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Boxee To Launch Beta Early Next Month With Loads Of New Features
8:30AM Adam Pash | Boxee has taken the media centre world by storm in the last year, which is why it’s always a surprise when we’re reminded that it’s still only an alpha release. Until December 7th, that is, when Boxee is rolling out an official beta release. More »
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Firefox 3.5.5 Update Fixes Critical Security Bug
8:30AM Adam Pash | There’s nothing terribly exciting to speak of in today’s Firefox 3.5.5 update; from the looks of the tiny changelog, it looks like one critical security fix and a few other minor bug fixes will make their way to your browser. More »
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Hackintosh Netbooks May Be Safe In 10.6.2 After All
4:45AM Whitson Gordon | Earlier in the week, we reported that the then-current build of Mac OS X 10.6.2 took away support for the Intel Atom processor, which could break Hackintosh netbooks. It turns out, though, that the newest build has re-enabled Atom support. More »
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Google Chrome Beta Adds Bookmark Sync, Speed Boost
11:30PM Kevin Purdy | Windows: The latest beta release of Google’s Chrome browser ups its dynamic page building speed by quite a bit. What users are really going to notice, however, is the built-in bookmark syncing, a feature previously available in bleeding-edge development builds. More »
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Don’t Upgrade Just Yet If You’re Running A Hackintosh Netbook
1:00AM Kevin Purdy | If you’re running Leopard or Snow Leopard on a “hackintosh” netbook, don’t allow it to upgrade to Snow Leopard 10.6.1, or Leopard 10.5.9. The core kernels in those update kill off support for Atom-based netbook CPUs, which is almost certainly the processor inside your netbook. More »
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Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 Officially Available For Download
11:50AM Adam Pash | Windows/Mac/Linux: Mozilla this evening released the first official beta of Firefox 3.6, featuring built-in support for themes (Personas), improved performance and more. Early adopters, your download is ready. More »
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Remember The Milk For iPhone Gets Smart Add
2:05AM Kevin Purdy | Smart Add, the command-line-like task adding tool for users of to-do manager Remember the Milk, just got added to RTM’s iPhone client via an App Store update. Grab it if you prefer little text tricks to lengthy menu searches. [RTM Blog via jkOnTheRun]
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Mozilla SeaMonkey Updated To 2.0
7:30AM Whitson Gordon | Mozilla’s all-in-one browser, email, RSS and calendar suite SeaMonkey has been updated to 2.0, and it’s a pretty big overhaul. More »
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Firefox 3.5.4 Security Update Available For Download
2:15AM Adam Pash | Mozilla just released a small security update for Firefox, bringing the ‘fox to version 3.5.4. Like most of these updates, you’re mostly looking at security issues and a few stability improvements. More »
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