For Windows, Mac and Linux: Thunderbird 3 makes it to the final after many preliminary betas, lovers of the open source cross-platform desktop email client can now grab it and enjoy its many new features. More»
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Google has a launched a new service, well that no news, what makes news is that it’s a free DNS (Domain Name System) service called Google Public DNS.
Why will Google offer a service you already have, given that your ISP (Internet Service Provider) automatically handles the switching between easy-to-remember domain names and unique Internet Protocol (IP) numbers? As Google puts it – it aims at a more secure, faster, safer and reliable DNS alternative.
Like OpenDNS, Google Public DNS is free of charge. If you wish to try it full instructions are available for Mac, Windows and Linux (Debian and Ubuntu) platforms.
If you’ve set-up a VPN (virtual private network) in Ubuntu with OpenVPN protocol that uses OpenDNS servers, like Idid here with UltraVPN, you can also switch from OpenDNS to Google Public DNS.
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Windows, Linux and Mac: Print Context Menu is a Firefox extension that adds the Print and Print Preview options to the context menu of your Firefox browser. That’s all.
This little extension adds to Firefox’s right-click menu a feature that most other browsers like Opera, Internet or Google Chrome have out of the box.
Anyway power Firefox users do ctrl+p to get the printing started and when ever they need the Print Preview they hit alt+f, then v
Print Context Menu is a free download for all platforms with Firefox
via [How-To Geek]
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If you’ve got a wide-screen display then the 150 HD-Wallpaper pack is just for you. Its a nice collection of professional wallpapers for your desktop. It includes backgrounds with various resolutions; from minimum 1680 x 1080 to maximum resolution of 2560 x 1600, the majority are 1920 x 1200 wide. Hit the link below to download the package at Le Blog de SckyzO and let Wally do the rest.
If you do not have a wide-screen then grab the National Geographic Wallpapers presented here yesterday.
150 Wallpapers via [Le Blog de SckyzO]
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Thunderbird 3 RC1 gets four last minute bugs fixes to become Thunderbird 3 release candidate 2.
One of the four bug had a critical rating – developers had to deal with Thunderbird shutdown hang, high CPU usage and no open IMAP connections.
If you’re using Thunderbird 3 RC 1 then you’ll certainly want to update to this new release. A direct download of the TB3 RC2 email client is also available on Mozilla’s web site, therein you’ll also find all the new features present in upcoming Thunderbird 3
Thunderbird 3 RC2 is a free download for all platforms.
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