Two months after celebrating Firefox’s 5th birthday in November, Mozilla unveiled the latest version of the world’s most famous web browser. Yes, Firefox 3.6 RC2 is finally here and available for download! Though, it was expected to be released in December last year. The browser was officially made available last Thursday, Jan 21 at 9:30 AM Pacific Time.
Mozilla officially announced release the RC1 Firefox 3.6 on Jan 11, after development of five beta test versions. The RC2 came after fixing of over 70 bugs found in the earlier release. The Firefox 3.6 RC2 has been optimized to serve its users more efficiently than its predecessors. It features many new enhancements for the end users, web and add-on developers.
The first thing everyone says when they pick up the Play TV hardware is, ‘’Oooh, isn’t it light?’’ But its lack of weight is no surprise when you consider little more than a pair of TV tuners: all of the clever stuff is handled by your PS3 once you have installed the Play TV software from the disc provided. Upon start up you choose your region, attach the Play TV hardware to your PS3, and scan for available channels. So far, so expected, but towards the end of the process the system warns you that, if you want to use Play TV’s recording function while simultaneous playing PS3 games or watching Blu-ray discs or DVDs, it may effect gameplay or the quality of recording.
If you haven’t read enough about free turn by turn navigation so far, here’s more. First it was Google and now, Nokia has unveiled its new free turn by turn Ovi Maps service for all compatible Nokia smartphones. This service is said to be available to all users globally. The emphasis by Nokia is “Free Navigation on your Nokia. For Free. For Ever.”
Controlling your Android phone using your PC is actually easier than one would think. This simple tutorial will involve you installing onto your computer (Windows or Linux or Mac OS X) a free software known as Android Screencast. Once you undertake the necessary steps below, you’ll be able to control your Android phone use your mouse and keyboard.
Not quite yet ready for Mac but for PC users, you can now download Amazon’s Kindle PC software free of charge. Though the software is free, you will of course still need to pay in order to read Amazon Kindle books on your PC.
One of the most effective yet affordable anti-virus solutions for PC I’ve ever used – AVG, has recently announced the latest update to their software. AVG 9.0 gives you hassle-free protection from today’s most sophisticated threats online. If you’re already using a previous version of AVG ie 8.5, you’ll be happy to know that AVG 9.0 now boots and scans faster than AVG 8.5 and makes 50% of decisions automatically meaning you get hassled 50% less when working.
Battery Mark is a software designed to tell you the truth about what or how much battery life is actually left in your laptop’s battery. In other words, you know how rubbish Window’s battery meter is? Battery Mark will tell you your lappie’s actual battery fitness, a handy way to find out when abouts you might need to start thinking about ordering a new battery.
