Support for Free and Open Internet

Wikipedia (under Wikimedia) shut down today for 24 hours to raise awareness on the free and open Internet. At the same time, Avaaz.org is gathering petition on the same matters. You may click the link below.

Let us give full support for the free and open Internet!

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Firefox 9.0.1

The latest Firefox has been released. It was Firefox 9 before a day later they released a minor update of Firefox 9.0.1.

Anyway these are the 10 reasons why you should upgrade to this new version:

1. It's free!
2. It's easier than you might think.
3. It's fast.
4. It's more stable.
5. It's more secure.
6. You can keep all your bookmarks.
7. Improved memory usage. (up to 50% improvement!)
8. It's easy to search with Firefox.
9. You'll join 100 MILLION people on the most modern version of Firefox.
10. You'll be supporting the Mozilla mission.

For more detailed explanation you may visit blog.mozilla.com

You may get the download link from mozilla.com

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Windows 8

Windows 8 has been released for download from MSDN website intended for developer to have a feel and develop applications to suit the new interface. You might be confuse because it won't appear as Windows 8 but as Windows Developer Preview. You may visit this url to download: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/home

I've installed the Windows Developer Preview on laptop as well as tablet. I found out that the minimum resolution needed for the 'Metro style apps' to work is 1024 x 768. However, if your laptop/netbook/tablet maximum resolution still can't reach this resolution, there is a work around which is hacking the registry as explained below:

1. Run 'regedit'
2. Search and modify all values “Display1_DownScalingSupported” from “0″ to “1″ 
3. Restart the system 
4. Enjoy the two new resolutions: 1024×768 px and 1152×864 px

Here are some interesting stuff I found it better that Windows 7:

Metro Style Apps - really nice especially for tablet/touch screen devices

Large button on screen keyboard - good for tablet/touch screen devices

There are more new features:

• New login/logout style
• Lock screen displays full screen picture that can act as a picture frame
• New task manager interface

In terms of stability, there are few hiccups in this release whereby I realized that if the device were left for quite sometime (2-3 days), it system hangs/very slow after wake up from hybernating.

That's all for now. Stay tuned!

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Recommended Software (preliminary)

I've created a page to list down all software that I recommend for everyday use. This list will be updated from time to time if I found any new interesting software that can help productivity/security/fun in our everyday life in front of this machines (computer!).

Here is the link to the page: Recommended Software. Or you can just click "Recommended" on the tab above.

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Firefox 6 Beta

Just after 2 weeks Mozilla launched Firefox 5, now Firefox 6 Beta has already been pushed out to users who sign up for Beta programs (me one of them!) .. So far, I did not notice anything major yet on this Beta version. Below are the official statement from Mozilla Release Notes:

What’s New in Firefox Beta

The latest version of Firefox Beta has the following changes:

• The address bar now highlights the domain of the website you're visiting
• Streamlined the look of the site identity block
• Added support for the latest draft version of WebSockets with a prefixed API
• Added support for EventSource / server-sent events
• Added support for window.matchMedia
• Added Scratchpad, an interactive JavaScript prototyping environment
• Added a new Web Developer menu item and moved development-related items into it
• Improved usability of the Web Console
• Improved the discoverability of Firefox Sync
• Reduced browser startup time when using Panorama

Stay tuned for more updates!

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