Softwares
Information, previews and knowledge about assorted softwares.
IE8 Pass the Acid2 test
I thought hell is already freezing when I read this news. Internet Explorer 8 reached a very unexpected milestone — IE8 passed the Acid2 test! In order to pass this test, the browser has to be compliant on standards of HTML and CSS rendering. Safari, Opera and beta version of Firefox 3.0 pass the Acid2 [...]
Personas for Firefox
Mozilla Labs released a prototype extension for Firefox that lets you use different background on top of your currently existing theme. At the moment, this prototype is compatible with the default theme of Firefox. I have tested other themes and they looked ugly at some parts so I want to see more customization option in [...]
N73 Firmware Update
So I finally got the latest firmware update in Nokia Software Updater (NSU) after painstakingly waiting months for the official update to appear. I tried to update NSU several times but it seemed to be not working at all. But tonight, after I rebooted my PC and reinstalled NSU, I managed to make NSU work! [...]
Blog Presence
If you are a blogger, you probably want to read your friends’ entries and put some comments in their entries, or perhaps spy on their entries and see if they have some interesting topic. I tried to hop from one blog to another, but it is just very inconvenient. Visiting 10 – 15 blogs each [...]
µTorrent Gets Even Better, v1.6 Released
Last Saturday, µTorrent 1.6 was released and the best thing since sliced bread… just got even better. The new version features improved download and upload speeds. It also handles BitComet peers better than the previous versions. This tiny bit torrent client now features revamped intelligent configurable disk caching system which actually protects your hard drive. [...]
Missed Updates Last Week
There are several software updates during my “hibernation” in the past 2 weeks that I failed to know soon. Here they are: Azureus 2.4.0.2, µTorrent 1.5 and WordPress 2.0.2. First, I still use Azureus even though I use µTorrent most of the time. I downloaded it just now to test whether it is still using [...]
MeasureMap joins Google
So rumors were true after all. Google just acquired MeasureMap which I have blogged about several times. I was surprised when I read the news. It’s still in private beta and yet Google bought it. For several weeks MeasureMap had several glitches and bugs. I had experienced a fair share of trouble with it lately. [...]