27
- Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines of Linux code
- Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines of Linux codeWSFU GPLWindows Services for UNIX has some GPL utilities in it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321712VMWARE Lower TCO, Higher ReliabilitySmart shops will skip virtualization from MS - garbage at its best. Resume generating event at its worst.RE: Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-20
- Microsoft, hoist by a Chrome petard
- Microsoft, hoist by a Chrome petardAlready in the works...Been in research for going on 4 years.RE: Microsoft, hoist by a Chrome petardI wouldn't want to think Chrome browser adoption has been great. Same way, though the idea is a nice one of no frills, kind of web only OS (are...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-08
- With 3.5 launch, Firefox faces new challengers
- With 3.5 launch, Firefox faces new challengersWith 3.5 launch, Firefox faces new challengersInternet Explorer and Firefox are always going to be the two main competing browsers. The rest I wouldn't call challengers against Firefox because they have severe drawbacks. Chrome is not a challenger since its still beta even though...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-30
- Why is there no Windows 7 E upgrade for Europe?
- Why is there no Windows 7 E upgrade for Europe?Can't blame Microsoft for doing what the EC wanted. ntntRE: Why is there no Windows 7 E upgrade for Europe?And this is the impact of the supposedly "consumer protecting" EC. Way to go EC, you just forced us to buy...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-25
- Java Embedding Plugin 0.9.7.2 (Mac)
- The Java Embedding Plugin is a utility that allows other web browsers than Apple's Safari to use the most recent versions of Java on Mac OS X. When used together with an updated version of Mozilla's MRJ Plugin Carbon included in this distribution, the Java Embedding Plugin's functionality is currently...
- Software downloads 2009-06-03
- ABC Amber SeaMonkey Converter 1.06 (Windows)
- ABC Amber SeaMonkey Converter is intended to help you keep your important e-mails, newsletters, newsgroup mails organized in one file as hypertext system. It is a very useful tool which converts your e-mails from SeaMonkey to any document format (CHM, PDF, HTML, RTF, HLP, TXT Ansi, TXT Unicode, and DOC)...
- Software downloads 2009-05-26
- FoxyProxy 2.9 (Windows)
- FoxyProxy is an advanced proxy management tool that completely replaces Firefox's proxy configuration. It offers more features than SwitchProxy, ProxyButton, QuickProxy, xyzproxy, ProxyTex, and TorButton. Features include but not limited to an animated statusbar/toolbar icons show you when a proxy is in use; define which proxy to use (or none!)...
- Software downloads 2009-04-24
- Mozilla kills Firefox Pwn2Own bug
- Mozilla has won the race among browser makers to fix code execution holes exploited during this year's CanSecWest Pwn2Own hacker contest. The open-source group today shipped Firefox 3.0.8 with fixes for two separate vulnerabilities, including a drive-by download issue used by a hacker named "Nils" to win...
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Browser wars: We're becoming two (maybe three) timers
- Browser wars: We're becoming two maybe three timers2 browsersI agree. I am in IT in education. So at work I use Macs. At work I use Safari as my main browser and Firefox also.At home on XP I use Avant browser as my primary, and IE also.But,...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-24
- Firefox 3.0.6 for Mac now available
- Firefox 3.0.6 for Mac now availableNo problem with my update.I updated Firefox on several systems running PPC 10.4.11 and Intel 10.5.6 and I saw no problems.I do wish that did the update of SeaMonkey and Thunderbird within a day or so. These two applications are like neglected stepchildren.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-05
- "It's too small, it's too slow, and the keyboard's dumb"...Or is it?
- "It's too small, it's too slow, and the keyboard's dumb"...Or is it?SeamonkeyAlso, let me guess, the 17" laptop never moves? :D I agree, when you have access to a bigger computer you want the bigger one. I would suggest an experiment. Everywhere you take the One with...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-11
- Opera 10.0 alpha 1 is impressive, but does it stand a chance against Firefox?
- Opera 10.0 alpha 1 is impressive, but does it stand a chance against Firefox?I really want to...I really want to love Opera, but I guess I just haven't seen any reason to switch from Firefox for every day use.I run it every now and then, mostly to check website layouts,...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-04
- On Opera patch day, a new zero-day flaw
- On Opera patch day, a new zero-day flawOpera flawExcept for an occasional site that is hard-coded to use IE, Opera has been a much more pleasant experience. IE used to crash several times a week. Firefox in their wisdom does not provide any way to convert the bookmarks, and I...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-23
- Firefox rushes out fix for password manager bug
- Firefox rushes out fix for password manager bugsweetThis is nice and all but how bout a fix for the norton 360 bug?RE: Firefox rushes out fix for password manager bugWhy one earth is this tagged for security?"Exploit code, Data theft, Denial of Service DoS, Malware,"It's not a security bug that...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-28
- Firefox 3.1 beta cycle pushed back to pack in more features
-  Mozilla has decided to extend development time of Firefox 3.1 by four weeks to expand the scope of features in the point release. With that, the team expects the code for beta 1 to freeze September 30 and the code freeze for beta 2 to fall on November 4, said Mike Beltzner, a...
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
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