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• Mozilla Releases Firefox 13 with New System Requirements

  Posted on June 6, 2012 at 05:00 CDT by EP • Comment in the Forums

  Mozilla has recently released version 13 of its popular Firefox web browser on their web site. However, this version requires a minimum of Windows XP SP2 to install and run Firefox. Firefox 13 will neither install nor run under pre-SP2 versions of Windows XP or with Windows 2000 and earlier as noted on its system requirements page.

  See the Firefox 13 Release Notes page on what’s new in this version of Firefox.

  Update 6/19: Mozilla has released Firefox 13.0.1 a few fays ago to fix some critical crashes with Adobe’s Flash Player 11.3 plugin. Go to the Firefox download page and update Firefox to version 13.0.1.

  And be sure to update the Adobe Flash Player Plugin to a newer release to fix its current problems with Firefox when Adobe provides it later on.

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• Mozilla Releases Firefox 5.0 While Google Releases Chrome 13 Beta

  Posted on June 23, 2011 at 09:27 CDT by EP • Comment in the Forums

  Mozilla has recently released the final edition of Firefox 5.0.

  Read all of Firefox 5.0’s new features here.

  Meanwhile, Google has released Chrome 13 into their Beta Channel last week. One of the features of Chrome 13 that has been long requested for three years since Chrome 1.0 came out is Print Preview (yes, Print Preview has finally arrived for Chrome).

  Read more about Chrome 13 beta on this Google Chrome blog page.

  UPDATE: It seems that Mozilla’s “rapid release” process to recent Firefox versions has come under criticism as written in this recent PC World article:
  http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/230868/firefox_strategy_is_a_recipe_for_failure.html

  UPDATE 2: Read this Ars Technica article titled “Firefox update policy: the enterprise is wrong, not Mozilla” at this page:
  http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2011/06/firefox-update-policy-the-enterprise-is-wrong-not-mozilla.ars

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• Adobe Releases New Security Updates for Flash Player, Shockwave Player and Adobe Reader & Acrobat

  Posted on June 20, 2011 at 23:59 CDT by EP • Comment in the Forums

  Early last week, Adobe released new security updates for Flash Player, Shockwave Player and Adobe Reader & Acrobat.

  Obtain the latest Flash Player security updates from Adobe Security Bulletin APSB11-18. For the latest Shockwave Player security updates, read bulletin APSB11-17. And for Adobe Reader (all versions including Reader X) & Acrobat, see bulletin APSB11-16.

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• Mozilla Releases the Firefox 4.0 Web Browser

  Posted on March 23, 2011 at 00:05 CDT by EP • Comment in the Forums

  Mozilla has just released its Firefox 4.0 Web Browser on their web site.

  Unlike Microsoft Internet Explorer 9, which only runs under Windows Vista SP2 and Windows 7, Firefox 4.0 does run under a minimum of Windows XP and Windows 2000 (yes folks, WIN2K).

  Give the new version of Firefox a test run on your Windows machines and see how well it works.

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• KB971029 “Autoplay/Autorun” Update Pushed to XP/Vista Users

  Posted on March 5, 2011 at 06:57 CST by EP • Comment in the Forums

  In early February, Microsoft offered the KB971029 “Autoplay/Autorun” update to XP & Vista users as an Optional update. Recently Microsoft has “pushed” the KB971029 update through Automatic Updates and has “reclassified” KB971029 as a “high-priority” update.

  Important to note that KB971029 disables the “Autoplay” or “Autorun” feature on XP/Vista for removable USB flash drives and does not change the Autorun/Autoplay behavior for CD/DVD drives. This was done to protect XP/Vista users from the “Conficker” and “Stuxnet” worms that exploit the Autorun feature and infect computers when a flash drive is connected to them.

  More on this by reading this Computerworld article on KB971029.

  Also note that Windows 7 has Autoplay/Autorun disabled for removable USB drives by default.

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• 15 Years Later: Remembering Windows 95

  Posted on September 1, 2010 at 02:24 CDT by EP • Comment in the Forums

  Check out this blog written by Brandon LeBlanc on what Windows 95 was like 15 years ago.

  ah, the memories of upgrading from Windows 3.11 to Windows 95 on an old Compaq computer in early 1996 when it came pre-installed with Windows 3.11 but also bundled a Win95 upgrade CD.

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• Mozilla Releases Firefox 4.0 Beta 1

  Posted on July 7, 2010 at 23:32 CDT by EP • Comment in the Forums

  Mozilla has released Firefox 4.0 Beta 1 on their web site.

  One notable change in this version is its “tabs on top” interface, similar to what Google Chrome’s UI looks like.

  Read the Firefox 4.0 Beta 1 Release Notes page on what is included.

  As a reminder that this is a beta and not a final product. Even though this Firefox 4 beta is relatively stable, some features may not work as expected. Normal Firefox users should just wait for the final release of Firefox 4.0 which is scheduled to be due out late this year.

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• The “elusive” Microsoft Office 2010 Starter Edition

  Posted on June 30, 2010 at 07:16 CDT by EP • Comment in the Forums

  Ed Bott of ZDNet blogs about the “elusive” Office Starter Edition 2010, which most people haven’t heard about. Microsoft has allowed OEMs to pre-install Office Starter Edition 2010 on brand new computers that have Windows 7.

  This Starter edition of Office 2010 only comes with Excel and Word and comes with the programs basic features. However, the Starter edition does include some ads though the ads aren’t as bad as people may think they are.

  Of course, if you want to remove the “ads” in the Starter edition or get advanced features of Excel & Word, you will have to purchase a full version of Microsoft Office 2010.

  Fortunately, Office Starter 2010 never expires. You can use it as long as you own your computer.

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• Ballmer: Microsoft lost “thousands of man hours of innovation” on Vista

  Posted on June 8, 2010 at 00:04 CDT by EP • Comment in the Forums

  Steve Ballmer of Microsoft admits that Microsoft lost “thousands of man hours of innovation” on Windows Vista.

  Read more about it on this ZDNet Blog:
  http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/ballmer-microsoft-lost-thousands-of-man-hours-of-innovation-on-vista/8361

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• Google Chrome 4.1 has been released to “stable” channel

  Posted on March 27, 2010 at 02:38 CDT by EP • Comment in the Forums

  Google has released their Chrome Web Browser version 4.1 on their web site.

  UPDATE: See these latest blogs on the recent builds of Google Chrome 4.1 here:
  http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/03/stable-update-disable-translate.html
  http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/03/stable-update-fix-extension-install.html
  http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/03/stable-channel-update.html

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• Mozilla releases Firefox 3.6.2

  Posted on March 24, 2010 at 05:27 CDT by EP • Comment in the Forums

  Mozilla has recently released Firefox 3.6.2, the first security release of the Firefox 3.6 series.

  See the release notes of Firefox 3.6.2 here:
  http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.2/releasenotes/

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• Why Keep Using Windows XP In 2010 (and Beyond)?

  Posted on February 2, 2010 at 00:19 CST by EP • Comment in the Forums

  A recent Neowin article written by an Infrastructure Manager working for a UK Goverment body points out why certain large organizations are sticking with Windows XP instead of upgrading to the latest version of Windows, which is Windows 7.

  Read about the article here:
  http://www.neowin.net/news/why-windowsxp-in-2010

  I will say for most home users and some small businesses, upgrading to Windows 7 and getting the hardware and software that are fully designed to run under Windows 7 should be relatively easy. For large businesses, that can be a different story as some may not even want to upgrade (to Windows 7) and just stick with Windows XP and the hardware & software that just worked with XP.

  What’s your take on what Garry wrote in his article of sticking with XP in 2010 (and perhaps beyond)?

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