Archive for: June 11, 2008

June 11, 2008

Firefox 3.0 RC3 Beta

Mozilla Firefox is a fast full featured browser for Windows that makes browsing more efficient than ever before Firefox includes pop up blocking a tab browsing mode that lets you open several pages in a single window integrated Google searching simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online

Firefox 3.0 RC3

Mozilla Firefox is a fast full featured browser for Windows that makes browsing more efficient than ever before Firefox includes pop up blocking a tab browsing mode that lets you open several pages in a single window integrated Google searching simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online

Microsoft Security Releases ISO Image June 2008

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on June 10th 2008 The image does not contain security updates for other Microsoft products This DVD5 ISO image is intended for administrators that need to download multiple individual language versions of each security update and that do not use an automated solution such as Windows Server Update Services WSUS You can use this ISO image to download multiple updates in all languages at the same time
Important Be sure to check the individual security bulletins at http www microsoft com technet security prior to deployment of these updates to ensure that the files have not been updated at a later date

QuickTime Alternative (QT7) 2.6.0

QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files mov qt and other extensions without having to install QuickTime Player from Apple It also supports QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages The very user friendly installation is fully customizable which means that you can install only those components that you want The QuickTime Browser plugin supports Internet Explorer Opera Mozilla and Netscape The QuickTime plugins include iPIX and QuickTimeVR
QuickTime Alternative Lite is QuickTime Alternative without Media Player Classic
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Changes in QuickTime Alternative 2 6 0 2008 06 10
Updated Media Player Classic to version 6 4 9 1 rev 53
Updated QuickTime components to version 7 50 61 0

VSO ConvertXtoDVD 3.1.0.25

ConvertXtoDVD formerly DivXtoDVD is a software to convert and burn your videos to DVD With ConvertXtoDVD and in a few clicks you can backup your movies to DVD playable on any home DVD player
ConvertXtoDVD supports most popular format such Xvid MOV VOB Mpeg Mpeg4 MP4 AVI WMV DV and stream formats It converts your files into a compliant DVD Video set of files and burns it on a DVD media
The aspect ratio can be automatically selected or forced to a specific format The program works for NTSC and PAL video formats and creates chapters automatically Multiple audio tracks are supported Version 2 uses a completely rewritten interface with subtitles support and a lot of new settings

Changes in ConvertXtoDVD 3 1 0 25 11th Jun 2008
Fixes a regression on some WMV files
Fixes sample rate problem on AAC audio stream

JVC Victor rolls out new Alneo XA-V series DAPs for Japan

Filed under: Review - 11 Jun 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio
It’s been fairly a while since we’ve seen one of JVC Victor’s Aleno players, but it looks like the line is still going strong in Japan, where the company has just announced three new XA-V series models. Those include the XA-V80, XA-V40, and XA-V20, which come loaded with …

FCC wants to build out your voice on the MPAA’s latest DRM proposal

Filed under: Review - 11 Jun 2008

Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentLast month you let us know in the Gadgets how you felt about the MPAA’s latest effort to shut the analog hole — by removing the FCC’s ban on selectable output control (SOC), giving them the ability to remotely disable the analog output on your cable box — now t…

AMD achieves Open GL ES 2.0 compliance, brings Xbox 360 graphics to mobile platform

Filed under: Review - 11 Jun 2008

A few months ago, AMD promised Xbox 360 graphics on handhelds, and as of nowadays it’s delivered on the concept. AMD announced it has achieved Open GL ES 2.0 mobile graphics technology compliance with hardware that cranks out the same AMD Unified Shader Architecture as the Microsoft gaming conso…

Samsung intuition to run $199.99 on contract

Filed under: Review - 11 Jun 2008

whether the notion of a sub-$200 3G touchscreen fashion phone sounds vaguely familiar, trust us, it’s not just your noggin playing tricks on you. Sprint is apparently circulating documentation internally revealing that the Samsung Instinct will run $199.99 on contract after rebates, a move that …

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Apple To Put P.A. Semi Chips in iPods, iPhones

Filed under: Review - 11 Jun 2008

We’re continuing our detailed coverage of all the bits and pieces dripping from the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Fransisco. As you all might recall, Apple bought a chip company called P.A. Semi not too enlarged ago, a maker of low-power PowerPC chips, fuelling rumours Apple might use them …

HP Pavilion tx2500z Puma-based tablet PC available now

Filed under: Review - 11 Jun 2008

For those of you looking to get into HP’s Pavilion tx2500z Puma-based tablet PC, the day has come. that “echo” inlaid-design ultraportable sports a 12.1-inch 1280 x 800 swivel touch screen with handwriting capture, AMD Turion Dual-Core processor, ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics chipset, and WiFi. Ot…

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Self-driving Ford Hybrid SUV to sell for $89,000

Filed under: Review - 11 Jun 2008

For sale:

One make new autonomous Ford Escape Hybrid. Low miles, driven only to the showroom. Prototype version created by Virgina Tech researchers finished in third place at the DARPA Urban Grand Challenge. Utilizes Torc’s ByWire XGV drive-by-wire system; to be made available as a research p…

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