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Adblock Pro 2.6 (Windows)

AdBlocker Pro is a small, effective, and intelligent anti-ad software product that can remove annoying ads of website without human intervention. It features a smart engine that can identify possible ads and remove them even before you can see them. AdBlocker Pro can block annoying pop-ups, banner, flyins ,flash, ActiveX...

Tags: Annoyance, Advertisement, Microsoft Windows, Adblock Pro, AdBlocker Pro

Software downloads 2008-03-31

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Mac users suffer Safari 4 woes

Mac users suffer Safari 4 woesNo Mac issues hereIt works well.Now on Windows, Safari is a PIG - memory, CPU, etc.Works great on my MacNo issues to report here. Nice and fast. The new UI changes here and there take a little getting used to. Overall, I'm very satisfied.RE: Mac...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Web browsers, Safari 4, Apple Safari, Safari 4 woe, Mac-user, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

356,800 green Linux workstations going to Brazil’s schools

356,800 green Linux workstations going to Brazil’s schoolsThanks for the link! That is very interesting. MS will have to figure out how to untangle the ridiculous licensing, or get left behind.A Belgian firm offers a multiseat PC based on UbuntuCheck this interesting link:http://www.multiseatcomputer.be/index.php/en/schoolcomputersUp to 12 users on one PC.I've seen...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Linux workstation, workstation

Discussion threads 2009-02-18

Firefox 3.0.5 woes

Firefox 3.0.5 woesFine on 10.4I'm not having any problems here on 10.4.Have you tried running it from the command line to see what sort of messages it spews out?Please do not advise users to turn off the update systemIt's pretty irresponsible to advise users to disable the security and stability...

Tags: Web browsers, Firefox 3.0.5, Firefox 3.0.5 woe, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-12-22

Some testers expecting an early Windows 7 Beta 1 present

Some testers expecting an early Windows 7 Beta 1 presentI swearThe best way for Microsoft to release beta bits it just to slap 'em directly onto Mininova and Demonoid, complete with time bombing corporate key.-MS wouldn't have to pay for bandwidth.-It would get into alot of tech savvy hands fast.-MS...

Tags: Web browsers, Processors, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, FlashBlock, advertisement, CPU, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2008-12-18

Google sponsored links spreading (scareware) rogue AV

Google sponsored links spreading scareware rogue AVWhen will we put TEETH into laws on this.You know, its so danged simple to end this entirely but no one seems to have the balls to do it.Find a site hosting this crap block the ENTIRE hosting service from the internet until it...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Google Inc., Google Sponsored Link, hosting company

Discussion threads 2008-12-16

Firefox 3.1 raises the browser bar ... again

Firefox 3.1 raises the browser bar ... againWhat's wrong with the benchmarks?[Quote] "[i]Way to skewer the graphs by comparing everything to IE7 instead of IE8 B2. If you're going to be comparing Beta releases, at least be consistent.[/i]"In the 3 benchmark graphs I see that Chrome, IE7, IE8 beta2, Firefox...

Tags: Web browsers, IE8 Beta, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Chrome, Firefox 3.1, Web browser, WebKit

Discussion threads 2008-10-15

Google Chrome is insanely fast ... faster than Firefox 3.0

Google Chrome is insanely fast ... faster than Firefox 3.0how about with Safari 3.x /4.x & OperaI would like to see comparison chart with with Safari 3/4 & operaRE: Google Chrome is insanely fast ... faster than Firefox 3.0Fast, yes, but without adblock or equivalent, too painful to use.Well,...

Tags: Web browsers, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Mozilla: Firefox 3 is not buggy but RC2 may be necessary

Mozilla: Firefox 3 is not buggy but RC2 may be necessaryFirefox 3 very stableFirefox 3 is extremely stable. The only problem I have had is viewing Yahoo mail. For some strange reason Yahoo mail likes to resiize to a smaller font and window size. I am constantly having...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., database, RC2

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

Malware pain for my users

Malware pain for my usersI agree wholeheartedlyPeople always ask me if linux will be ready for the desktop, or rather, if this is the year of the linux desktop. I usually respond with a 'hope not.' I'm one of a few avid linux enthusiasts who like linux the...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Port 22, malware, Linux, SSH, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-03-18

Odd Firefox system requirements recommendation

Odd Firefox system requirements recommendationEasyThey haven't implemented UAC restrictions into Firefox. Hence you may as well use XP.Would agree with ju1ceI have 3b2 running with AdBlock Plus and NoScript on SP3--all seems fine but I can't tell any speed difference.Ideally, your about:config should have network.http pipelining enabled as:network.http.pipelining;truenetwork.http.pipelining.maxrequests;8network.http.proxy.pipelining;trueThanks AdrianI recommend...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Mozilla Corp., Firefox Folks, system problem, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, system requirements recommendation, Odd Firefox system requirements recommendation, Odd Firefox, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2007-12-19

IE vs Firefox: Microsoft crunches security numbers

IE vs Firefox: Microsoft crunches security numbersOne line says it all.The most telling, and understated line in the whole post.[i]The study did not take into account silent undocumented patches.[/i]Mozilla doesn't get silent patches. When some thing's wrong in Firefox, the world knows about it. MS gets to continue...

Tags: Web browsers, Patches, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Corp., security

Discussion threads 2007-11-30

Why desktop Linux really hasn't (yet) succeeded

Why desktop Linux really hasn't yet succeededneeds to be todaythat is why open source fails to compete. It can't compete in the "next year" it needs to compete now and to do so, means changing it's mode of operation into a revenue generating and proprietary format.In the long...

Tags: Operating systems, OpenOffice, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Apache Software Foundation, Linux, Microsoft Windows, operating system, OpenOffice.org, desktop Linux, desktop

Discussion threads 2007-09-25

#10: NoScript for Firefox (Ten free security utilities you should already be using)

#10: NoScript for Firefox Ten free security utilities you should already be usingSo why was NoScript the last one mentioned?The first entry should have been Firefox to replace Internet Exploder and the second should have been NoScript. Anything that requires you to sign up and allows a third party server...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, UNIX, security, America Online Inc., Mozilla Firefox, NoScript

Discussion threads 2007-07-25

Mozilla extends Firefox 1.5 support

Mozilla extends Firefox 1.5 supportNice[i]The original end-of-life date for Firefox was April 24th, we decided to extend that out by a couple of weeks in order to allow for an additional Firefox 1.5.0.x release that incorporates the ability to accurately offer the user a chance to perform a major update...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Yahoo! Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-04-24

Should anti-spyware programs remove cookies?

Should anti-spyware programs remove cookies?CookiesIt's my computer. So, just like snail mail, when on the way back to the house I make this side trip to the trash bin and toss the 3rd class mail and magazine inserts, I remove all cookies and cache each time I close my...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Internet, anti-spyware, cookie, private property, cooky

Discussion threads 2006-09-19

YouTube could be a steal at $1 billion

YouTube could be a steal at $1 billionIt all dependson whether other companies are as stupid as Sony and fall into dot-com boom stupidity 2.0 (known as Web 2.0 for short) or whether they realize Sony is just a stupid company that blew $65 million dollars.As silly and as stupid...

Tags: Corporate communications, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Emperor, YouTube Inc., video, advertisement

Discussion threads 2006-08-24

Mozilla previews e-mail program

Mozilla previews e-mail programCan't wait to review it!Always looking for alternatives to help my news letter subscribers wean away from MS.Mark BrascheSurfSafely.comInteresting...I have version 0.9 of Thunderbird.. but honestly I don't like it that much. It's a decent client but pales compared to Outlook 2003.. but I might switch...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Groupware, Cyberthreats, e-mail, Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-12-02