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By Frank on Jan 6, 2011 · 1 Comment
In our next installment of Distros That Don’t Suck we will be looking at open source HTPC software. Sure you can load up VLC or even use Windows Media player, but having a dedicated solution with a UI that is made for a TV is a lot easier and pleasing. I’ve left the PVR-centric software [...]
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By Frank on Oct 17, 2008 · Leave a Comment
The first Mobile Firefox Alpha codenamed fennec is up for download on Mozilla’s site. Currently, the only mobile device that it actually runs on is Nokia’s N810 tablet, but you can play with it on Windows, OS X and Linux. I’m sure it will only be a short amount of time before we start to [...]
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By Frank on Sep 21, 2008 · 1 Comment
For the longest time we have seen portable apps for Windows. You know; the kind of applications you can drag onto a USB stick and have them run directly from the stick and never, and I mean ever, have to install anything on any machine that you may run them on. Now with U3 technology [...]
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By Frank on Aug 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment
The Freedom Stick is exactly what it’s name implies, freedom form firewalls that are placed in countries like Chine or the one in Italy that has been erected to block p2p users from the Pirate Bay. The project has been brought forward by the CCC (Chaos Computer Club) and is basically a version of TOR [...]
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By Frank on Aug 9, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Sad like the rest of us that Google decided to cease development of it’s Firefox synchronizer? Not happy that foxmarks just doesn’t provide with you enough? Why not run your own mozilla weave server in order to synch all of your firefox installations. Blogger Marios Tziortzis has posted a detail step by step guide on [...]
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By Frank on Jul 16, 2008 · 1 Comment
It’s hasn’t been the biggest secret around these parts, I have been working feverishly at creating a “new” social bookmarking service. I know what some of you are already saying; “but we already have delicious”. Avalinks takes a fresh look at social bookmarking. Watchlists to follow family and friends Make your bookmarks public for the [...]
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By Frank on Jun 24, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Type “about:robots” in the address bar on Firefox 3.0 to see a little bit of wisdom form our metallic brethren. If you stumble upon any more Firefox easter eggs drop a comment so we can check them out. Remember, Robots are Your Plastic Pal who’s fun to be with.
By Frank on Jun 8, 2008 · Leave a Comment
For all of you hardcore 8-bit gamers, you can now play your favorite NES games right in your browser. Available exclusively for Firefox, FireNES allows you to browse and play through some 20,000 NES games. The beauty of it? You don’t need any additional software, just download the extension and it will run in Firefox [...]
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By Frank on Jan 25, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Mozilla has just revealed a first look into its new Mobile Firefox interface. The new mobile browser will come in two flavours: one for touch screen devices like the iPhone and most PDA’s, and one for non touch devices, like most cell phones. Firefox mobile offers a familiar layout to all you iPhone and iPod [...]
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By Frank on Jan 8, 2008 · 1 Comment
Here is two great pieces of software to make sure that you are getting the best open source replacement software you can get your hands on. WinLibre (for Windows) and MacLibre (for the Mac) allow you to install and update some of the best open source software available for the two platforms. This is great [...]
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By Frank on Oct 3, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Are you a web designer? Do you own a web site? Well if you are a stats junkie like the rest of us, here is the site for you: http://www.xinureturns.com/ As the site says, it’s “Page Rank and much more”. It would be a bit much to list everything that this site looks up about [...]
By Frank on Aug 16, 2007 · Leave a Comment
So, on Monday I reported on why you shouldn’t allow Flash on your network with the article: Nmap 127.0.0.1: Flash Style . Kind of hinting toward how a malicious site could scan your internal network without triggering your firewall, IPS/IDS, or sometimes even a host based firewall/ips. Today, I have a new threat that is [...]
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By Frank on Aug 1, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Secunia.com has been a great resource of vulnerability and virus information over the years for Black, Grey, and White hat hackers alike. Recently they released a BETA project that looks promising and could be the first step into a “package manager” for Windows. In there own words: A new addition to the Secunia Software Inspector [...]
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By Frank on Nov 29, 1999 · Leave a Comment
Ever seen an online video you wanted to save for later? Something informative, or just plain hysterical? I have. I’ve tried the Firefox Plugin “Video Downloader“. It works, but you have to be using Firefox (Yes, there still are people in the world who don’t use it) and that doesn’t make it very portable. Then [...]
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By Frank on Nov 29, 1999 · 1 Comment
Firefox has made the 400 million mark, quite impressive. The open source browser has only been around for about 3 years, so achieving this number is quite impressive. There are reportedly about 120 million or so regular Firefox users, which makes me wonder what happened to the other 280 million went. 81% of our readers [...]
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