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In Ubuntu you can extend your clipboard functionality with an application like Parcellite Clipboard Manager, but if most of your work is concentrated in the Firefox browser why not get a Firefox specific clipboard – Clipple. By default Clipple extends your clipboard with 15 entries – but that’s just for starts, you can increase the number of entries but not without making your memory grumble, you can as well limit each text entry to a maximum number of characters. More»
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Lighting 1.0 is around the corner, the first beta of Lightning 1.0 comes nearly 16 months after the last update v.0.9. Lightning is an extension that tightly integrates Mozilla’s Sunbird calendar into Thunderbird. More»
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Windows-only: Mozilla Product Visual Designer, Stephen Horlander recently posted on his personal blog some iterations of the Windows design mock-ups for Firefox 4.0 – if you liked these proposed designs then know that the Fx4 theme closely reproduces some of them. More»
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The second release candidate (RC 2) of Firefox for Maemo is out out. RC1 was the the most updated version before this release. Firefox for Maemo rc 2 now uses the latest version of the Gecko layout engine – Gecko 1.9.2 RC1 and major performance issues that affected Nokia N900 smartphone have been resolved. If you’re running Fennec ‘Maemo’ RC1 on your N900 or N810, then wait for updates to show-up, or grab it from here.
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For Windows, Mac, Linux: Boxee, the cross-platform open source, media center – a branch of XBMC has now released its first official beta for all platforms, Linux/Ubuntu included – Boxee beta has a pre-compiled Deb package for Ubuntu, but I’m sure it will work on other Debian based Linux distros, so all tricks formerly used to get Boxee in Ubuntu 9.10 are no-longer necessary. This version is still not available for Apple TV. Boxee beta also comes with new content partners; “TV Shows” gets content from Tv.com, “The IGN App on Boxee gives you access to their top video, game reviews and their original series.”, and a new application for the upcoming The Wolfman movie is also present. More»
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