Since the release of Firefox 4.0 I had not been able to view pdf files in Firefox (without a need for downloading the pdf file and opening it with a out-of-browser reader). I could finally solve my problem using the instructions given here. Very handy indeed.
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Netapplications just updated its browser market share data to include the October 2009 data. The published data shows that IE is loosing ground mostly to Chrome but also to FireFox and Safari. Here is the hard data: Month Internet Explorer Firefox Safari Chrome Opera Netscape Other December, 2008 70.50% 21.69% 3.41% 1.40% 2.17% 0.42% 0.41% [...]
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ICANN finally approved the long anticipated support for non-latin languages as web addresses. Read more here.
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The latest beta version of Firefox is now available as a preview release. Take it for a test drive and let us know what you think!
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Ubuntu 9.10 was just oficially released. You can download it here.
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It is official. Official Google weblog puts it this way: “Today, we’re rolling out a search feature that does just that by enabling you to search and more easily discover millions of songs, all via a simple Google web search.” Here is a movie
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NY Times reports that Google has announced the release of a “free navigation system for mobile phones that offers turn-by-turn directions”.
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Nokia recently announced the release of a premium netbook which costs a lot more than the ordinary ones. It is supposed to hit the shleves this week at least in Europe. The main question is: does the premium features of the laptop justify its high price tag? If you want my short answer, I must [...]
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Here is a very good list of 49 Hot New Open Source Applications. I highly recommned you to have a look at it.
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The 2020 FLOSS roadmap v1 is a document that was collectively elaborated by 31 experts and contributors and published last December. It contains a set of predictions on how the free / libre / open source software ecosystem could evolve over the next ten years, a set of recommendations for public and private bodies on [...]
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