Archive for the 'Applications' Category

Download Firefox 3 on June 17, 2008

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 12 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Applications

The release date for the Firefox 3 will be five days from now on June 17. A challenge was made to set a Guinness world record with the most downloads in a 24 hour period. On May 29th, about 28,800 people around the world pledged to download the new Firefox. The current count is at [...]

Set a World Record with Firefox

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 29 May 2008 | Tagged as: Applications

Firefox 3 will be released soon and the Spread Firefox community has issued a challenge: set a Guinness world record for the most software downloads in 24 hours. The date for attempting this record has not been posted yet, but will be announced soon on the Download Day 2008 page and I’ll also announce it [...]

Testing WordPress with WP Security Scan

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 06 May 2008 | Tagged as: Applications, Security

In today’s world, attacks on web sites by hackers are common. We need to take precautions to prevent the security in our web sites from being compromised. There isn’t any built-in utility for WordPress to test security, but there is a plugin by Michael Torbert that can be installed for this purpose.

WP Security Scan examines [...]

WordPress 2.5.1 Released

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 02 May 2008 | Tagged as: Applications

Version 2.5.1 of WordPress was recently released. This update includes 70+ bug fixes, improvements in performance, and a critical security fix. Its worth upgrading just to repair the security issues of the previous version.

The major enhancements in this version are:

Performance improvements for the Dashboard, Write Post, and Edit Comments pages.
Better performance for those who have [...]

64-Bit Photoshop for Windows Only

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 04 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Applications

For years, Mac users have been saying that their computers are superior to Windows in every way. They claim their operating system is easier to use and more intuitive, applications work better on a Mac than Windows, and the hardware is superior. It was also a CPU battle: Motorola was better than Intel. In spite [...]

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