IE7 Beta 2 Preview

Microsoft released Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview yesterday. I have tested IE7 Beta 1 in my laptop but I uninstalled it after several weeks. I’m testing Beta 2 Preview in my laptop again and based on my previous experience with IE7 Beta 1, I would say that Beta 2 Preview has a feel of [...]

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Firefox 1.5.0.1 and SeaMonkey 1.0 Released

Firefox 1.5.0.1 was officially released today and if you haven’t upgraded yet, check for Firefox updates now. Firefox 1.5.0.1 is a stability and security update, and it is recommended that you upgrade to latest version soon. Here’s what’s new in Firefox 1.5.0.1: Improved stability. Improved support for Mac OS X. International Domain Name support for [...]

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µTorrent Accolades

George Ou of ZDNet blogs wrote about µTorrent and how its author Ludvig Strigeus work on it on his spare time. It’s one of most popular BT client right now in Windows even though it’s relatively new. He also discussed the impressive performance of µTorrent compared to other Bit Torrent clients out there. It’s a [...]

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Goobuntu

According to The Register, Google has its own version of Linux distro Ubuntu called internally as “Goobuntu”. Google has confirmed this but denies plans to distribute it in the future. Art Technica reports that Google’s technology spokeswoman Sonya Borälv responded very quickly and said that “[w]e use Ubuntu internally but have no plans to distribute [...]

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Opera Tab Close Button Annoyance

What keeps me from using Opera as a regular browser is it’s close button on every tab. It really annoys me because when I open many tabs they get cramped together and it’s easy to close a tab inadvertently when clicking on them back and forth. Opera compensates for this by adding a close tab [...]

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Java Studio Creator 2.0 Released

Back in November 2005 I posted about free Java IDEs that are available for Sun Developer Network members. One of them is Java Studio Creator. It was offered as an early access version but now Studio Creator 2.0 is finally released. What’s cool about Java Studio Creator 2.0 is that it can be used for [...]

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Adobe After Effects 7.0 and Premiere Pro 2.0

I downloaded the trial versions of Adobe After Effects 7.0 and Premiere Pro 2.0 two days ago in an attempt to discover what’s new in these new versions but unfortunately my PC is running out of disk space so I would probably free up some space first. After Effects 7.0 trial is 1.18 GB (PC [...]

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