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Mozilla rolls out another update

Posted by ReMeDy on: 2009-06-27 11:12:01

News Source: Mozilla.org

The Mozilla group of developers have pushed out, yet another update. This update applies to the beta version of the browser, FireFox 3.4. Last week, the company released version 3.4vb4. This week marked the release of version 3.5rc3 beta.

The company also pushed out an update for their Mail client application, Thunderbird. Thunderbird has been updated with version 2.0.0.22

You can get the Firefox update here.

The Thunderbird update is here.

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Nine Career Mistakes for IT Pros To Avoid

Posted by ReMeDy on: 2009-06-17 19:55:08

News Source: GlobalKnowledge.com

Global Knowledge editor, Linda Leung has posted an article about the Nine career mistakes for IT Professionals to avoid. I won't spoil any of them, but will direct you to the article. Check it out here.

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Mozilla updates web applications

Posted by ReMeDy on: 2009-06-17 19:38:02

News Source: Mozilla.org

The Mozilla software team pushed out an update to their Release Candidate, FireFox 3.5 with update version, B4. Last week, the developers also pushed out FireFox version, 3.0.11. Security vulnerabilities have been addressed with these updates as well as stability.

3.5b4 update.

3.0.11 update.



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Apple finalizes PowerPC divorce with OS upgrade

Posted by ReMeDy on: 2009-06-12 23:23:12

News Source: news.com

With Apple, there was a time when the company adored the PowerPC RISC base platform. The last PowerPC platform Apple invested in was the G5. However, with the fall out with International Business Machines, the company has adopted the Intel x86 base processors. With Apple pushing their latest Operating System, Snow-Leopard, The G5 based Macintosh will not be compatible with this latest OS in September.

So much for teaching an old dog new tricks. Check out the blurb, here.

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AMD ships six-core 'Istanbul' Opteron CPU ahead of schedule

Posted by ReMeDy on: 2009-06-04 18:56:29

News Source: AMD.com

With competition on the horizon, Advanced Micro Devices prepares for the running of the bulls. The company went forward early with the latest server product, Instanbul. The processor with six cores, and 45nm process is packaged and ready to go. With current socket compatibility of socket 1207, the new six core Opteron is a go.

Check out the blurb here.

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Microsoft releases Service Packs for Vista

Posted by ReMeDy on: 2009-05-27 20:22:55

News Source: microsoft.com

With Windows 7 on the way this summer, it's still imperative for the software giant to support their current operating system Windows Vista. Last year the company Service Pack 1 in an attempt to apply a bandage to a slightly unappreciated welcome from buyers. However, this year the company have taken it a step further by breaking out the first-aid kit. Microsoft released Service Pack 2 for the 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows Vista. Reports from end users are that the system performance has increased with this update.

If you have 32-bit version, go here. If you have 64-bit, go here.

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Appro Combines Intel, Nvidia Chips in HPC Cluster

Posted by ReMeDy on: 2009-05-20 22:13:42

News Source: eWeek.com

Want more power in your Server Room? You can buy a rack of blade processors. Or, you can combine Graphic processors and CPU's in the Server room. Appro combined Intel's Nehalem EP Xeon processors and Nvidia's Telsa series base graphics processing units. With over 300 cpus and over 18,000 GPU's, Appro has packed a knock out potential for platform specific applications.

Check it out here.

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Ten Dying IT Skills

Posted by ReMeDy on: 2009-05-20 21:57:41

News Source: globalknowledge.com

With Information Technology being forever changing, one has to wonder: What skills are still relevant for the field? Well, Linda Leung of Global Knowledge group posted up an article listing the top ten IT skills dying in the field today. Check it out here.

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Oracle Database Certification 11g: Program with PL/SQL

Posted by ReMeDy on: 2009-05-07 19:56:19

News Source: Oracle

Oracle, whom recently acquired Sun have posted an exam for Database administrators. The exam is in beta state with a window of 4/15 - to 8/15. The exam focuses on PL/SQL introduction and fundamentals of it. The time length is 3.5hrs.

If you're into certification exams, check it out here.

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Mozilla updates their Browsers

Posted by ReMeDy on: 2009-05-03 21:15:14

News Source: Mozilla.org

The Mozilla group have pushed their updates out to their web browsers.

FireFox browser version 3.5 beta 4.

FireFox browser version 3.0.0.10.

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