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Launchy 2.5 Lands on Mac OS X

By • Apr 8th, 2010 • Filed under: Open-Source, PortableApps, Ubuntu, Windows

The open source application launcher, Launchy has made it to version 2.5, with a few changes but for the first time it has released a version for the Mac OS X platform. The keystroke-driven launcher v2.5 comes with bug fixes, faster performance, new shortcuts and new controls to try out; Shift+tab or Shift+bkspc deletes entered […]

Xmarks for Firefox Now Syncs Open Tabs

By • Apr 8th, 2010 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Nightingale picks up Songbird for Linux

By • Apr 8th, 2010 • Filed under: Multimedia, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

A few days ago the Songbird team announced that they were no longer going to build Songbird officially for Linux desktops and, promised that they’ll continue to release untested Linux builds of Songbird. As it often happens with dropped open source projects, someone sooner or later grabs the opportunity – a group of Songbird contributors […]

Canonical reverses it decision, Google to ride Firefox in Ubuntu 10.04

By • Apr 8th, 2010 • Filed under: Ubuntu

“The default search provider for new installations of Ubuntu 10.04 ‘Lucid’ and upgrades will no longer be Google but Yahoo!” – i wrote that statement on this blog a few months ago. Then, Canonical tried to convince every one that was the right choice, the “revenue sharing deal” with Yahoo was going to bring in […]

Chrome Sync extended to Settings and Autofill

By • Apr 7th, 2010 • Filed under: Browsers, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Like Mozilla Weave that synchronizes almost everything about your Firefox setup; your saved passwords, browsing history, preferences, open browser tabs, and bookmarks across Firefox browsers, new Chromium build now syncs your Chrome Settings and Autofill data together with your bookmarks. As shown in the screenshot above, when setting up Chrome sync you can choose not […]