How To Transfer Firefox 2 Passwords To Firefox 3
by Haris on June 19, 2008
in Firefox, Tips and Tricks
Firefox 3 was released 2 days ago, and since then there have been tips and tricks popping up all over the blogosphere to enhance your Firefox 3 experience. While browsing thorugh my feed reader for my daily dose of Internet bytes, I came across a very useful article on The Pick C on how you can transfer your old Firefox 2 passwords to your new Firefox 3 and thought to share it with you all in case you also experienced similar problem.
Tweak Your Ubuntu With Ubuntu Tweak
by Haris on June 19, 2008
in Linux, Softwares, Tips and Tricks, Tools
Ubuntu Tweak is a freeware that allows you to easily tweak your Ubuntu by letting you configure hidden settings and you can customize your desktop environment like showing or hiding Computer, Home, Trash or Networks icons, change power or secuity settings on the fly or change the splash screen. You can also use it to quickly adjust settings for GNOME Panel and some more advanced security settings.
Reddit Goes Open Source, Says Thanks To Everyone
A popular social news site and an early Digg competitor, Reddit, has gone open-source today. They announced a day before that they have an announcement to make tomorrow, and the invite page had an image of a penguin which meant that the announcement was something related to to Linux or open source. The next day they released their own code to the public and now you can also build a site like Reddit.
DriverMax: Backup & Restore Windows Drivers
Recently, I did a fresh install of my Windows XP with SP3, but before doing that I wanted a tool that could backup all my system and device drivers and then restore them back safely when I re-install Windows. I did not want to lose any of my up-to-date drivers. I don’t even remember if I still have the original driver CDs for my devices and I wasn’t at all interested in spending ours on the Internet searching for the latest drivers. This is where DriverMax comes to rescue!
Driver Max
DriverMax is a useful tool that allows you to backup, restore and download latest drivers for your computer (Vista only feature). You can backup all your drivers (or only the ones that are needed) in a folder or in a compressed file. After re-installing Windows, its Import Drivers wizard will help you restore your backup and the entire process takes only 5-10 minutes. Saves you hours of searching!
Free & Exclusive Formula One 2008 Stickers
Shell, the official partner of Ferrari, is giving out free and exclusive stickers of its cars and their drivers (Kimi Räikkönen and Felipe Massa). Usually, their offers are limited to US residents only, but this time they have made this offer available to everyone worldwide including free international shipping. You can apply for your free stickers here. There are separate forms for US residents and other international residents.
Microsoft IE Team Sends A Cake To Firefox Team
There is still an hour left before the Download Day finishes and Firefox 3 has already been downloaded over 7.4 million times (at the time of writing this post)! Today morning, the Internet Explorer team from Microsoft sent a fancy looking cake for the Mozilla Firefox team to Mozilla’s Mountain View headquarters to join the celebration of the Firefox 3 release. Wasn’t that sweet of IE?
Firefox 3 Portable Edition Now Available
Okay readers, this is going to be my third Firefox post in a row today. Firefox 3 has been launched a few hours ago, and has already been downloaded more than 2 million times in 5 hours. I’m pretty much sure they’ll make the world record. Now you can also carry your favourite browser where ever you want in your external drives like pen drives etc. Firefox 3 Portable has been released at PotableApps and is now available for download.
You can help Firefox set up a world record by spreading the word and by downloading Firefox 3 from here. Or watch the live download counter here.
Download Firefox 3 for Windows
Firefox 3.1 Alpha (Shiretoko) Scheduled For Mid-July
Mozilla has just got over with the release of Firefox 3 today, and I don’t think the development team is going to take a break any where soon. They like keeping themselves busy. The alpha version of Firefox 4 on their FTP is no surprise to us. Now they’ve got themselves busy with Firefox 3.1 and are planning to release it in mid-July. Firefox 3.1 will be based on Gecko 1.9.1 and will be designed to bring to the table some of the features and functionality that were cut from Firefox 3.0.
Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Released – Download Now
Today is the day when Firefox 3, the much-awaited browser, will be finally released. The official release time is at 10.00 am PDT. Firefox 3 has already been uploaded at the Mozilla FTP, and can be downloaded from there before the announcement on their site. But if you download from the FTP, your download won’t be counted for the world record, which Mozilla will try to make in the next 24 hours. You can download Firefox 3 in all OS versions (Windows, Mac OS X and Linux) from the FTP.
More than 1.4 million users have already pledged to download Firefox 3 today, and I’m on of them too! This post will be updated as soon as Firefox 3 hits the main site and the download count starts on the Download Day 2008 site. Only 2 hours left! So keep checking back, and stay tuned!
Download Links
Download Firefox 3 for Windows (HTTP)
Download Firefox 3 for Windows (FTP)
Update: After a huge outage, Firefox is back and their latest release is now available for download. Have a nice time using Firefox 3!
