Install Latest Version of Firefox in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope the Easy Way With Ubuntuzilla

<p><a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/search/label/Linux">Linux</a> only: It usually takes some time for a new Firefox release to hit the official Ubuntu repositories after Mozilla releases it.<br /><br />For the impatient out there, we present <a href="http://ubuntuzilla.wiki.sourceforge.net/">Ubuntuzilla</a>. Ubuntuzilla is a python script that allows one to install the latest Mozilla products like Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey in a Ubuntu Linux machine. It can automatically download the latest Firefox and install it, integrate the already existing Firefox extensions with the new Firefox version and add/update menu entries in Applications -> Internet. It can also periodically checks for updated version of Firefox, Thunderbird or SeaMonkey and automatically download and install it.<br /><br />Download the deb file appropriate for your system from <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ubuntuzilla/files/">Ubuntuzilla downloads page</a> and install it (<a href="http://ubuntuzilla.wiki.sourceforge.net/#tochome6">Installation instructions</a>). Now, close all running Firefox instances and run <code>ubuntuzilla.py -a install -p firefox</code> from a command prompt to start Firefox installation. Answer a few questions that the installer asks and you are good to go.<br /><br />Ubuntuzilla is a free download for Ubuntu and Ubuntu derived Linux distributions.<br /><br /><a href="http://ubuntuzilla.wiki.sourceforge.net/">Download Ubuntuzilla</a><br /><br />Good Read:<br /><ol><li><a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/2009/07/mac4lin-makes-your-ubuntu-linux-look.html">Mac4Lin Makes Your Ubuntu Linux Look Like a Mac OS X</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/11/10-things-you-should-do-immediately.html">10 Things You Should Do Immediately After Installing Ubuntu</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/04/how-to-have-dvd-playback-adobe-flash.html">How To Have DVD Playback, Adobe Flash Plugin, MP3 In Ubuntu</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/2009/07/firefox-351-released-fixes-critical.html">Firefox 3.5.1 Released. Fixes Critical Vulnerability & Slow Startup Issue In Windows</a></li></ol></p>

Linux only: It usually takes some time for a new Firefox release to hit the official Ubuntu repositories after Mozilla releases it. For the...

Set Your Latest Twitter Tweet as Your Forum Avatar Or Email Signature Image with TwitImg

<p><a href="http://twitter.com/anoopengineer"><img border="0" src="http://www.twitimg.com/anoopengineer.png" /></a><br /><br />TwitImg is a brand new <a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/search/label/Web%20Apps">web application</a> that allows you to convert your most recent tweet into an image. You can see my latest tweet displayed as an image above.<br />TwitImg doesn't force you to use any javascript. That means, you can directly use the provided image url anywhere (like your favourite forum as your avatar or signature).<a href="http://twitter.com/anoopengineer"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.twitimg.com/">Visit TwitImg</a></p>

TwitImg is a brand new web application that allows you to convert your most recent tweet into an image. You can see my latest tweet display...

Firefox 3.5.1 Released. Fixes Critical Vulnerability & Slow Startup Issue In Windows

<p>Mozilla has released Firefox 3.5.1 version that fixes a <a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/2009/07/critical-security-vulnerability.html">critical vulnerability that affected the TraceMonkey javascript engine</a>.<br /><br />This version is also said to solve the extremely <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501605">slow startup many had faced in Firefox 3.5 Windows version</a>. [Related link: <a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/fbouma/archive/2009/07/09/the-firefox-3-5-fiasco.aspx">The Firefox 3.5 fiasco</a>]<br /><br />If you have Firefox 3.5 already installed, Firefox would be updating itself in the next 24 hours. You can also force start an update by going to Help -> Check for Updates.<br /><br />Readers who had disabled the TraceMonkey engine as a temporary work around should remember to change the value of "<strong>javascript.options.jit.content</strong>" back to True.</p>

Mozilla has released Firefox 3.5.1 version that fixes a critical vulnerability that affected the TraceMonkey javascript engine . This versio...

Critical Security Vulnerability Discovered In Firefox 3.5

<p><p>A critical security vulnerability affecting the latest <a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/search/label/Firefox" target="_blank">Firefox</a> 3.5 release has been identified by Mozilla. This vulnerability is caused by the TraceMonkey Javascript engine and allows malicious websites to execute code in your PC.</p> <p>To get protected from this vulnerability, disable the TraceMonkey optimizer by following these steps.</p> <ol> <li>Type about:config into the Firefox address bar and hit enter.</li> <li>Hit “I’ll be careful, I promise” button.</li> <li>Type in “<strong>javascript.options.jit.content</strong>” into the Filter bar. Double click on it to change its value to False.</li> </ol> <p>Doing this may affect the browsers performance on Javascript intensive websites like Gmail. However, it is advised to disable TraceMonkey until Mozilla releases a patch for this vulnerability.</p> <p>[<a href="http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/mozilla-confirms-critical-security-flaw-in-firefox-3-5/" target="_blank">via</a>]</p> </p>

A critical security vulnerability affecting the latest Firefox 3.5 release has been identified by Mozilla. This vulnerability is caused by ...

Check Whether Your Computer Can Run Windows 7 With Microsoft’s Upgrade Advisor

<p><p>Windows Vista was a bit greedy when it came to minimal system requirements to run it. Windows 7 is supposed to change that. According to Microsoft, Windows 7 will be able to run on most humble of system configurations without affecting the user experience.</p> <p>Now, if you are someone with an old PC and are wondering whether you will be able to run Windows 7 on it, Microsoft has released a tool just for you. </p> <p>This tool named “Windows 7 upgrade advisor beta” will scan your system and let you know whether you’ll be able to run Windows 7 in it or not. We ran Upgrade Advisor on a pretty old Windows XP machine and have captured the screenshots here.</p> <p>This is the screen that you’ll get on running Upgrade Advisor:</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz9GkT3jcVYjoZLQO7FGFFB8jhnAidqqsWacTo1sEdIL8StuNwOXOh0bWSINT7Ldkn-B-D_dYc430ZvS29uMmQM8BSWYM7RVoTmajFTk02xZXHlvbV_Ze_22CHQK6di3Snn3LqGsmv5k8/s1600-h/image%5B5%5D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieb99-3LmzFLa9suI396ps33uWWdhyphenhyphenq1ai4N35o8aZT9yj7xe0KanEV5pz045S_9zULUatOyTqzOKtkP1CXhbI0mwM2aIqUFndlKTZ1Y7by0IKIgHPSq08Lb0E2OdZ6P1BVDiZFBUt36M/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-right-width: 0px" title="image" width="499" /></a> </p> <p>Click Start Check to begin the system scan:</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijsDXhfc94WfnW7QZJwQvGmtm54g9IOp1VqDRTVGmT-blbNCWM4mUSiGhii4hmneiVduBE-GJ_Mp0V1GFQkylQgz8kR8tFdmULLJslPCttWzU1ArgJO7WaYjo1jz7nyBLQSWiyRXRzpR0/s1600-h/image%5B9%5D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlQ9TQ5MJiWi3PcB1OGw8yr3HsWSiYIX7sgkMiyHB_swRBCTEwdvmysmkbRH7D0PDtdibQYT95XfTPQuhoqWHIfJVKX4U3a4x-ZMi3psjiSLib1Ty-TcTQmamhuEr_bfc3AqxxLxEkMA/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-right-width: 0px" title="image" width="499" /></a> </p> <p>When the check is over, you’ll be presented with a nice report on what all will work and what will not. For eg: Upgrade Advisor found that the PC we tested was a bit low on Hard Disk space and the current graphics card will not be able to support the Windows Aero user interface. It also listed the softwares that will be problematic once you switch over to Windows 7.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3KnuDqHHFiaoFWyTVKffdCHUK_YiNMmanqH9EfwZtaKvoMMOCivMmKVhFBXkP76HU3gWIMx6a1zUwL5Vjkq7oR7cOw-Lh0S2_Xl2rBiw0w-KlkagGpNVW_VuJ9ewtN12_uROKoJqsTUM/s1600-h/image%5B13%5D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nUJdkuDMHLzShDRPd4EeWIVhl5pfsiCAstjAsMEFd7sjnzIIMTyyyZW59pIs4GO5aNbVxq57jTcaaEfULLCQOtgZohUpKsylZEDsjCkZ4xsxZ_mMTO3dcDCvC8uQY4pFNE_KpVBr_Wg/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-right-width: 0px" title="image" width="494" /></a> </p> <p>In case you want to save this report for future use, just hit the Save Report button and it will be saved as an HTML page.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=1b544e90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15">Download Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor beta</a></p> </p>

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How To Search Google & Bing Simultaneously [Web Apps]

<p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrdmjIPvC9P_go1HorpLoDcvbEWyGftWn6XEHu_g3oIjZz2U6qDg3GGav3iNjZmrarNyq6GZS6X1bZtv3IwwQEP6aTFuaWLqJQ_OQhmoH9dmVGX6Pt8RdOAd-nshS-OJgD1HAfWp2QryM/s1600-h/google_and_bing4.png"><img alt="google_and_bing" border="0" height="74" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKydGGvu1WbfRAg5qaHHccPeG8fU5RW4_RM0lKe3FRbHICVwo6UilswgYONgo0DJ_B68M7cJaxpmQDbBME_zcFBxJVjwrBicltcIismldQi02KfkO5aLg6OEvMh1z0LPXTvcFMmLylfEw/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-right-width: 0px" title="google_and_bing" width="495" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.bing.com/" target="_blank">Bing</a> is becoming the new Google. Who would have guessed that the yet-another-search-engine-attempt-from-microsoft-to-beat-google would really turn successful?</p> <p>Well, it surely seems that Microsoft has finally worked its magic this time as Bing has become the 13th most visited site on the web. According to <a href="http://compete.com/" target="_blank">Compete</a>, Bing’s traffic has overtaken that of other prominent sites like <a href="http://digg.com/" target="_blank">Digg</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/home" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.cnn.com/" target="_blank">CNN</a>.</p> <p>Now, for those people who would like to switch to Bing, but finds Google to be unavoidable, we present you two new web services that allows you to search both Google and Bing together in a shot.</p> <h1>1. AskBoth.com</h1> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwJ68XqVONfA-yknpE0D1t2jyvqpZDtRZpl6jyf3WVzGMmXVvG7DGVMMm0XnwfR5RI8HuM6nlGSFbxoGXpJ6TC35WPeRUWJ4VfkA8NFLyb4ODrFtSGx-RzlcizAD6RVGHuTIzARY2-ik/s1600-h/image%5B1%5D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrErFrhjwRcgWzd-1Xqa7v6dBvFaFjazEu0O9g76pRqndlBSKQgi5xjHYghlvaEhyphenhyphenFLL7mo2fY4YgdK6tSFer2_R4IvbyupetDhHruQIluaDOwjiNpjNXCR1vyu_UkVLFlG5Vj46o1fN8/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; display: inline" title="image" width="499" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.askboth.com" target="_blank">AskBoth.com</a> is a new Web 2.0 search engine that combines the results from Google and Bing and displays them side by side. Note that entire Bing page or Google page is not displayed, but just the results are displayed here.</p> <h1>2. Bing-Vs-Google.com</h1> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcG_mNbUARFjZoKoccfwozTfKAwuDtN-tQd78V0h_oBwO-jFoRbHxzwL_nxGI65AeHwJhBWW8eKCQ3sa5eMjTPJAPWMaszDmY5cml0tR-hX0HnqQFwWAaECq0sj_7mi3guYaGJ2kHixZ8/s1600-h/image%5B2%5D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjHexM4N9jGhE7SMBQx7Wc3LIGMJ3g9eYayx4kDhwyyd-ofIqw1PQCfx-TB2o1pUJCGHLtIOkuIbo_KoTRaRdckFa4RnaXrXMauLLa2t1FJQc73F_WYotkmN9lq8saOHuE5VtBRUUBfI/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; display: inline" title="image" width="499" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.bing-vs-google.com" target="_blank">Bing-Vs-Google.com</a> is another similar site. The difference is that it displays the actual Google and Bing page itself side by side and you can scroll down both the sides using a single scroll bar. Pretty neat if you want to compare Google and Bing for a particular keyword.</p> <p>By the way, can you spot something fishy on comparing the two screenshots?</p> </p>

Bing is becoming the new Google. Who would have guessed that the yet-another-search-engine-attempt-from-microsoft-to-beat-google would r...

Get Windows 7 Superbar in Windows XP & Vista with ViGlance [Daily Download]

<p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0PMHhJRDGSxmyqBkmGWEg1-3O2kUBErgQcfhZ4eIn0lR-jtOFI8XlyavdP187gfDazomkpfFrHaisVz-5aFGOCcQZE-vuYYtkFAdHEmJGmLSPZzVVi3MOsxCwjZn4qm9360dOtSpOT4/s1600-h/viglance%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="viglance" border="0" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuuho0S7uruXFThi86rojMVWq8iKl9fNg0o3CGtNOoE2mCA2PMfUUrFP0SjK8j7t3wgCVTMOfcC7VXLBm9fQnyDlz4Q2yoClIyAbr0t_HOki2Kgnw5269wMg0-52ogyTOeG2sXInXsjOA/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; display: inline" title="viglance" width="499" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/search/label/Windows" target="_blank">Windows</a>: Official Windows 7 release is still a couple of months away and if you are eager to try out the awesome superbar of Windows 7 that everybody keeps talking about, without installing the beta version of Windows 7, try ViGlance.</p> <p>ViGlance brings the Windows 7 superbar features to Windows XP and Vista. Once installed and run, you’ll find your taskbar more cleaner, organized and usable. All windows of same process are grouped together. Taskbar items are shows as large 48X48 icons instead of the earlier 16X16 icons displayed in XP and Vista. Users of Windows XP will find the change from the bulky start menu button to the stylish small start orb quite refreshing. The start orb is now enhanced with a smooth rollout transition effect which is quite a change from the Vista orb. The information about taskbar entries are shown as a sliding animation as you mouse over the taskbar icons.</p> <p>ViGlance is a free download for Windows XP. Vista and Windows 7.</p> <p><a href="http://www.lee-soft.com/viglance/" target="_blank">Download ViGlance</a></p> <p><em>Good Read:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/2009/03/download-every-default-windows-7.html">Download Every Default Windows 7 Wallpapers For US, UK and Australian Regions In One Shot</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/2009/03/reduce-clutter-on-your-windows-desktop.html">Reduce Clutter On Your Windows Desktop With Desktop List View</a></p> </p>

Windows : Official Windows 7 release is still a couple of months away and if you are eager to try out the awesome superbar of Windows 7 t...