The second release candidate (RC2) of the much-awaited Mozilla Firefox version 3 has been launched. RC2, is a preview release mainly intended for testing and feedback.
“Firefox 3 release candidate 2 is now available for download. It includes new features, as well as dramatic improvements to performance, memory usage and speed” wrote lead developer of Firefox and Mozilla’s vice president of engineering, Mike Beltzner.
Some of the most…
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Excessive leeching by peers is one of the biggest problems when using BitTorrent. One more thing to look out for is selfish and cheating BitTorrent clients like BitComet which limits uploads severely, and BitThief, which does not upload anything. Both of these problems can be solved by blocking offensive peers.
Note that this blocking is effective for the IP address, which means that blocking a peer…
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With millions of dollars invested into research and development of software products (at least that is what they say), you would think that Microsoft’s employees like their own software. There are instances of irony when employees are found using iPods and trashing Zunes, but that can be ignored because Microsoft is primarily a software company.
Well, it turns out that Microsoft employees not only hate Microsoft’s…
Read full postWhen browsing with a large number of open pages (especially if you are a heavy tab user), closing tabs accidentally is common. This happens very often because Firefox has close buttons on each tab, and when a large number of tabs are present, the proximity between those red close buttons get very small.
To prevent accidental closing or modification of tabs (for example, when clicking the…
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