Firefox Update v1.0.7
Filed in Freeware, Technology on September 20, 2005 at 11:33 pmFirefox has been updated to v1.0.7. This update “includes several security and stability fixes”, and is recommended for all users. The release notes are available here. Read the Favored Freeware entry for Firefox here.
World of Warcraft: The Plague
Filed in Humor on at 4:24 pmI don’t play Blizzard’s World of Warcraft, but I hear that the players are experiencing a small crisis, and Blizzard is “in a panic to keep things under control”. Apparently, Hakkar (the “god of blood”) likes to infect all of his challengers with a highly fatal plague. However, the players did not count [...]
Opera Finally Ad-Free At No Extra Charge
Filed in Freeware, Technology on at 2:41 pmThe Opera Web Browser is now both license-free and ad-free. I’m not much of an Opera fan, I prefer Firefox, but I do believe that having a fair choice of browsers is a good thing.
New .Mac Features
Filed in MacMerc, Technology on at 1:05 amMacMerc has announced the launch of a re-vamped .Mac service.
.Mac has come out from the darkness with 1GB of storage (2GB in a Family Pack). All that space would make a handy place to back up your files and Apple has also posted an updated to its Backup utility. Its got one-step iLife backups, Spotlight [...]
Web Developer Extension Update v0.9.4
Filed in Freeware, Technology on at 12:40 amThe Web Developer Extension for Firefox and Mozilla has been updated to v0.9.4. This update adds support for Firefox v1.5, which is currently available as a beta release. The release notes are available here. Read the Favored Freeware entry for the Web Developer Extension here.
Blogroll Dive: 9/19/05
Filed in Blogs on September 19, 2005 at 1:31 amHere are the highlights from today’s Blogroll dive:
Owen encounters his first openly hostile support requester.
Bonnie moves her blog to bonniewren.com’s root directory.
Brian discusses Microsoft and quality.
Khaled compares Photoshop to The Gimp.
Jon discusses Google’s new blog search engine.
Michael takes a moment to discuss his other blogs.
Orson ruminates on the social damages of Hurricane Katrina.
Sarah publishes a [...]
New MacManX.com Blog URL
Filed in General on at 12:02 amDear friends, sorry to do this so suddenly, but I decided to take a plunge today and change my blog’s directory. Hopefully, with this generic /blog/ directory, I’ll never have to do it again. If you get a chance, please change your subscriptions to http://www.macmanx.com/blog/feed/ and links to http://www.macmanx.com/blog/ and please let me [...]
Gimp.app Update v2.2.8
Filed in Freeware, Technology on September 17, 2005 at 11:25 pmGimp.app has been updated to v2.2.8. This update includes universal binaries of Gimp v2.2.8 and improves print support under MacOS X 10.4.x (â€Tigerâ€). Gimp.app v2.2.8 is only compatible with MacOS X 10.4.x (”Tiger”). Users of MacOS X 10.3.x (”Panther”) should continue to use Gimp.app v2.2.6. The release notes are available here. [...]
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