Firefox 1.5.0.3 Released With The Security Patch

This article was written on May 02, 2006 by CyberNet.

Firefox 1.5.0.3 Released With The Security Patch

Firefox 1.5.0.3 is now available and for those people running Firefox 1.5.x you should receive the update automatically. I figured this would be released soon with the releases notes being posted yesterday. This is an important update because it fixes a security issue that was found early last week. The security issue was a denial of service vulnerability. This was another quick fix by Mozilla while Internet Explorer continues to get hammered with critical bugs.

Download Firefox 1.5.0.3

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Nintendo’s eShop plans: premium DLC, game demos, smartphone shopping, relevancy

Nintendo’s latest earnings report may be a litany of woe, but at least the outfit’s semi-annual financial results briefing bore good news: the 3DS eShop is about to get a kick in the pants. Today’s 3DS store gets the job done, but it’s hampered by disorganized categories, limited accessibility, and poor download management. Want something better? It’s on the way — a late November update is slated to bring “sleep mode” background downloading to the fledgling console, and opens the door for publishers to release in-game premium DLC and “limited-play” demos. Nintendo is even taking steps to address the handheld’s lousy shopping experience, announcing a companion website where users will be able to browse the eShop from a PC or smartphone. Eventually 3DS owners will be able to buy content directly from the eShop website, but at launch shoppers will need to scan a QR code with the handheld to make a purchase. It’s not a perfect plan, but at least it’s a start. Baby steps Nintendo, baby steps.

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Daily Downloads: Firefox, Pidgin, PrimoPDF, and More

This article was written on April 02, 2008 by CyberNet.

filezilla feeddemon firefox flock opera logos icons Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Each weekday we bring you the Windows software updates for widely used programs, and it’s safe to assume that all the software we list is freeware (we’ll try to note the paid-only programs).

As you browse the Internet during the day, feel free to post the software updates you come across in the comments below so that we can include them the following day!

–Stable Releases–

The software listed here have all been officially released by the developers.

  • Flock 1.1.1 [Homepage] [Review]
    Type of Application: Web browser
    Changes: N/A
  • Glary Utilities 2.5 [Homepage] [Mirror] [Review]
    Type of Application: Optimize and clean your computer
    Changes: N/A
  • ImgBurn 2.4.1.0 [Homepage] [Release Notes]
    Type of Application: CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning software
    Changes: Several improvements and bug fixes
  • Pidgin 2.4.1 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Mirror] [Review]
    Type of Application: Cross-network instant messenger
    Changes: Bug fixes
  • PrimoPDF 4.0.1 [Homepage] [Mirror]
    Type of Application: Print to PDF
    Changes: N/A

–Pre-Releases (Alpha, Beta, etc…)–

The software listed here are pre-releases that may not be ready for everyday usage.

  • FeedDemon 2.6.1.1 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Mirror] [Review]
    Release: Beta
    Type of Application: Feed reader
    Changes: Bug fixes
  • FileZilla 3.0.9 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Mirror] [Review]
    Release: Release Candidate 1
    Type of Application: FTP client
    Changes: Automatic resume on some transfers, and a few other improvements
  • Firefox 3.0 [Homepage] [Mirror] [Review]
    Release: Beta 5
    Type of Application: Web browser
    Changes: Mostly bug fixes
  • Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder 2.0 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Review]
    Release: Beta 5
    Type of Application: Retrieve serial numbers from Windows and Office
    Changes: Now open source
  • Opera Mini 4.1 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Review]
    Release: Beta
    Type of Application: Mobile browser
    Changes: Faster, save pages for offline viewing, search for text within a site, autocomplete addresses, and more

–Release Calendar–

  • March 31 – Object Desktop 2008 [Review]  
  • Late April – XP SP3 [Review]
  • April 15 – Thunderbird 2.0.0.13
  • April 24 – Ubuntu 8.04
  • April 29 – Fedora 9
  • June – iPhone 2.0 Software [Review]
  • June – Firefox 3.0 [Review]
  • June 19 – openSUSE 11.0
  • Mid 2008 – Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 [Review]
  • September 8 – OpenOffice.org 3.0 [Review]
  • 2009 – Windows Mobile 7 [Review]
  • 2009 – Paint.NET 4.00 [Review]
  • 2010 – Windows 7 [Review]

Thanks to Curtiss for the Pidgin release info.
Thanks to Omar for the Flock release info.

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Happy 5th Birthday iTunes Music Store!

This article was written on April 28, 2008 by CyberNet.

happy birthday itunes music.pngOn this day five years ago, the Apple iTunes Music Store launched. The date was April 28, 2003, and ever since the launch, the store has managed to become more successful than I think anyone ever imagined. By early this year in 2008, over 4 billion songs have been sold through the store.

Taking a look back to 2003, it’s interesting to note that when the iTunes music store first launched, it was for Mac users only. It took several months for them to expand further and launch the iTunes Music store for Windows users in October, 2003. Had they not expanded and offered the store for Windows users, it would have taken them much, much longer before they would have been able to reach the 4 billion songs milestone that we mentioned earlier. They’ve got Windows users to thank for much of their success.

We decided to go back and find the original Press Release from Apple to checkout some of the original stats. At the time of launch, here’s what the iTunes Music Store was able to offer and some of the requirements:

  • 200,000 songs
  • exclusive tracks from over 20 artists
  • iTunes 4 was required
  • Users had to have Mac OS X version 10.1.5 or later

Now the iTunes Music Store has over 10 million songs! To go from 200,000 songs to 10 million songs in five years is pretty impressive and shows the growth that iTunes has experienced. Another interesting article we came across was from News.com when they were writing in October of 2003 about how the iTunes Music Store for Windows was coming. They mentioned how much revenue would be generated from the store and predicted that Apple could claim 20 percent of the market share. Then they went on to say, “Still, even those optimistic about the market don’t see Apple getting a major boost to the bottom line.”

Certainly Apple doesn’t make much money per song, but iTunes has exploded into popularity and has likely influenced more people to buy iPods which does boost Apple’s bottom line. Notice they also said that Apple could claim about 20 percent of the online market share? Well, they’ve now managed to secure their place as the number one largest music retailer in the United States. This includes online sales and those from brick and mortar stores, which is pretty impressive.

Happy Birthday iTunes Music Store, and here’s to another five great years!

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BYD’s e6 goes on sale in China, still mulling trek across Pacific

While it has yet to show up stateside as promised, that hasn’t stopped BYD from beginning consumer sales of its EV back home in China. Shenzhen citizens are finally getting a crack at owning an e6 after seeing it on the city’s streets in taxi and governmental garb for over a year. On sale for 369,800 RMB (or about $57,000), buyers will only have to part with 249,800 RMB (or about $38,000) come check writing time, thanks to extensive rebates from the government. In exchange for all that cash, you’ll get an auto equipped with BYD’s “i” system, which lets you access vehicle functions and info (like keyless entry and the car’s location) from your smartphone. BYD-i comes onboard a five-seat crossover with a range of up to 190 miles (!) that supports rapid charging — apparently there’s plenty of the speedy power stations in Shenzhen. Those keen to charge at home will also get some installation “assistance” from the automaker, which we’ll assume means a subsidy. Given that BYD’s electric buses will hit our shores soon, China’s first “domestic, long-range, all-electric” crossover can’t be that far behind, right? PR awaits you, after the break.

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Jets, Shoebox, Modern Combat 3 and More

Apps make the iPhone shine. And you want your new (or even old) iPhone to shine, right? Here are the best iPhone apps this week! It’s a solid list.

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Gadget Lab Podcast: Nokia Windows Phones, iOS 5 Newsstand and Google TV


          

This week on the Gadget Lab Podcast: The gang talks about Nokia’s latest troop deployments in the smartphone battlefield, the Steve Jobs biography, the success of iOS 5’s Newsstand app, and a big new update to Google TV set top boxes.

Staff writers Mike Isaac and Christina Bonnington open the show discussing Nokia’s just-announced Lumia series, which runs the new Mango version of Windows Phone, and comes in two flavors: the 710 and the 800 (the latter is a ringer for the Nokia N9 that we saw last week). In the past, Nokia has mostly stuck with the “dumb phone” market, so this is the company’s big foray into the smartphone field.

Next, Mike and Christina talk about Steve Jobs’ biography, the heavily leaked tome that debuted on Monday. The duo then chat about a new feature in iOS 5 called Newsstand, which is proving  to be a huge success for digital publishers — this despite flak from some iOS aficionados.

We finish off the show this week with Mike and Gadget Lab editor Jon Phillips talking about Google’s big update to Google TV. The “next version” of software for the set-top box brings some much-needed improvements to the system, including a revamped UI, the availability of Android apps, a redesigned YouTube experience and more. The Google TV update will roll out to Sony devices first, starting next week, followed by Logitech hardware.

Like the show? You can also get the Gadget Lab video podcast via iTunes, or if you don’t want to be distracted by our unholy on-camera talent, check out the Gadget Lab audio podcast. Prefer RSS? You can subscribe to the Gadget Lab video or audio podcast feeds.

Or listen to the audio below:

Gadget Lab audio podcast #130

http://downloads.wired.com/podcasts/assets/gadgetlabaudio/GadgetLabAudio0130.mp3


LightSquared partners with PCTEL on antenna ‘fix’ for GPS interference issue

It’s the problem that won’t go away for LightSquared, and one that has prompted a number of different “fixes” and “solutions.” The latest, as announced by the LTE wholesaler last month, is an actual hardware fix that overcomes the interference issue affecting high-precision GPS units — the only problem being that all existing and future units will need to be upgraded with said fix. Now the company’s back with yet more details, announcing that it’s partnered with PCTEL to develop an antenna that lets users of high-precision GPS units easily retrofit their devices to make them “LightSquared-compatible.” There’s still no word on the cost for it, but LightSquared has also announced that Partron America has created a filtering component that costs $6. The company’s press release is after the break.

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ARMv8 detailed: 64-bit architecture, AppliedMicro first in line

Thought Windows on ARM was snazzy? Have a gander at this. The outfit’s forthcoming ARMv8 architecture, the first ARM architecture to include a 64-bit instruction set, has just been detailed, with a goal to expand the reach of ARM processor-based solutions “into consumer and enterprise applications where extended virtual addressing and 64-bit data processing are required.” The ARMv8 architecture consists of two main execution states — AArch64 and AArch32 — and we’re apt to see the real benefits hit high-end servers first. The ARMv8 architecture specifications are available now to partners under license, with the company planning to disclose processors based on ARMv8 during 2012, with consumer and enterprise prototype systems expected in 2014. Head on past the break for ARM’s take, or meander to the source links for AppliedMicro’s gloating.

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Growing up Geek: Dave Altavilla

Welcome to Growing Up Geek, an ongoing feature where we take a look back at our youth and tell stories of growing up to be the nerds that we are. Today, we have the Editor in Chief of HotHardware, Dave Altavilla.

Growing up on Cape Cod, Massachusetts has its pluses and minuses. Certainly, in the summer time, being so close to the seaside made for fantastic boyhood memories at the beach, but in the off season you need to find ways to keep yourself busy. My fascination with technology and computers began with an Atari 2600. Then it was called a “Video Computer System,” but now we all know better. That joystick marked it much more akin to a console, but don’t hold that against me. Regardless, many hours were logged in on the Atari in scenic South Yarmouth, at least when it wasn’t a beach day or if Dad wasn’t heading down to the harbor.

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