Category: Software

OpenOffice.org 2.0 is the productivity suite that individuals, governments, and corporations around the world have been expecting for the last two years. Easy to use and fluidly interoperable with every major office suite, OpenOffice.org 2.0 realises the potential of open source. Besides a powerful new database module and advanced XML capabilities, OpenOffice.org natively supports the… Continue reading OpenOffice.org 2.0

Updated: LAME 3.96.1 (sorry, but 3.97 will need to lose its beta tag before we upgrade) Fixed: playlist focus issue after adding files to playlist Fixed: crash on multichannel songs with EQ enabled Fixed: internet connection detection not working when set to “dial-up” Fixed: manual playlist advance with winamp videos Fixed: EQ text display glitch… Continue reading Winamp 5.11

In the past week, four major camera makers (Canon, Fuji, Konica-Minolta and Sony) have quietly published service advisories admitting their digital cameras are dying. In each case, the flaw appears to involve Sony CCD sensors using epoxy packaging that eventually lets in moisture. Sony’s own cameras are among those affected, and the company also has… Continue reading Sony CCD causes camera problems

CNET News.com and The New Yorks Times report that even though the prices of printers have dropped up to 30 percent in the last few months thanks to a savage price war, buyers are going to pay at least 28 cents a print. This is if you believe the manufacturers’ math. It could be closer… Continue reading Home photo-printing doesn’t add up

The LAME team has recently released version 3.97b1 of their excellent MP3 encoder. Extract the archive on your hard disk, and point your favourite mp3 conversion program (EAC, cdex, Easy CD-DA Extractor …) to it’s location. >> Download LAME 3.97b1

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 is now available for download. Also known as the 1.8 Beta 5 milestone, this is the last beta release of the next major Firefox update and is aimed at testers, extension/theme authors and Web developers. The final release of Firefox 1.5, which will be widely promoted to end-users, is scheduled… Continue reading Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta 2

These are tough times for people who like to download things from the internet. People like you and me, there’s no point in denying that. Wether the content you download is legal or illegal is a different question. Fact is, the RIAA is gaining ground in it’s non-stop attack against the makers of file sharing… Continue reading Tough times

Besides being my favourite mail program, Mozilla Thunderbird is totally free of charge, and has a nifty junkmail filter built in! * Automated update to streamline product upgrades. Notification of an update is more prominent, and updates to Thunderbird may now be half a megabyte or smaller. Updating extensions has also improved. * Spell check… Continue reading Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 beta 1

If you’re a heavy Msn Messenger user, you’ll probably know the Messenger Plus! addon. Besides some handy functions, like logging and boss protection, the new 3.60.144 version now has tabbed conversation windows! You can group all your conversations into one single window, clearing up a lot of space from your system bar. Messenger Plus! is… Continue reading Messenger Plus! 3.60.144

* Fix for a potential buffer overflow vulnerability when loading a hostname with all soft-hyphens * Fix to prevent URLs passed from external programs from being parsed by the shell (Linux only) * Fix to prevent a crash when loading a Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) script that uses an “eval” statement * Fix to restore InstallTrigger.getVersion()… Continue reading Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7